Posted by in dogs Castaway Critters is having its annual photo contest, featuring photos of all sorts of rescued pets. This year I’ve entered Bodhi in the contest. Enough votes and he might even grace the cover of the 2023 calendar, and there are also 12 whole pages for the other top 11 vote-getters. Votes are $1 each with…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Six years ago today we adopted Bodhi, who is one of the world’s very best dogs. We had never had a blind dog before, so Bodhi was our teacher in many ways, but since he was at least four years old at the time, and had been blind for life, he knew his way around…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Ace has been with us almost a month now, and as usually happens, he is a different dog than the one that arrived here. It takes dogs some period of time – some a couple weeks, some much longer – to start showing their true personalities, and we are beginning to see more of who…Read more »
This last week has been sooooo busy. I’ve disliked summers for many reasons for lots of years, but one of the reasons has been that the pet sitting schedule is unrelenting in the summer and by fall I am one cranky camper. I had a very busy pet sitting week this past week, and I’m…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Well, much to our surprise, we are considering adopting Ace. We weren’t really contemplating another dog, but he’s such a nice little guy that we are thinking he might be a good choice. In his favor: He’s the kind of size we had already decided we would look for after Bodhi is gone. We are…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Happy 4th birthday Gracie! You’re a gem, and we are lucky you are part of our lives.
I am quiet for ages, and now y’all are having to see posts from me daily, but things are starting to quiet down a bit. First of all, Ace is a doll. Easiest foster we have ever had or could hope to have. House trained, good walker, goes to sleep in his open crate when…Read more »
Just a quick update on things…everything changes so quickly sometimes in foster land. I think Rebecca may have some mastitis, or at the very least, her teats are very raw and sore and she does not want to nurse the kittens. And feeding them by syringe isn’t going great either, so tonight I put the…Read more »
Just when things were going so well, I went to check on Rebecca and her kittens this morning, only to find a ton of diarrhea from Rebecca. She’d filled the litter box and moved on to the floor. Sigh. It resulted in a day of back and forth with the vet’s office, but the end…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized We are back from vacation, our first whole week off in at least a decade or more. This semi-retirement thing with pet sitting is good…no more working 365 days a year. We were off to Massachusetts to see Marley’s family, so it was an easy and relaxing week away. Another part of the fun was…Read more »
The Blessing of Animal Companions 