01May22: Doggies enjoy the company!

Tootsie greets me at the door. She’s all excited and ready to play, especially that doggy favorite, tug-a-war or maybe just get a nice head rub.

Marco greets me at the door, too! He’s happy to get a nice back “scritch” and a “Nice doggy!” (Which he is!)

This is lots of excitement for my friend Donna’s doggies! All these people and food too!

After all the excitement, Tootsie settles down in her favorite place, Donna’s lap. Marco may join later. Somehow, Donna manages both at the same time if they insist.

All this time, Andy’s home alone. Who knows what he’s doing now!

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Last Friday, a bunch of my Class of ’66 classmates and I got together for the monthly luncheon. Since it was hosted by Donna, I was delighted to get together with a couple of my favorite dogs, too! Tootsie likes to play and get lots of attention. Marco is equally thrilled to see company. Both are really sweet-natured doggies. I enjoy their company as much as that of my old human friends.

As I say to Tootsie and Marco, “Meow meow! Oops! Woof woof!”

Hee! Hee! I get it wrong every time.

Post 1925: transition…

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Ms. Zulu met Andy and Dougy via Skype, the start of the interview process.

The other day, I read sad news about Ms. Zulu. Her human, Anarette, wrote:

“Today’s post is one we hoped we wouldn’t have to write for a while. With a heavy heart, I am writing that Ms. Zulu passed away on December 3. She was 13 years and 3 months old. It was all very sudden as a very aggressive and inoperable cancerous tumor showed up on her doorstep. It rained two solid days until she died. Then, just moments before it was time to walk over the rainbow bridge, the sun broke through the clouds and a beautiful rainbow appeared.”

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For the full post, featuring more photos of this beautiful dog:

https://lifeofbenji.com/2018/12/06/angel-wings/

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Ms. Zulu is one of two dogs featured in these “interviews” with Andy and Dougy:

https://phainopepla95.com/the-ms-zulu-and-benji-interviews/

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I send hugs and condolences to my friend Anarette. It is significant, too, that Benji, her other dog, was best buddies with his big “sister”, Ms. Zulu, and will miss her greatly. It was a treat doing the “interviews” featuring our cats and dogs, and Ms. Zulu took a piece of my heart in the process. She will be missed up here in Western Nebraska no less than in Florida where she spent her life.

Post 1387: old buddies write…

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What a wonderful post card! Ms. Zulu (on the left) and Benji are well known to Andy and Dougy because the four did interviews with each other, and found that dogs are nice and so are cats! They became friends and are now old buddies. (Check out these interview links if you’ve not read them.) If only people came together the way these four did….

It did indeed put a smile on our mugs! Don’t the “woofies” look like they are enjoying a great time in the Pine Cone Forest? You know they are!

Post 974: another snowy day…

It’s another snowy day here. I wrote my brother. I printed out the Benji the pup interviews fort him because, well, my brother loves critters, too, and I think he’ll get a charge out of the story of Benji.

Dougy snooped over my shoulder. “No, really, I’m looking out the window at the snow,” he protested. “The snow’s in the other direction, kitty.” “Meow…!” Some things never change.

I didn’t notice THAT until I uploaded the file on my computer.
I got your number, buster!

PART II of the Interview ~ Benji dogs my cats…

Dougy and Andy patiently answer Benji’s questions. He’s a puppy, you know!

Benji has normal puppy curiosity about cats. I don’t know if he’s met any in real life, so talking with Andy and Dougy may well prepare him for such an encounter.

Without further ado, here’s PART II of the Interview ~ Benji dogs my cats:

http://anarette.com/2015/11/26/the-interview-part-ii/

Post 953: Chasing Benji’s tale…

It looks like we might be ready to post the first part of the Benji story tomorrow. Anarette sent me a few new photos (really cute!) and I’ll marry them to the text already done.

In the meantime, what does Benji the pup really love doing? Well, the chase game for one thing.

“Woof! Woof!” Benji loves to play the chase game!

Benji’s older doggy companion, Ms. Zulu, is recovering from surgery on her leg, so she can’t join him just yet, but I bet the two of them will have great fun together once she is healed and ready for rigorous fun again. She’s a herding dog, after all!

Post 719: many moons ago…

I’m the little guy holding the pug. Her name was Ladybelle, and she was very spoiled! The other dogs are Laddie (black and white dog) and Queenie. None of these dogs was ours, though Laddie, my grandmother’s dog, claimed us.

The rest of the people are my two sisters and my brother.

The maple tree still grows in the front yard, though it was struck by lightning one year and looks pretty rough.

The house is the one my mother and father built from lumber they salvaged from an old US Army Air Corps base warehouse. Another couple helped them tear it down, and both built homes with the salvaged lumber.

The family lived there for 51 years, then sold the house when all of us were too beat up to handle the responsibilities of a home and yard. I miss the garden, but that’s all!

Post 689: snip it…!

Andy and Dougy got an early Christmas present when they were about five and a half months old: A trip to the veterinarian to be neutered.

Andy taking care of business…!

So, I left the boys at the veterinarian’s, and picked them up a bit later.

When I opened the carrier at home, I expected the boys to wobble out, wounded and stitched and wearing little Elizabethan collars. Instead, they bounded out, no collars or stitches, happy to be home and free. They ran all over the house, chasing each other, then taking well-deserved naps.

For the boys, neutering wasn’t a difficult time, and they showed no signs of discomfort.

Would I do this again? Of course. I believe in neutering or spaying one’s pets. It’s the humane thing to do, the smart thing to do.

Post 657: unintended consequences…

The enthusiastic response to the Ms. Zulu/Andy and Dougy interviews…

...others in the househod to try their hand at bloggery!

…encouraged others in the household to try their hand at bloggery!

Note: Thursday Ms. Zulu answers Andy and Dougy’s tough questions…!

Tomorrow, the second part of the pet interviews comes out on Anarette’s blog and as a reblog here. This time, it will be Andy and Dougy asking Ms. Zulu about being a dog.

The boys know a dog when they see one because they’ve seen them at the veterinarian’s and at the groomer’s. They don’t know much more about them than what they look and smell like, though, and how they have slobbery tongues.

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(“Wow! I could take a bath in seconds with that tongue!” I overheard Dougy say to Andy once at the groomer’s when a very friendly dog stopped by their carrier to sniff. The boys are pedigreed cats so they appreciate excellence no matter how it manifests itself!)

The first interview by Ms. Zulu of Andy and Dougy was a big hit with their fans. I predict the second part will be a big hit, too, because Ms. Zulu is as interesting as she is beautiful.