2 posts tagged “dog”

Baron & Basya

Baron

  Two-month-old North American puma cub Baron (top) vies for a plush tiger with coeval puppy dog Basya in a zoo in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk November 24, 2006. Baron was breastfed by Basya's mother, because its own mother refused to feed it. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA)

I always find it amazing how nursing animal Moms will "adopt" a newborn of another species when the baby's mother can't or won't do the job.  If dogs can nurse pumas, and tigers can nurse baby pigs, there is hope in my heart for the rest of us.  Why can't we all just get along?!

And here we see that the baby puma has adopted a baby of his own, albeit a "stuffed" one.  All HE needs is love!

Thanks to Lennon & McCartney for the inspiration.

 Nothing you can know that isn't known.
Nothing you can see that isn't shown.
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be.
It's easy.

All you need is love.
All you need is love.
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need.

All you need is love (all together, now!)
All you need is love. (everybody!)
All you need is love, love.
Love is all you need (love is all you need).
All You Need Is Love

Dear Dogs and Cats,

The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in  the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your  food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I  fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about  this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing  but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.

Dog and Cat

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:

1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it's an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't
    speak clearly.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Usually come when called
5. Never drive your car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.