Maybe it was in High Def?

I feel sorry for this old lady. I can so see how she got confused. I watch Cesar Milan most days and I think the dogs on the TV are really in the room with me. I run up and down the hallway, bark back at the TV and get wound up when the pack is running. It's totally understand able that she called 911 because her television caught fire. Police and firefighters rushed to the house to save the women. There was no sign of smoke when they came into the home. They found the TV was turned to a station that showed a constant image of a lit fireplace. The report filed by the firefighters: "We extinguished the fire by changing the station."

Dare to Live!!

I can't even write all the details of this story, because Linda will cry again when she reads it. Dare is a three year old Sheltie. He lives with his two brothers and a wonderful family of humans. They were adopted from a puppy mill after with standing horrible abuse. To spare Linda's sensitive feelings, I won't write what happened to the littest one, Dare. The end result was that he now only has 2 legs, the front and back legs on his right side. Does Dare just sulk in the corner while his brothers play? No way!! He runs, wrestles, walks, plays and acts just like a dog without a handicap. He has learned to adapt. He leans against a wall to drink water and eat his food. When he runs and plays, he has to rest a little more often, but then pushes back up with his 2 legs to run some more. Dare is my hero. Not only does he live life to the fullest, he is also a rehab dog. He visits a local amputee clinic where patients are learning to live without an arm or leg. Wow. Sometimes I feel sorry for myself because of my seizures and delicate trachea. Now I am never going to complain again.

Hope He Wore Sunscreen

On June 22nd, I wrote about a tractor trailer truck that overturned in Little Rock, Ark. Ninety fat hogs spilled onto the highway. Most were rounded up, but one escaped. Authorities were calling him "ham on the lam." The 800 pound porky was lost for a whole week before making itself at home in a ladies swimming pool. LeAnne Baldy looked out her window and noticed her pool was overflowing. She went outside and found the pig immersed in the water just chilling out. The pig will be living a long and happy life at a local farm. Porkie can't be used as pork sausages because they don't know what he might have ate during his AWOL time.

Crazy like a fox

A few months ago I wrote about a red fox that was hanging outside our house. We saw him two nights in a row during our night walk. At first we thought it was a loose dog, but then a car's
headlights proved it was indeed a fox. After reading this story, maybe we better be more careful outside at night. A crazy fox went on a rampage today. First, he stole a little boy's lunch,
attacked a cat and chased an old man into his house. He then bit the arm of a old women and attacked the man who came to her rescue. A police man shot the fox dead and took it to a lab for rabies testing. The fox by our house was just walking a straight line and did not seem crazy to me. They are such beautiful animals. I wish we could get one as a pet.

Staggering Statistics

When you weigh 4 1/2 pounds like I do, being 1 pound overweight is considered obese. I need to lose 25% of my body weight to be slim and healthy. Seems like I'm not the only one overweight. For the 5th year in a row, Mississippi has the highest percent of obesity at 32.5% of the residents. Alabama is right "behind" Mississippi. Obesity rose in 23 of our states this year with no states showing a significant "reduction". Mississippi has the highest rates of obesity in kids... 44% of all the kids are over-fat. It makes Linda so sad that those kids are so overweight. What is going on that the parents and kids are consistently the fattest in the nation? Is it fried food? Lack of exercise? Too much fast food? Does anyone know? Maybe Linda and Tierney will have to take their nutrition program down to Mississippi.

Do Not Pass Go

Just the other day I posted about a dog who kept eating a little girls homework papers. Today a news story about a 1-year old golden retriever named Sunshine caught my attention. Jon, his 17 year old human had a school trip planned to Peru. The day of the trip, he discovered Sunshine chewed on his passport. The officials at O'Hare said the document was fine. Unfortunately, when Jon got to Miami, they would not let him board the airplane to Peru. What a bummer! Jon is not mad at Sunshine. If anything, it was his bad for leaving the passport where Sunshine could chew it.

Tutti-Fruiti

The girls are starting on a new detox-fat burning-nutrition program tomorrow. The house is all abuzz with plans. Linda spent the afternoon chopping veggies and fruits for the week. I'm kind of bummed because that means there will not be many "Choopie" snacks from the dining room table. Today, Linda had a green salad and fruit salad. She heated a few peas for me since they are my favorite vegetable. The vet said I need to slim down a pound, so this will help me too. They both plan on doing a blog to document their progress with daily updates and photos. I hope Linda does not hog the computer. I need equal time for my blog too! If it works as good as Linda hopes it will, they are going to become rep's for the program. I'll post the links here and reveal the name of the company in two weeks. (Linda does not want to promote anything that is not healthy or does not offer great results.)