So I got to thinking recently.....I'm sure you have all discovered this is a dangerous pool for me to swim in......and I have this tendency to link... 2 Comments
So recently one of my old posts got ressurrected and tossed around :
http://noblepagan.com/wicca-86/sacred_space_your_altar-2776/
It was a... 7 Comments
Okay so here I am a practioner of Wicca for 17 years. A lot of you already know that though. This does NOT mean that I am the most Wiccany or Witchy... 9 Comments
After sharing The Spiritual Component of Autism (Pantheon) and reading the discussions that followed, I got to thinking about how medication effects... 4 Comments
OK - let's see if I can remember all the names (remember the kids name their own - don't hold them against me! LOL) Small to large....
1 Betta - BellaBlue - whom the kids think it is terribly funny to hold a mirror to his tank and watch him puff up and fight himself.
2 corn snakes - Raj and Rose
2 leopard Geckos - Geiko and Tom (they belong to the 6 yo! LOL)
3 cats - Dutchess (or more commonly called mama kitty) Nacho - yes he is orange, and Shadow
and finally 2 Australian Shepherds - a female named Missy (red) and a male named Champ (black/white) of course we didn't get him fixed in time so thinking we may be having some puppies in December....He is a spaz - he was a rescue so can't say why, but any low, monotonous sound (sewing machine, scissors cutting, mixer, etc.) he starts to freak out, run in circles and lick EVERYTHING!! Seriously mopping the floor - it is gross! LOL Any suggestions GREATLY appreciated! LOL
Only WE would rescue the dog that needs medicated ;-)
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Maybe it a Shepherd thing.....
Link seems to think that thunder is a big growling dog in the sky that needs to be taught a howl n hackling lesson. He also will protect us from the big flaming dog in the fireplace ( read...when the fire goes WHUMPF we have him defending our honor against it).
He will wake from a dead sleep to snap and bark down any wind that whistles near our windows.
And Ems? She wants to know what she is missing out on so she can take charge.....
So no. You na the only one with medicatably needy dogs. !
I was going through this thread and thought I would update.
The Hermit crabs got sick.
Kevin the Demon Pigeon got out an open window.....
The Betas died ( contaminated water...long story)
And I've aquired a Yorkshire Terrier ( Teacup size.....at age 1 she is only 2.5 pounds....unless she has been fed a chicken burrito about as large as she is.....I have no idea where she put that whole thing!). You've read about Link and Ems ( Link about 60+ pounds, Ems being about 45 pounds....Trixie about a foot high if even that....and 2.5 pounds). Ems adopted Trixie as her own puppy and will play with her.
Link within the first week herded her into a cat carrier and tried to nose the door shut.....
We now have a Burmese mix outside cat I named Scotty ( as it seems she has Scottish Fold Ear in her mix looking at her ears). She is shy and won't come in however loves a good petting. Oh and everything she does seems to cost energy. You pet her she eats. She wakes up she eats. She moves she eats.
Our pets currently are:
Chewey (red heeler pup),
Benny (solid black cat),
Rusty (orange tabby cat),
Bella (tortise shell cat that comes and goes at will),
Lizardy (leopard gecko),
Oscar (tigar oscar),
Elizabeth (blue terror),
swammy (green terror),
sucky (plecostomus)
Gypsei - Female black and tan Miniature Dachshund.
Nickname/s: Black Jelly Bean, Squirt, Little Derman, Lesbi Dog
Xena - Female Tan Chiwawa
Nickname/s: Meemers, Neeners, Bun, Kitty
Loki - Female Senagal Parrot
Nickname/s: Green Lady, Lohk-Smokes, Harpy
Desmond - Male Spanish Ribbed Newt - Also classified as an Iberian Ribbed Newt
Nickname/s: Desi, Blimp Smute, Smooty, Snewt
Floaters x 3 - 2 males & one female Indonesian floating frog
Nickname/s: Smrogs, Floaters
Yarrow - Male African Dwarf Frog
Nickname/s: Smrog
Ziggy - Male White Deff Ferret
Nickname/s: Smerret, Carpet Snake,
Arej - Male Pied/Pear Cockatiel
Nickname/s: BIRD
Michael - Male Dumbo Rat - belongs to my GF, JJ "Cloakits"
Nickname/s: Ratty
I won't go on to name the individuals that I have cared for/owned or passed on but the following is just some of the critters I have had the pleasure of knowing, raising and handling. Each have been extensively studdied so if anyone has any questions about animal behaviors that are alarming or body language they can't translate, I would be more than happy to help. I also have my basic and advanced pet first aid certificates. This being said, if you would like to know anything medical I can only make suggestions and I will always say that you should see your vet.
