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Happy Easter

Rowan looks dapper in his Easter Sunday best. Happy Easter!
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First Day of Spring

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Today is the first day of Spring! Check out this Maltese that I stuck in a basket (with mother’s enthusiastic approval of course).

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Woody’s DNA Breed Test Results

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The results are in! Essentially, one of Woody’s parents is a Toy Poodle/Pekingese mix and his other parent is a Klee Kai mix. If you haven’t seen a Klee Kai before, they look like mini Huskies… nothing like Woody. Click here to see Woody’s picture. The laboratory also found traces of English Bulldog, West Highland Terrier, Redbone Coonhound, and Brussels Griffon in Woody’s DNA sample. However, these traces did not cross the threshold to be able to be listed in his ancestry chart. In other words, those breeds could have contributed to his ancestry but strictly speaking Woody is a Toy Poodle/Pekingese/Klee Kai mix. The one thing I’ve learned about these DNA breed tests is to never be surprised by them. Sometimes, the results come back and the breeds are exactly or mostly what you would think based on the pet’s appearance. Other times, the results are way out there. A friend of mine tested her Chihuahua mix. She looks like a Chihuahua with Miniature Pinscher coloring and has a slightly elongated body like a Doxin. Her test results showed that she is a Chihuahua/Vizsla/Cocker Spaniel mix. You just never know sometimes.

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Willow and Ruger

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I must share this cuteness with the world. Willow (left) and Ruger (right) are 4 months old and they just finished visiting us frequently for puppy visits. I know I will see them again in the not too distant future but I will miss seeing them so frequently. It’s faces like these that melt your heart.

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February is National Pet Dental Month

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Today (along with being the day of the Super Bowl of course) is the first day of National Pet Dental Month. The reason I mention this is because Loki is SO freakin cute. I needed a photo for a dental month article I was doing at work and I got Loki to balance his toothbrush on his nose long enough for me to take several great pics. I must be one of the most obnoxious pet mommies because I paraded his pictures around to anyone who would look and listen. I was just so damn proud of his goofy ass. When Loki decided he was done balancing his toothbrush after a while he flipped it up and caught it with his mouth… me… dying… of… pride.

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Stitch Gets Into Trouble Again

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I almost died laughing last night. I brought home a cooked chicken from the grocery store and Stitch Murphy got his head stuck in the packaging. I was in the kitchen and just saw him walk by with this enormous cardboard collar. His lazy ass was not even trying to get out of it. So I did what any respectable cat owner would do and picked him up to show Gar so that we could both heartily laugh at him (photo credit goes to Gar).

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Woody

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This is Woody and he just came into my work for DNA breed testing. In a few weeks we will know what breeds are in his mix. Any guesses? My guess is part gremlin, part terrier (maybe Cairn or Yorkshire), and part creature from the black lagoon.