Pets

THANK YOU, ANNEKE!With heavy heart and tears in my eyes, I read this morning about the passing of Anneke Vos, a woman of boundless kindness for her fellow creatures who dedicated her life to the welfare of pets of the homeless and worked so hard to rai...

Yesterday in “Why Lie?”, I told you about the added insult to our dog attack injuries in the form of a falsified official police report, but I need to back up a bit.  Prior to our receipt of the aforementioned “document of poo poo”, the Sgt. in charge of Professional Standards, Chris Emery, contacted...

I promised to give you the latest developments in my dog attack situation, but I have to warn you that your fur may get riled over this testimony.  As you dear followers know from my previous posts on this subject (“To Protect and Serve…My Arse! “ , “Bad Behavior by Folsom Police”, “The Power...

TO KILL A PIT BULLJust a belated comment about the shooting of the pit bull that attacked the horse in Old Sacramento around the holidays.  Don't Sacramento police officers carry stun guns?  I'm sure it was dreadful to witness the horse being attacke...

BLACKBIRDS AREN'T SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHTAs someone who loves watching birds in their natural habitats and visiting my garden feeders, I was distressed to read of the strange occurrence on New Year's Eve, when 3,000 red-winged blackbirds dropped t...

I’ve never really thought of myself as a “Pollyanna”-type pup, but perhaps I have been naive in some of the ways of the world.  My recent attack has brought to light some of the less desirable elements in human nature, in my community, and in life in general. The attack has also left me...

A friend told me of a man who knew who had cared for and loved his dog for many years and upon its death the man felt so much grief and so much loss that he vowed never to let another creature enter his life.My friend, knowing this would only fuel the ...

In honor of making sure the tissue box comes no where near Astrea... and old picture from early 2010. This is her, "it wasn't me" look.

So, I'm slightly obsessed with the Real Housewives on Bravo. Not all of them, just the Atlanta and Beverly Hills. My absolute favorite on Beverly Hills is Lisa VanderPump. I think she is absolutely HILARIOUS. Everything about her just cracks me up. Inc...

With the new year come new resolutions. Last year I wanted to volunteer more, but found that all the things I wanted to do didn't always fit into the time frame I had to do them. I wish I had all the time in the world to spend at the shelter playing wi...