Breeds of critters I have raised in one way or another: Wiener dogs, horses, cats, iguanas, PAC man frog, hedgehog, prairie dog, budgie, rabbit, fire salamanders, fire bellied toads, leopard frogs, Western Toads, Whites Tree frog, Egyptian Toad, various small parrots, guinna pigs, snakes, rats, turtles, newts, puffer fish, ferret, etc.
We have Staretz- aka Star - our five year old German Shepherd who is too smart for his own good, is bi-lingual (hubby trained him with German commands which I can use when I'm pissed, but most times I use either English or Italian...Star understands both.) Most people are a bit startled to see a male Shepherd named Star - but his full name means spiritual teacher in the Russian Monasteries and he was bought to help my husband with his PTSD issues.
Torie, Taurie, Tory - depending on who is spelling her name around here. She is my youngest sons two year old Dutch Shepherd...the dog he bought when he had his own place and the dog we warned him not to get...She is now mine....she is also housebroken - if you want to walk her twenty times a day...in between walks she'll just do what she wants where she wants. She has her own language - "la,la, la, I can't hear you so I don't have to listen to you" is her main language. Oh, and no matter what tone of voice you use to call her to you, she will always go in the opposite direction. She gives the appearance of being dumb as a brick but she is really the smartest out of all of us.
then there are the twins...
My daughter found Chronic and Yoda when they were three weeks old and abandoned by their mom. My cat had just ran away and I desperately needed a mouser..she brought home these two little orange fluff balls and I thought I was gonna never get rid of the mice that had moved in when my Ari ran away. Yoda is the evil one...made even more evil looking because of an allergy to the latex mask they used on him when he was fixed - part of his facial fur turned white. When he was little he would always hold his ears sideways and reminded me of Yoda, hence the name. Chronic got his name when he was still an infant - the runt of the litter he refused to be nursed no matter what was tried and my daughter really thought he was gonna die...My youngest son got a hair-brained idea about how to get the kitten to eat..it worked, and the kitten earned his name. I won't go into detail about what was done, so let's just say cats can get the munchies.
Then there are the crows across the street, the buzzards who stop by to clean up any road kill that ends up in our yard, the deer who think my yard is a highway, the spiders who live very happily on my porch (I leave spiders alone because they are the best mosquito control I've ever seen) the pair of hawks who have seemed to have left right after we moved in (darn it) and the squirrels...I live in the middle of Animal Planet.
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Mess not with mine dragons, for thou art crunchy and tasteth really really good with ketchup!
"Do virgins taste better than those who are not?"
(Brobdingnagian Bards"
We have a pet shortage in my house...only two dogs (whom I love very much).
Samantha - aka - Sammy - One of the most neurotic dogs I've ever met. She recently turned 12, but I'm not sure she knows that. She plays and runs around the house and jumps up to give kisses just as much as she did when I met her (just over 11 years ago). She's a Shepard/terrier mix and soooo cute...just don't leave out any prescriptions drugs, leather, underwear, suitcases that have recently held food, or used tissues (in the trash); 'cause she's eaten all of it. Also, if you decide to bake and leave the fresh-baked goods out to cool while you run to the store, make sure they are not on the counter (including the far corner), as we're convinced she will stand on AJ's back to get to the food.
AJ - He looks like a rottweiler, but fluffy. AJ recently turned 10, and he's finally learning how to act like a real dog (mostly from time spent with Sammy - 8 years now), but still a complete coward. He has a hoover technique of eating in which the food is almost instantly gone from his bowl as soon as it's set down. Miraculous, really. He's not near as much of a trouble-maker, but he irritates the hell out of my dad on a regular basis by finding the noisiest toy in the basket and squeaking the crap out of it until my dad yells as him to knock it off.
What I REALLY want, though, is a ferret. Alas, it is not meant to be at this point, since my stupid state has outlawed them...because people are dumb. *sighs* Oh well, I have my doggies and I love them dearly.
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