Happy Thanksgiving!

non-update

I have lots to share but am just not up to writing. I will post soon.

Fostering

After Cheetah leaves Aug 1, I will be taking the month off from fostering. I expect I will have a lot of Cheetah updates, and on August 16, there is going to be a Rescue Angels reunion taking place at my house, so I will get to see some of the dogs I fostered before, plus about 100 I haven't! I will likely have some pictures and stuff from that. It is my hope that when I start up fostering again in September, we will fire up the webcam again so you can have live pictures when we have a puppy (or two). I won't always have puppies, but I have had quite a few in the past, before the litter.

What would your dog say

Working with the rescue, I see a ton of placement ads all the time. You know, "high energy dog, loves to play, good with other dogs and kids, no cats please." That kind of thing.

Ever wonder what your dog would say about you? I think mine would say:

Low energy female, very loving and cuddly when she manages to get off the couch (or let you on it). Mostly enjoys being indoors but will take you out if you show the desire. Not very social with other humans (sometimes exhibits random aggression) but good with most animals. Decent leadership qualities, likable, but often needs encouragement to play and have fun. Likes to feel needed. Can tug on leash when frustrated, but good leash manners overall. Less confusing than many humans regarding what she wants, but could use a little work. Will occassionally prepare food and forget to put it on the floor. Really good at scratching.

Cool thing 6.25.09

So I doubt I have ever mentioned before that I struggle with depression. As such, I have a high intensity full spectrum light. Long story short, I took a sick day today and wasn't in the best shape when Dan got home from work. So he went and got us take out and we sat on the couch and watched bad TV and he flipped on the light box. Now, when this light box is on, it looks like there is a mad scientist performing experiments in our house. This thing is BRIGHT. It is currently located in our basement, where we have our primary family room. Our basement is a raised basement and we have large windows. So we are sitting on the couch watching TV with the light box blaring and I look up and there is a face in the window not 10 feet away!!! I managed to keep my wits about me enough not to shriek or make any sudden movements. I said in as calm a voice as I could manage, "Dan, there is a fox in the window right next to you right now!!!" This little guy (or girl, I couldn't tell) was extremely interested in what we were doing. He almost seemed like he was trying to get in! We sat there looking at each other for at least a full minute before he moved on. He was very neat looking and I was really curious what made him so interested in us. Maybe the light, because it is like sunlight. Anyway, it lifted my spirits a little and was really cool, so I thought I would share.

Welcome to Pell-Mel

Hello!

I am moving news posts about Cheetah & puppies here. For now I will continue to cross post on the Google Site as well, and I will leave that up for archive purposes, should I decide to move to this format exclusively. But this way you can make comments if you want. As such, I am going to stop checking the U-Stream site. I am leaving it up for now, since that is where some of the videos reside, but if you write something in the comments section on the U-stream page, from now on, I am not likely to see it.

Finally, while I will likely write mostly about dogs, I reserve the right to use this blog to talk about whatever I want. :-) I will be sure to accurately label each post, so you can skip over the things that do not interest you.

Enjoy!