Wet, gray, melancholy

It is a wet, gray melancholy day. Let's go back to bed. But noooooo. I am keeping momma company, but that's because she refuses to cooperate and go back to bed. How about a nap? Seriously she needs to nap so I can nap. But nooo, she is doing stupid stuff like sorting paper, cleaning up e mail, you know.... useless stuff.

What is wrong with 2leggeds who fail to recognize napping opportunities? FYI... if you nap, nothing will happen. Stuff you have to do will wait to be done, and stuff that happens happens with or without your conscious presence, so.... try it. Close your eyes, deep breath, relax...


Embrace the moment! Surrender. NAAAAAAAAAAP

Try this approach. Napping is a luxury. Right? well Dorothy Parker said...

Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

Try it....

You may rub my belly if that helps you relax. In fact, do it so I can relax.
Two leggeds, they just don't get it.

'vie

No, I have no idea why.....

Do you?
'vie

A letter to Tai Shan

Dear Tai Shan,
our baby Panda who recently emigrated to China to participate in the Panda breeding program, I have been reading about you and I have been worrying about you. How are you?

I have so many questions to ask you!

What's it like to leave your home and travel so far away? Do you miss DC?
We miss you. Have you learned Chinese? Does the bamboo taste different there? Have you made new friends? Have they given you a new nickname? Butterstick was cute...but... You probable have outgrown it! (Ha I crack me up) How are you coping with the expectations placed on you by the breeding program?

Did you enjoy the visit from the DC ladies? Do you get to come home after you breed? I bet you will not want to leave your children behind, but...how about a visit? Did they ask you to rate the accommodations at the DC Zoo? Did you recommend us? I am hoping that maybe another baby Panda can be born here and get to live here. When I get groomed, momma calls me her "panda baby", but no way could I pass for a panda. And I would not be cool with moving to China.

Tai, I admire you, I guess you are making sacrifices for your species, but I still wish you were here.

Write if you need anything,
'vie

Do you chalk up your paws?

and on a side note... the 2 leggeds call this a "pool table". "Pool". Do you see a pool? I know what a pool looks like and I don't see a pool. I see a table with holes... I will take billiards, but pool? Nahhhhh.


'vie

Way to go Lacey!!!!!!!!

Shhhhh I am watching Lacey. I love her more now, since I read this article:

"Usually Lacey Schwimmer kicks off a new season of Dancing With the Stars with a fresh spray tan. But a week before the show’s season nine premiere, Schwimmer couldn’t resist rescuing a two-year-old cream-colored Chihuahua she saw at the Orange Bone shelter in Los Angeles.

"Her name is Madeleine," Schwimmer tells PEOPLE Pets. "The poor thing was abused and not cared for. She needs knee surgery. We call 'Maddy' our little tripod since she can’t use her back left leg. But she’ll have surgery at the end of the month."

Maddy joins Schwimmer’s other pup, an eight-month-old black Chihuahua-pinscher mix named Harlequin, who was rescued earlier this year from the same shelter. After one week together, Mom says her two "kids" are getting along very well.

"Maddy and Harlequin are two peas in a pod. So cute to see!" Schwimmer, 21, says. The harmonious bonding puts the dancer at ease since she has to work so many long hours on the show. "Now I don’t feel guilty going to work and leaving one pup alone because they have each other."

This season, Schwimmer is paired with Iron Chef America personality Mark Dacascos.

"I asked Mark if it’s ok if I bring the dog(s) to rehearsal one day and he was like ‘yeah, I’ll bring my dog, too,’” Schwimmer says. "And so I asked 'what kind of dog do you have?' And he goes 'an Akita-lab.' I’m like hmmmm, maybe not!”

See more reality stars on PEOPLE Pets:
Hills Star Stephanie Pratt's Animal Past: I Had a Rat!
Bachelorette Couple Jillian and Ed Plan to Adopt a Rescue Dog
Monica Rizzo

So what's with the sticks?

I saw a bunch of two leggeds playing with weird sticks. And ick the smell. Smelled like dead fish.
And not the good kind that I like, like crab.... this smelled like the kind I am not fond of, like Spot.
In any case, I figured it out. 2 Leggeds without a dog ... play with sticks.... sad, no?

'vie

We did it America!!!! We did it!!!!

Department of Homeland Security revises plan -- WILL screen shelter dogs!

by Leslie Smith on Wednesday September 08, 2010.

It’s a victory for shelter dogs and we helped make it happen. When theDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS), announced it would be paying breeders to produce several thousand Shepherds, Retrievers, and Labs for DHS security programs, we wrote letters to Director Janet Napolitano and to our congressmen and senators. We respectfully requested that shelter dogs be considered for the project instead.

Folks, we did it. Our requests were heard. The DHS announced last month that it would indeed consider shelter dogs for its programs. The announcement was made via a letter to PETA president, Ingrid Newkirk, who also lobbied passionately on behalf of shelter dogs. Usually, however, it takes many, many voices to impel a ship as big as the federal government away from its chosen course, so credit must be shared with all of us who took action. Thank you, thank you for helping to make a difference.

According to the DC Animal News Examiner:

If you are involved with a shelter and would like to nominate a dog for the program, you can submit a proposal to the Department of Homeland Security at this address:

Att: Unsolicited Proposal Officer
Training and Development Division
Program Directorate
Office of Procurement
Customs and Border Protection Agency
1310 PA Ave, NW
Washington DC

For more information on the breeds and temperaments DHS is looking for, click here. Dogs will undergo rigorous testing to make sure they meet the standards required by the Department. Little do they know, most of these dogs have already succeeded under much harsher conditions.

http://www.silvieon4.com/2010/07/this-from-la-times.html
This was original posting about this.

http://www.silvieon4.com/2010/07/second-class-citizens.html
After some thinking and a minor existential crisis I asked the world to write, call post, fax, anything.... because I felt rescue dogs were being treated like second class citizens. America, WE DID IT!!!!! Only one dubious question... PETA??? Why??? They are not a rescue group! You know who deserves credit for this? RESCUE GROUPS! we wrote, we called, we faxed, we networked! WE DID IT!

Can someone pet my back please?
'vie