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A Quick Pupdate

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Been a long day for everyone. Took the puppies and Lily to the park with Holly, but there were too many people oohing and awwing to get any good pictures. At one point, one of the town dogs, Toby, this aged old fellow who is the gentlest dog on the planet came around, and I said hi and gave him his pettings, but Lily got her ruff up and started going after him any time he got anywhere near the puppies. She was not having any of him being anywhere near her adopted puppies. When he walked away, he sniffed Thurston, who gutless wimp that he is, ran squealing the length of the fire house and tried to climb a drain pipe and sat at the base whining looking terrified. Lovey just stood her ground and sniffed him back.

At any rate, after Toby walked off, Lily went into sentry mode, sat down on her back haunches in between wherever Toby was and the puppies, and did not take her eye off him the entire time. Again, Toby is completely harmless, but Lily can be pretty aggressive towards strangers that might screw up her pack. And don’t be fooled, Rosie tries to be the alpha, and is more aggressive and attempts to be more dominating, but everyone in the house takes their cue from Lily. Weird pack dynamics.

Here’s a picture of Ginger sleeping on the couch. Weird dog loves to sleep on her back, probably because she used to have a baseball sized tumor on her stomach.

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I forget if I have mentioned this, but I have had stairs for the dogs next to my bed for two years, and Lily and Rosie have never ever figured them out. Rosie flat out refuses to try, and Lily is afraid of them and thinks they are some sort of torture device. So, as they have aged, I have to pick up both dogs and place them in bed every night. I was taking a nap a while back, got Lily and Rosie in bed (otherwise they scratch the door and I can’t sleep), and I woke up with this warm lump on my head. Thurston, in the few weeks he has been here, has figured out how to open my bedroom door (he headbutts it and thrusts all his weight against it) and then climb into bed using the stairs. He also is quite fond of sleeping on my head. Either with paws on either side of my oversized melon with his belly on the crown of my head, or on the left side of my head with his head resting on my shoulders.

Smart little doggie.

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  1. 1.

    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    If anyone doesn’t have TCM on right now, they’re showing “The Three Caballeros” as part of their Disney Archives series, to be followed by the documentary “Walt and El Grupo,” about Walt’s goodwill trip to South America during WWII. This was the trip where Mary Blair’s work first came to his attention.

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    Culture of Truth

    Thurston, in the few weeks he has been here, has figured out how to open my bedroom door and then climb into bed using the stairs. He also is quite fond of sleeping on my head.

    sums it up

  5. 5.

    Culture of Truth

    Bibi has been reduced to promising ministries to any and all comers, airing ads with clips of his address to Congress and making robocalls warning against “Hussein Obama.”

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    Kropadope

    I forget if I have mentioned this, but I have had stairs for the dogs next to my bed for two years, and Lily and Rosie have never ever figured them out. Rosie flat out refuses to try, and Lily is afraid of them and thinks they are some sort of torture device

    My dogs are real little and the less athletic ones require these to navigate the family furniture. One is the least confident dog on the face of the Earth. I’m amazed to hear of a dog that can’t handle portable stairs.

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    Anne Laurie

    Yeesh, Thurston is half as big as his poor mama already!

    Rosie tries to be the alpha, and is more aggressive and attempts to be more dominating, but everyone in the house takes their queue from Lily. Weird pack dynamics.

    Lily has seniority, and that counts in dog packs. Rosie is second-in-command, and you should know by now that “We’re #2, we try harder” (and are therefore more irritating) is the motto of vice-presidents, admin assts, and lieutenants everywhere.

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    Mary G

    Any luck finding a forever home for Ginger? I have given up trying to get someone out here to do a home inspection. They all want me to adopt one of their Chihuahuas. I am sure there are nice Chihuahuas in the world, but I have never met one. They all seem nervous, yappy, nippy, and unfriendly.

