Rusty Tucks in Woofies

Hey, Rusty here.  This might be a dog post but since I'm an honorary woofie and the only one who isn't afraid to enter the dog house, I have appropriated the post.

Jan says she wishes the woofies would learn to do this - put themselves to bed.  In winter she gives them each a blankie for their beds but they just drag them around the room, maybe sleep on one, or dig holes through the material, but none of them have the "sense to sleep under them."  (Don't blame me, those are Jan's words, not mine..)  But the minute Jan goes to bed, Buddy is diving under her blankets, Sam is on top of the blankets crushing her legs, and Merci is circling the bed looking for enough room to join them..(I'm sure you've noticed Sam is a bi-i-i-g dog so weights a lot and takes up lots of room.)

So Buddy, Merci and Sam said we're not going to let Jan see this video! I can't wait to see how they intend to stop her.


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Cotton Updates Beemer

Hi, Cotton here. I'm back with a quick update on Beemer. You remember Beemer. I introduced her last Saturday in Cotton Introduces Beemer. (Can I write an appropriate title or what?) You can read or re-read Beemer's story and pass it on.

Anyway, Beemer is a special needs kitty from Ohio in need of a forever home. Or at least a foster home. The nice woman who rescued Beemer rescues dogs, so she can't keep her.

Toby has provided an update -

Hi Eveyone, its Toby here: This message is from Shawna; Beemer's Rescuer: "She didn't eat the dry at first but after a week she came around to it. She generally gets the run of the mud room. She's caged at night. but it's a 2'x4' cage so it's a good size.

I take her outside with me to water plants and she is just mesmerized with the hose. She's really on the move pretty good. The only place she is not loose is in the house with the dogs. But I play for 15-20 mins every 2-3 hours during the day.

I've called all kinds of rescue groups and no one will take her. She's almost all out of medicine and her eyes look great."

We hope Beemer will soon be in her forever home, with a little help from her new friends.

Innova Winners and Huck

Hey, Sam here. Since our post on the Innova free bag of food coupon giveaway post had my name on it (Sam Broke his Biscuit), I stood on Buddy's foot until he agreed ... uh, I mean I volunteered to announce the winners.

Merci and Buddy got into a heated debate since each wanted to use a different website to pick the winners. They finally decided to compromise and each of them got to pick one winner. We had 4 entries from the US/Canada area. Each entry was assigned a number..

Merci, as you know, is a girl, so we let her pick the first winner using her choice, Truly Random Number Generator. #2 (Amber da Weenie)

Buddy used Random.org. #1 (The Chesney Cats)

Congratulations.  If the winners will each email us their snail mail addresse, we can get their coupon for a free bag of Innova dog or cat food in the mail. 

We'd like to thank you all for your comments.  Some of our readers live outside the US/Canada and some are on a special diet or have medical problems that preclude trying a new food.  We understand. 

And thanks to Innova for supplying the coupons for the giveaway.

And now for a little fun for the humans today.  A crazy grandma.  Some of you might recognize her in your own human.  We can't picture Jan doing anything like this, but she sure got a kick out of watching someone else do it.


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We hope you will take a moment to stop by The Doggy Diary and leave a kind word for Huck's family.  They made the painful decision to give him the peace he couldn't find in life. It's very sad and they can use some encouragement.

Purrs, Grrrs and Gus

Graphic courtesy of KC of the Cat Blogosphere.

Ayla is finally home. It is unbelievable that she was improperly spayed - twice! Yesterday she was spayed for the 3rd time during a different procedure and sent home. Last night she was taken to an emergency vet bleeding badly. The Big Thing is understandably irate over nearly losing her - not to mention the expenses incurred. Evidently the emergency vet personnel have the bedside manner of Dr. Martin Ellingham, the outspokenly rude doctor from Dr. Martin, a British comedy Jan likes to watch. Such behavior is barely funny in a TV comedy..

Purrs and wags for Ayla to have a total and rapid healing. You can visit Ayla at Mark's Mews.

Many of you might have already seen this video but it's so funny, we decided to post it anyway. It was fun to watch it again and again. Gus reminds us of Buddy when he was a pup.Total determination!

We guess the weather must be sweltering where Gus lives, so who can blame him for wanting his pool indoors instead of outside.


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Our giveaway will end at midnight tonight (Wednesday). Details are on our post Sam Broke his Biscuit.