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PR Blackout Post #2: R.I.P

I had another topic picked for today’s content post, but I’ve just not been able to sit down and make myself write about it.  Why? Because last night we discovered our dog, Dale, had died sometime since Sunday afternoon.  And to top off this horrible experience, Cameron found him when she went out to feed him yesterday evening AND we just celebrated his 3rd birthday Sunday afternoon.

Dale was a registered border collie. I fell in love with him from the beginning as he was brown and white instead of the black and white that you see so often here.  We also had to have him because he came from my dad’s dog, Sheba, who has been one of the most wonderful dogs I’ve ever known.  She’s loved and protected Cameron since she began crawling, and so when my dad said that her puppies (3 years ago) would be her last litter as she was too old, I knew we had to have one.

We have no idea what caused it.  Daddy saw no signs of a snake bite (my first guess), but h is was so furry that it would be hard to find those signs.  I guess we’ll never know. (I guess we could have done DNA testing or something. :)

Cameron’s been really worried.  We did our instant hold each other and cried a few tears, and everything was better, but all day there’s just been passing comments about him.  Little things, and I know she must have talked to my dad at length as she told me all the things he said it could have been.

Unfortunately I don’t have many pictures of him either, but I know I have a couple from the first year.  I’m going to search through my digital pictures to try to find a few and make Cameron a collage to frame that she can hang in her room for a few years.

Rest in Peace Dale.  You’ll always be in our hearts.

Still Catching Up

WOW!!  I don’t think I’ll be planning anymore vacations right before school. I’m having a horrible time catching up with life and work. This is awful. But I am going to try to at least make a daily post just to keep you involved in our lives. I’m hoping as the next week or so passes, I can get back into my regular blogging.

I went to workshops today and one gave me the chance to do a little filtered web browsing. I found a pretty nifty little website that I thought I would take a moment tonight before turning it in to share it with you. It’s a pretty neat little site called Zootoo. It’s sort of a MySpace for pet owners. You add pictures of your pets, describe them, write about them – you name it.  You can also network and make friends at Zootoo. You can search for owners of animals similar to yours and/or pet owners in your area.  I’m still learning the ins and outs of the site, but it looks really intriguing. You can share tips for caring for your pets, plan play dates with owners in your area, find out who recommends what vets or pet stores. You name it, the social network at Zootoo has the potential to help you with so many different pet care needs.  Not only this, but your activity on this site can benefit local pet charities. When registering, you just give the site at zipcode and they will list local locations that they will make donations to for your use of their site.  How awesome is that?

My Cuties!

I realized last night when my very stubborn, Max, was on the porch (instead of in his fenced off yard that he constantly digs out of ) that I’ve never shared our family pooches with you.  Max was looking particularly sad and in need of some TLC – don’t you think? So we let him in for a little while (a very rare thing at my house).  Cameron was really excited about it and it was great. I got to thinking about maybe letting him in more, but know we’d have to step up on the flea killer if we were to do that. I do treat both him and Dale, but they are outside dogs so the treatments are not as thorough as I would require for him to come in more often.

I called my Dad as he and my grandmother have a house full of dogs…see the new ones – aren’t they adorable? Pretty little chihuahua puppies…aww! But since he and my grandmother do allow their plethora of dogs in the house, I wanted advice on flea treatments, and they listed a few different products they’ve used. I did a search for all these products and found this site that talks about all of the products they recommended – Flea Control Guide. I try to bookmark and blog about the great sites I find so that you can check them out (and I can search and find them again..lol).  So if you are in need of flea treatment but don’t’ know what to buy, check out Flea Control Guide.

Welcome Home Boots & Spongebob

Yesterday after our SR Meet Cameron and I did some shopping. One of our purchases included two new pets for our family – temporarily called Boots and SpongeBob. Cameron fell in love with these while browsing the Katy Mills Mall, but I didn’t think she would like them to do it more than in theory. She fooled me though by holding them and letting them walk in her hand. After that it was all she could talk about. I still thought it would be temporary, but she was still talking about them yesterday morning so we went back and purchased them, and I am now researching and learning about the care of hermit crabs.