Ugh! Just after I wrote about a lovely Disney wildlife moment for this week’s Southern Oregon Journal, Squiggy went all Discovery Channel on me Saturday afternoon. Regular followers of this blog will recognize Squiggy as my beau’s cat. I took her in around Christmas time because he’s doing a lot of traveling. And she had some [...]
The folks at Spay/Neuter Your Pet (SNYP) are offering Rogue Valley residents 500 coupons entitling the bearer to a $10 neuter for their tomcats at local veterinary hospitals. The details of this operation are in the above link. But the premise is simple enough. Less intact toms equal a lot less unwanted kittens. The amount of kittens that can come from [...]
I spent Sunday afternoon on assignment at Grants Pass Downs. Since the races were cancelled due to unsafe track conditions, I also spent a lot of time talking to the trainers about the economy and the state of the equine industry. Things are not good. People are abandoning horses left and right. The Equamore Foundation [...]
It’s been two weeks since I had to euthanize Twirley Jane – my ill and aged border collie who shall now and forever more be referred to in my heart as Saint Jane. It’s also been two weeks since The Englishman’s cat, Squiggy the Pooper, moved back into the cottage from her temporary studio digs where she [...]
