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She walks!
Holy crap, we got home tonight and out of the blue Saratoga started walking on all four legs for 4-5 feet at a time. This is truly amazing, it was only about six weeks ago that we brought her home … Continue reading
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Sara’s Back
I can’t believe how busy we’ve been since Saratoga came home three weeks ago; so busy I forgot to post here. She doesn’t have full use of her back legs yet but with the 3x/day physical therapy that we’re doing … Continue reading
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Our sweet Saratoga is in the hospital
Our sweet little Saratoga (who is only about five years old) has been in the hospital for five days now with a spinal cord injury. She had premature calcification of her backbone and something caused multiple discs to herniate and … Continue reading
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Saratoga makes the TV news
Yesterday my wife and I took our dogs Saratoga and Milo for the Walk a Mile for the Animals charity walk to support the Rancho Coastal Humane Society (which is where we got Sara and Milo). We saw a cameraman … Continue reading
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Heart-kun
I got this as one of those e-mails that gets forwarded repeatedly but I don’t remember seeing it before. A PUPPY has been born in Japan with a large, clear, love-heart-shaped pattern in his coat. The Chihuahua was born in … Continue reading
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Dogs: 1, Sparrow: 0
A couple of nights ago on our walk Saratoga ran to the edge of one of the condo buildings and I could see a dark shape up against the wall, it was probably a little smaller than a baseball. She … Continue reading
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Say hello to my little friend (Jackson)
My wife and I went to a local pet shop to get a Valentine’s Day portrait of our two dogs and damned if they didn’t have five dogs from a local shelter there that they were trying to adopt out. … Continue reading
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Milo is here
Two weeks ago we adopted Milo from the same animal shelter where we got Sara. Milo is a Chihuahua mix, we first thought it was with Dachshund but now we think he might be part Toy Manchester Terrier. He weighs … Continue reading
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A pet owner and a geek
Yes, I actually used a spare Cat5 cable to extend my dog’s leash at work. I wanted her to be able to wander a little farther away from my chair than her normal leash would reach. And yes I named … Continue reading
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Good-bye Lucky
Good-bye Lucky, you were one hell of a pet. We’ve never known a parakeet to live for 10+ years but you were the best. Thanks for all the wonderful years of songs & whistling, we’ll never forget you.
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Welcome Saratoga!
No not the aircraft carrier, our new dog! She is a 3-year old terrier mix who we adopted from a local shelter. She’s really well behaved, I can’t believe she wasn’t adopted sooner.
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Neuter Scooter is just wrong
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all about spaying & neutering pets but the idea of a giant bus that drives around doing it with a big “Neuter Scooter” logo on the side just seems wrong to me. See all the … Continue reading
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