I took Pippo out for a walk this afternoon and took some photos along the way. Actually, I took a lot of photos and drove Pippo crazy by stopping every few feet. I haven't looked at the photographic results of our wanderings, but hopefully a few decent ones will show up ( Read more... )

If I die suddenly, the cause is most likely due to the noxious gas emitting from Pippo at the moment. He's sitting on the sofa next to me and it's just awful! As much as I hate to banish him from the sofa, the stench is just horrendous ( Read more... )

How nice! I just got a call from the local Humane Society asking if we'd found Pippo. (We'd gone there looking for him when he disappeared.) Nice to know they follow up like that. Even better being able to tell him that we'd found him!

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So much seems to have happened since I posted only three days ago. First off, that afternoon, as the bread was still baking, Pippo got loose and disappeared. He ended up gone for 23 hours -- conceivably the most miserable 23 hours I've ever spent. My pets are like my children and I was a wreck hoping Pippo would come back, and worrying about all of ( Read more... )

It's October 31st. Hallowe'en, Samhain, the time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest.

Or something like that.

The cats are in their black costumes. (Well, yes, they're in the costumes every day, you could say. You try putting a real costume on a cat!), and Pippo will be sporting his Albi costume later today. We might even take him ( Read more... )

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Pippo is pretty calm when it comes to getting a bath. He doesn't like it, but once he's in, he's not much trouble. That said, he hates water. When I take a bath, he'll come in hesitantly and see what on earth I'm doing and will back away quickly if I make any gesture toward him. So perhaps you can imagine that a swimming pool is a completely alien ( Read more... )

One of the reasons I've never cared that much for having a video camera is because I don't think I'd get much use out of it, except for filming the animals. Of course, with digital cameras, you have a video option built-in. I was taking some photos this morning of Pippo lying in some shafts of sunlight and figured I'd try out the video option. As a ( Read more... )

On the surface, Pippo -- a German Shepherd/Pit Bull mix -- looks intimidating. He's 70+ pounds of pure muscle. Even the vet said he looked intimidating.

Of course, when the vet said that, G and I just burst out laughing.

The reality is, Pippo is a hippie at heart. When we go for walks, he's always stopping to smell the roses ... and any other plants ( Read more... )