The weather is getting colder and most people are dragging out their winter clothes. It seems like animals should be growing winter coats to prepare for their five minute excursions outside for potty breaks. My two black German Shepherds have decided instead to shed their fur in giant clumps and single hairs on every surface […]
“He’s happier than a snake after a shed.” “She’s poocrastinating until the rain stops.” “We have yellow jackets. Find the corpse.”
It is extremely common for the pet store to be sold out of the frozen rodents that make our snake happy. Since most people haven’t discovered how pleasant and easy snakes are as pets, it doesn’t seem like frozen mice would EVER be difficult to find. Our mice come from a local breeder, so the […]
Amy: “Mom! Dharma ate a whole jar of peanut butter. How did she do that?” Me: “Dharma ate the lid off the peanut butter jar?” Amy: “Well, I might have accidentally left the lid off the jar.” Me: “Dharma took the jar of peanut butter off the shelf?” Amy: “Well, I might have accidentally left […]
Two large German Shepherd dogs give lots of love, but they also leave a lot of mess. One of our dogs hides in the forest to make her mess. The other dog? She doesn’t care about privacy or the perfect spot. She goes anywhere. Since she, umm, walks it out, it is literally everywhere in […]
When the dogs are hungry, they bring me the bowl and bump my hands until I fill the bowl. When the cat is hungry, she pees in the laundry. After I feed the dogs, they wag and give slobbery kisses. After I feed the cat, she vanishes for hours. Call the dogs and they appear […]
A. Evan moves the ornaments from the middle of the tree to the bottom of the tree. B. The dogs knock the ornaments to the floor. C. I move the ornaments from the floor to the middle of the tree. D. Repeat. All the day long.
I told the boys their fish died and suggested they give the tank a complete scrubbing. They insisted that the fish was only sleeping. “His gills are still moving, Mom.” The next morning, all that was left of the sleeping fish was a skeleton. We now have a tank full of well-fed snails. Are snails […]