Jay’s Life

Today I got the opportunity to get one last look at my baby mourning doves before saying “goodbye”. They left the nest on Saturday and moved to the ground with their parents. I didn’t see them together Sunday or yesterday but this morning they were out there together sitting on the ground. When I approached too close they flew away. Success! They both made it and they can fly!

Bye bye baby birds!

….now to take away all my planter boxes so they or their mother doesn’t build another nest out there. They drove the cats and Happie CRAZY.

Its finally nice outside so today, Silkie let her babies out from under her! They are getting big and doing well!

Its finally nice outside so today, Silkie let her babies out from under her! They are getting big and doing well!

Congrats Silkie and Contract!!! A couple of weeks ago this very stupid mourning dove took up nesting in one of my herb planter (the purple sage actually). I named her Silkie and her half-ass male, Contract.
Mouring dove eggs usually hatch after 12-16 days. Ours have been sitting on these eggs for 22 days, leading me to have believed that they were not going to hatch. But this morning between making coffee and noon they did hatch! They have two hideously ugly babies! Baby birds have got to be the ugliest baby animals but I’m happy to have them all the same!
I need names for my newest bird family members. I’m not planning on interfereing with them, just watching them from my kitchen window. Got any ideas?

Check http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/petfood.html#recall for an updated list of all of the foods recalled. This is the American website but its very comprehensive, our government hasn’t been quite as helpful in providing this information.

My suggestion is to check the ingredients list on your pets food wet OR dry, if it contains wheat gluten throw it out and find something else. The recall is expanding pretty much daily, don’t put your pets at an unnecessary risk.

I had a funny conversation today with a friend about ‘designer dogs’. Maybe I haven’t been paying attention but when did this trend start? I thought names like Labradoodle and Yorkipoo were just things people made up to feel more special about their dogs being crossbreed….why thats important I don’t know. I thought just chiuaua’s were in style, thank goodness its not so. Adopted dogs are the only cool dogs around here.

Today I learned about Bugs. Bugs, apparently, are Boston Terrier X Pug crosses. The cross between the two breeds make their eyes bug out of their heads, creepy. I don’t know if thats where the name came from but from the pictures it was an accurate guess.

Porkie is funny too, a pug and a yorkie. That would be one seriously ugly ugly dog.

Puggle also sounds stupid, pug and a beagle.

Other funny dog crosses:

* Bearded Chin (Bearded Collie & Japanese Chin)

* Boy Toy (Boykin Spaniel & Toy Poodle)

* Bull Shitz (Bull Terrier & Shih Tzu)

* Havapinch (Havanese & Doberman Pinscher)

* Chocolate Malt (Chocolate Lab & Maltese)

* Annoyed (Anatolian Shepherd & Samoyed)

* Great Scott (Great Dane & Scottish Terrier)

* Cold Duck (American Eskimo & Duck Tolling Retriever)

* Brittanytese (Brittany Spaniel & Maltese)

* Nopeeking (Norfolk Terrier & Pekingese)

* Jack in the Box (Jack Russell & Boxer)

* Sushi (Sussex Spaniel & Shih Tzu)

* Pie in the Sky (Pit Bull Terrier & Skye Terrier)

* Hairy Rat (Harrier & Rat Terrier)

I pray that these are joke names for dogs. They have to be, no way would you ever see and Great Dane and a Scottish Terrier breed. But they are funny.

If Happie was a designer dog he would be a Bullshit Lab Germ.

You to can have your very own ‘designer dog’ check out your local humane society or petfinder.com for hundreds of listings.

Ta da!