    Cole, does your sister’s Furkids have a website? I can only find one in Georgia. I was thinking of donating towards her insulin.

    PS: Thanks, I needed that after the water thread. I get the feeling that Thurston may be getting settled in for good? Warmer than a nightcap!

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    Karen in GA

    @Anne Laurie:

    “We’re #2, we try harder” (and are therefore more irritating) is the motto of vice-presidents, admin assts, and lieutenants everywhere.

    I’m an admin asst (technically, an exec asst, which just means I’m an admin asst to an exec). We’re no more irritating than anyone else. You want irritating? The lower-management lackeys who kiss up and kick down. “Ooh, you’re an assistant! There are no repercussions for me if I treat you like shit!”

    Anyway. I get the feeling Thurston’s not going anywhere.

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    Karen in GA

    Aaarrggh, can’t edit for some reason. Wanted to add: Iggy has steps to get up on the bed. He was afraid of them, but lots of praise and his favorite treats finally helped him get over that.

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    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    @Steeplejack (phone):

    Yeah, once they get to Mexico, it gets a little … weird. But they’re “gay caballeros,” so clearly the women aren’t in any real danger of duck molestation.

    I mostly watch for the Mary Blair artwork — it’s some of the purest presentation of her actual drawings on film. And all in the name of wartime propaganda.

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    PurpleGirl

    JC — Even one picture is good. And that one is soooooooo cute. Ginger’s fur seems to be growing back in curly whirly. I agree that she probably got used to sleeping on her back when she had the tumor on her belleh. (When my L5-S1 herniation was active I learned how to sleep perfectly still on my back; it was the only position when I wasn’t in pain.) Love stories about the critters.

    ETA: And it’s a great antidote to the California water thread.

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    srv

    When will you liberals realize not just Obama plays eleventy-dimensional chess?

    “There’s no one in Washington more against war and more for a negotiated deal than I am,” Paul said in an interview at SXSW in Austin, Texas. “But I want the negotiated deal to be a good deal. So my reason for signing onto the letter, I think it reiterates what is the actual law, that Congress will have to undo sanctions. But I also signed onto the letter because I want the president to negotiate from a position of strength which means that he needs to be telling them in Iran that ‘I’ve got Congress to deal with.'”

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    Violet

    Yay! Pupdate! Glad everyone is doing well. Your story of Thurston being terrified by the harmless older dog cracked me up. How is Ginger doing?

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    Tissue Thin Pseudonym

    Does anyone know of an online catalog of what Netflix has available for streaming that I can look at before I sign up for their service.

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    Mnemosyne (tablet)

    “Walt and El Grupo” is about to start. It’s a little … somnolent, but there’s some good information in it about the South America trip. Not necessarily a great late-night viewing choice, though.

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    karen marie

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym: Netflix streaming is not what it used to be. They dropped the BBC shows, so, presumably, no more Dr. Who (and they were one or two seasons behind anyway). Hulu has ads, even for paying subscribers, but they’ve got more British shows than Netflix ever did.

    PS: I think Cole is keeping Thurston.

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    Nicole

    And don’t be fooled, Rosie tries to be the alpha, and is more aggressive and attempts to be more dominating, but everyone in the house takes their cue from Lily. Weird pack dynamics.

    It’s not that unusual. My uncle had two Pygmy goats, Zoe and Okie. Okie was the alpha, and you could pet her and give her treats and all kinds of things. You had to spend your time at the barn dodging Zoe, who would try to knock you off your feet if she got a chance. My brother speculated that the alpha is secure in her kingdom, while the beta is constantly angling for a chance to get further up the ladder.

    Zoe became somewhat kinder after Okie passed away. Not a lot, but somewhat.

  34. 34.

    gogol's wife

    I’m all demoralized because I once again failed to get my 25-pound semi-feral cat into the carrier to go get his rabies shot. He’s indoor only, so it’s not an emergency, but I feel like an incompetent cat owner.

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