bad bouffer . . .kind of sort of

The Humane society requested that Bouffer meet the soon-to-be-adopted dog before he came to our house--- so we took Bouffer over there to meet him, and they got along really well for about 15 minutes, with just one or two warning snarls.

Well, near the end, the lady walks us over by on of the doors of the building, and both dogs shove their noses up against the door. I said "wow, they sure smell something there", and the lady says" Oh, that's daisy, she's a really nice dog". Well, faster than I can say "crap, these dogs are gonna start fighting if their's an un-fixed female behind that door, especially since they are in a an area boxed in by a door on one side and 2 evergeen bushes on 2 of the other sides", Bouffer and the new dog start snarling and snapping at each other. We yanked them away from each other, and they stopped, although Bouffer resumed sniffing at the door.

And the lady says, "Oh, I don't think they are ready to go home together, Bouffer got really defensive there".

That kind of ticks me off. I don't know of many dogs that won't snap at each other when they are going nuts sniffing up hormones....and the to-be-adopted dog also isn't fixed, so he's still all manly, if you know what I mean....We have had over 2 dogs so far, and when kept on leashes they begin to snap at each other, but in both of those cases, once ofo of the leashes, they snarl and/or snapped a few times then just seemed to drop it. I think something about being on the leashes adds to their snappiness.

Anyway, I >>suppose<< they know best.......now we have to have another "doggy date" before they will decide to let him come home with us.....maybe they are just trying to see if we will jump through the hoops to get him.

New Dog's Name

Please vote: (reminder, it is a lab-mix-mutt, about 50-60 pounds)

Basil

Beeker

Bailey

Bunky

Benjiro

Other :__________ (your suggestion).


I wanted to name him Zaphod or Beeblebrox, but that was vetoed.

King Bouffer

OK, I've gotta brag about my baby. . .

At the Wood County Humane Society's annual "Mutt Strut", dozens of doggies took part in the ,,Beauty Pa(w)gent", and vied for the title of King or Queen of the Mutt Strut.

This year's winner (selected by two local TV weather women) was none other than our faithful friend, Bouffer. In addition to "beauty",they took into account his background story (rescued dog), his talents(speaking and fetching the mail)---- and I think they liked his name,too.

Below you can see his coronation, as well as a picture of him enjoying one of his many prizes.

P.S. - We've adopted out several of our Guinea Pigs, and are most likely taking in a friend that Bouffer made at the Mutt Strut. If that happens, you can be sure to find pictures of the new addition to our family here.

my first manual camera with a macro lens

From my garden this weekend:

Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

Monarch

Flower (columbine?)

Milkweed bug nymphs

Creepy Spider (a bit fuzzy because I certainly wasn't getting any closer to it.....)

today we saved a praying mantis

and our story/picture is now on one of my favorite sites:

http://www.whatsthatbug.com

M.Ed.

Well, congratulate my better half. Her e-mail address is her first name @ schutze.com She graduates today with her M.Ed. in Classroom Technology!