January 6, 2012
Ok, so I am throwing this one in....no drinking anyhing while reading, I am not responsible for damaged clothing from snorting a drink. LOL
I am in the house, cleaning up the kitchen. I hear Buddy barking like crazy on the back porch. Since I just let him out less than an hour ago, I figure he is barking at the birds again and I ignore him. A little bit later he start...s barking again, and I hear several crashes. Shaking my head at the stupid puppy, I decide to go check things out. He is barking.....at the garden hose roller.....a little odd, but then Buddy is sometimes a little odd. No biggie. I tell him to hush, I go back inside. Now I am dong some laundry and again Buddy goes crazy barking and and several loud thumps are heard from the back porch. I am wondering if he has lost his ever lovng mind, and go take a peek. Again, he is barking at the garden hose holder. I stare at him for a moment and then ask him (yes, I know he is a dog, but frustration makes you do odd things) why on earth he is obsessed with the hose roller thingy. He just starts looking between me and the hose roller bouncing like crazy as though he has ants in his...er, well....anyway....all of a sudden the hose roller jiggles....now, since I have gotten Buddy, I have had numerous critters, live, dead, and mostly dead find their way to my back porch and my house. I am taking no chances whatsoever. Leaving Buddy to guard the hose roller, I rush into the house for my weapon of choice--the rake from just inside the garage door----and hear Buddy start barking like mad again. Crap, I just know he let whatever it is loose and it is in my house to agravate me or make me clean up mostly dead things.....back to the porch, and I hear growling coming from the hose roller....not a good sign, only large animals tend to growl...All manner of critters go through my mind----armadillo, raccoon, skunk, rabbit (not sure rabbits growl, but I was in a mild panic)----and now I am wondering if I shoudn't be calling animal control. It has to be something rather small to fit under there....hmmmm.....so me being me, I shoo Buddy outside, leave the door open and prepare to battle whatever it is......I like to wet my pants! Out from under the stupid hose roller flees not one, but TWO......of my cats. Millie and Andy got caught on the porch by Buddy and apparently were less than happy to a) see him coming at them and b) me wielding a rake at them when they were just protecting themselves from the creature I brought into their house.
Just another fun night in the Rowell house. You can get a drink now, I know I am going to. :)
Nov 25, 2011
I have apparently gotten so used to giving Buddy commands, that when the cat stopped just out of my arm range and started meowing to be petted, I actually snapped my fingers, gave the command "Come" and waited for her to respond. Needless to say, what I got was a look from the cat that said I was clearly insane followed by a turned up tail and a cat walking imperiously in the other direction....silly me!
November 2, 2011
Not a pet story per se, but I wanted to share: As a single woman living independently I have learned many things. Not the least of which is this: walk proudly and with self assurance, and have a big ass dog by your side and a shotgun by your bed. The first gives you confidence, the second stands as a deterrent and companion when you are lonely. The last assures that if the first two fail you can shoot the crap out of the ill intented. :)
October 31, 2011
My little con artist: Buddy wakes me up at 5:00 a.m. making these cat-got-a-hairball noises looking like he is trying to throw up. I sit up, look at him for a moment, he is in his kennel staring at me making the noise with a look that says help. So, thinking he is choking on a rawhide or something, I swing the covers back, put one foot out----the noise stops, and Buddy is almost bouncing at the door of his kennel waiting to be let out. I sit, wait, see if it gonna start up, but no, now he is whining. I think, Con Artist, tell him nice try, and I go back to bed. He does this three more times once every half hour, with each time me getting closer to the kennel before he stops making the noise and gets excited to be let out. Not sure where he picked this little trick up, but he is my little Con Artist.
October 25, 2011
OMGOMGOMG Buddy was barking like crazy, kept telling him enough, thinking he was barking at Perky. He ignores me so I get hacked and go into the kitchen to find him barking and cornering....A SCORPION!!! WTH?!?!? I have never seen one except in a zoo or animal display that I can remember....I got the dust mop and killed it (took effort, dust mop is NOT a killing tool)....This drought has GOT to end. If the scorpions are venturing from wherever the heck scorpions live, the drought needs to END!!!!!!!!"
October 18, 2011
Buddy has now figured out that just like Perky, he too, can go behind the shower curtain. the first time he figured it out, went back there, turned around, poked his head out and looked at me with a look on his face that said, "Hey, Mom! Check out what I did! I have GOT that cat, now!" He then proceeded to come out from behind it, go back ...behind it, nudge everything on the other side with his nose, including me. He would then poke his head back out, give me that big grin, and do it all over again. I swear he pouted when I made him get out of the bathroom. And Perky? She sat at the door watching and I could swear the look on her face said "Well, damn, now what do I do?" I love my animals. ;)
September 8, 2011
Buddy started whining at 5:45 again, and then got trapped when I tried to lead him out of the bedroom by 4 angry hissing cats. Poor guy, all he wanted to do was go piddle and the cats ganged up on him...no wonder he chases them! Payback....
July 22, 2011
I am laughing at Buddy & Perky's antics n the back porch. He wants to play, and she is smacking his nose every time he gets close and hissing or growling....I think she may be attempting to explain to him that she is a big bad kitty with two snakes and a mouse kill to her name.... :)
Perky caught another snake.....this time I saw it in the sunlight as I carried it out on the rake (all dead)...it was small with a white belly and the back covered in brown spots....I think it is a garter snake....She is SUCH a good kitty. This time she killed it and left it n the porch for me....she was snoozing next to it. :)"
July 15, 2011
Buddy and Perky got into a tussle on the back porch. Not sure who actually caught the rather large bug, but Perky ended up with it and Buddy went crazy barking at her trying to get her to give it up. I finally figured out what the ruckus was about and took the bug carcass away from them. SHEESH!!!!
June 21, 2011
ROFL Couldn't hear Buddy, called his name, he came wandering in with a piece of paper towel stuck to his nose. Hmmmm, wonder what he got into? LOL
