This is Luna and she was just stung by a bee. She looks like freakin Wiley Coyote. I have often thought that it’s not fair to everyone else in the world that I get to see so many dogs look absolutely ridiculous after being stung and they so few. In all seriousness, I do feel really bad for them but the one’s that present with just facial swelling tend to recover very quickly after some steroids. Still, I can’t help but wonder if I’m doing a disservice to the world by not making a bee sting coffee table book or even a Pinterest board.
Category: Animals
Yoga With Loki
I was finishing working out when Loki decided to start oddly positioning himself in various distinct positions. This one is my favorite, I think that in dog yoga this is called the shoulder crane and he’s binding the pose with a tail touch… impressive.
Stitch’s First Birthday
Hello my name is Stitch Murphy and today is my first birthday. Do you see the birds on the wall behind me? Well, the stoopid hoomins put them up and they are actually fake bird stickers. I’ve killed about five of them. Happy Birthday to me.
Stitch’s First Christmas
This is Stitch Murphy’s first holiday season and, shockingly, he is not terrorizing the Christmas tree or decorations. However, let me take this opportunity to tell you what he is doing. He is obsessing over q-tips. If he sees a q-tip he will manically try to eat it. The last time he got a hold of a q-tip I accidentally left the bathroom drawer open for a moment and he dove into the q-tip box. I chased him around the house, pulled him out of the closet, and grabbed half of a q-tip out of his throat… I never found the other half. He is also chewing cords of all kind. Finally, and this one is my favorite, he is obsessing over Mr. Kitty’s food which is located up high on top of a cabinet in the bathroom where Stitch’s uncoordinated derpy ass cannot get to. He obsesses over it so much that the other morning while I was getting dressed he tried to jump on me and climb me like a tree to get to the food bowl. My stomach looks like I got slashed by Wolverine. On the bright side, I’ve heard of people with cats who can open cabinets and/or fridge doors… glad that’s not happening.
Creeper Cats
Every morning when I work out the cats are super creepers. Kitty sits by the tv staring and Stitch sits on the coffee table staring… Just staring.
One of my favorite patients EVER
This is Odin and if his people were struck by lightning I would take him in a heartbeat. He is a Bengal but he acts more like a Labrador. He is very relaxed and friendly. He plays fetch. He is one of my absolute favorites.
Bubba and Chokolate
This is Bubba and he looks like a giant boy version of Freya. I’m not sure that I’ve ever mentioned this before but Freya’s former name was Chokolate… yes amazing isn’t it… Chocolate with a “k.” In my mind, one pronounces her former name like Choc-o-latte. Well, clearly, Bubba and Chokolate were acquainted at some point in the past. I’m pretty sure Bubba was Chokolate’s pimp.
Rowan’s Birthday
It was Rowan’s birthday recently. Since we do not know Freya’s actual birthday, I decided to make it the same day as Rowan’s birthday for the purpose of convenience. I made a doggie carrot cake for the dogs and tried to put birthday hats on the little ones. That didn’t go too well. They wouldn’t keep a birthday hat on long enough for me to take a picture. Loki, however, will wear a birthday hat for a very long time it turns out… he doesn’t care. I think that while the hat was on we was just thinking… “Humans are happy! Humans give me food? Humans are happy! Humans give me food?” and so on.
I didn’t do a post about the cake because for a lot of pets something that unusual to their normal diet can be harmful in varying degrees. I know my dogs are good with all of the ingredients and none of them have any food allergies. The most common food allergies for dogs is chicken, corn, and wheat in that order. Some dogs can develop allergies or sensitivities later in life. With that said, the cake I make them consists of shredded carrots, peanut butter (no sugar or salt added), wheat flour, eggs, vegetable oil and agave syrup (or honey).
Fall Fashion Kitty
I love it!
Daddy Did It
This was the day when I had to throw out my brown eyeliner… thanks Gar.
Princess Freya
I played dress-up with Freya at work in our fall photo booth… what else are dogs for, right?
My Talking Pet
I’m officially obsessed with an app I just discovered called my talking pet. Just take a picture of your pet, indicate where the eyes and mouth are with dots, and make a voice recording and oh mah gosh your pet is now talking. I’ve been using this lately at work. I try to make our clients experience as amazing as possible and, for the ones I know that will appreciate it, I send them a video of their pet talking. This is one of my favorite ones so far. This is a Ragdoll (the picture doesn’t quite do him justice) kitty named James who came in with a lot of back pain. We sedated him, took x-rays, and got him on some pain medication… luckily nothing was seriously injured. His family really enjoyed his video.
There’s really not too much to say about this girl. Her name is Puglet and that is the best dog tag I have ever seen.
My Life Goes To The Dogs
This is my life every morning. I get up, get ready, and sit down to do a little bit of work before going in to actual work and the dogs do this. The little dogs play constantly either with each other or Stitch Murphy and Loki tries to be a lap dog.
My New Dog – I Wish
So this beautiful guy came into my work. He is 4mo. old and already close to 60lbs…. Love him! His owner said he is an Armenian Gampr. That’s the first time I’ve heard of that breed. As if he wasn’t cute enough already, his bushy curly tail sends it over the edge for me.
It turns out that it’s pretty easy to make your own dog toys. A co-worker of mine found instructions to make your own dog toys and we decided to start making them and selling them to raise money for the local pet shelter. I had already planned on being a vendor at a dog agility trial to raise some money for animal services and dog toys just fit right into the whole scheme.
We have made the toys in all different sizes and I have been really happy with them. All you need is two different colors of fleece fabric. For the size toy that Loki uses I cut my fabric into strips that are 4″ wide and one yard long. Get together four strips of fabric and tie a loop knot on one end. Next you will need to start the toy by arranging the fabric as the picture shows on the left and pulling tight. The rest of toy is assembled by a series of consecutive ties as shown by the picture on the right. Make sure to leave enough fabric on the end to make a final loop knot to finish off the toy. You may need to trim the fabric on either end to make them even.
I play fetch with Loki with the toy and he loves to take a break and chew on it before bringing it back to me. Of course, Loki is a master chewer so I can’t let him chew on it for very long since he will eventually destroy anything but the toy has been very durable. It also holds up in the washing machine extremely well!
Caption This
Mr. Kitty is so special in so many ways. Can you caption the photo? My caption would be, “You wish you looked like this… bitch.”
Piggy Parade
Last pic from the Pooch Parade. This pig was too cute. Zoe kept smelling Mr. Pig (I don’t remember his name) and he didn’t even care. Furthermore, Mr. Pig does a great job walking with a harness and leash.
Pooch Parade Frisbees
This is my favorite pic from the Pooch Parade day. Zoe (an agility dog herself) is watching this amazing red merle Border Collie catch some frisbees. Check out how high the dog in the upper right is in the air.
Pooch Parade
I am officially in love with going to massive dog walks and events. This past weekend I was at a “Pooch Parade” hosted by a local canine adoption and rescue group. A couple of co-workers and I attended the event to represent our hospital and have a great time. I took Loki with me because he is generally extremely well-behaved at events like these and he’s just a big goof who loves to greet other dogs. I didn’t take nearly as many photos as I should have but here are some of the best ones.