I suppose I should return to this blog after such an extended absence with something profound, but I have been feeling decidedly less than profound of late, so a post about the return of one of our AWOL cats will have to suffice: There is a similarity between Bink and me in that he checked …
This past Monday I started taking Ranger out for short walks — end of the block and back jobs — just to begin getting her acclimated to both the neighborhood and life on the leash. She dealt with both pretty well, but I noticed practically right away that she’s very skitish when it comes to …
I’ve been feeling guilty about Buster the tortoise who hasn’t gotten near enough porch/outdoor time this summer. What with our vacation and now painting the house (and the fact that frankly Buster’s low-maintenance aspects make it easy to forget about her) she just hasn’t gotten out and about all that often of late. So yesterday …
In the aftermath of Ranger’s veterinary visit from hell Saturday I am compelled to balance out the dark with the light. So here’s a quick clip of Ranger’s genetic predisposition to fetch as if her tail hadn’t been sliced and she wasn’t wearing a big funnel around her neck.
Here’s Ranger in her second evening as a conehead. Though she certainly looks miserable in this snapshot, her mangled tail (courtesy Gateway Animal Hellspital) looks to be healing quite nicely and she’s doing very well with her new accessory, romping and stomping and harassing the cats and Shadow as well as honing her already remarkable …
• Generally speaking the answer from Shadow and Pepper to Ranger’s robust requests for recreation is “Not really.” But at least they’re being polite.
…Or also known from Ranger’s perspective as: “Hey! Where’d everybody go? Blackjack’s wonderful new guardian Carlos came by last night at 6 p.m. and picked her up to take her to her new home and family. Part of me had been hoping I’d’ve been on my weekly river ride and missed the exchange, but instead …