To vote for Bitsy.
We can break 9k folks.
*** Update ***
For the Tunch fans:
*** Update #2 ***
For the victor:
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
To vote for Bitsy.
We can break 9k folks.
*** Update ***
For the Tunch fans:
*** Update #2 ***
For the victor:
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads, Science & Technology
Never had a problem with Vista, but am about to upgrade to Windows 7. If you don’t hear from me again, you know why. Also, vote for Little Bitsy:
Every vote counts.
This post is in: Cat Blogging, Dog Blogging, Open Threads
After Tunch’s Excellent Adventure (aka John Cole’s Very-Bad-No-Good-Terrible-Horrible Evening), possibly I was just primed to pick up this local news story…
It is, as they say, developing. But this much I know: All animal control officers and most veterinary facilities, here in Massachusetts, automatically scan “stray” animals for an RIFD chip. Even if the chip isn’t readable, or the registry’s address is out of date, an animal that has a chip is assumed to be (have been) somebody’s pet. In a high-turnover shelter, where unclaimed animals can be euthanized within as little as 24 hours, that may literally be a life-saver.
Here in the high-cost-of-living Boston area, vets charge $25 to $40 to inject the rice-grain-sized microchip between your pet’s shoulder and do the initial registration. Even for cats who never go outside, this seems like a reasonably affordable insurance policy.
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This post is in: Cat Blogging
I’ve spent the last four hours trying to find Tunch, who got out somehow, and I just give up. I have driven the neighborhood multiple times, looked everywhere, left food, and I just do not know what to do. I am beyond panic. If he comes home, it is of his own volition and there is nothing I can do.
The fat bastard.
*** Update ***
I sat outside like a deer hunter with multiple food traps. I finally caught him. Next time I am not freaking out and walking the neighborhood- I’m putting down food. Here he is downing the treats:
And yes. I cried. I am such a damned loser.
by John Cole| 69 Comments
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
This is the final week, and we are only 200 votes behind right now, so go vote.
This post is in: Dog Blogging
If you live in the Philly area and want to help a hungry dog out, drop me an email. This fellow was found by one of our readers starving to death in the cold rain by the side of the road, and he needs a good home. According to the email I got, he is playful, but very weak and hungry.
This post is in: Dog Blogging, Open Threads
No animal pics tonight. You want pictures of cute critters, click on this link and vote for Bitsy.
Or else.