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Hang in until the end of this video. Try to persevere through the ‘Blair Witch’ camera handling. You’ll never see a cat do that I know I shouldn’t laugh but, come on! I’m sure everyone does something weird with their pets every once in a while! I used to have a Berner that, when you scratched one side of his face, he would lift one side of his lips. I called that his ‘Elvis Face’ because it would look like, well, Elvis. If you scratched both sides of is face he’d lift both sides of his lips and look like one of the Aliens from movies. I also used to have a cat that wanted to kill me. Whenever it was time to go to sleep I would find her, put her on my chest and play ‘paw’ with her. I would say ‘Paw!’ and she would grumble, reach out her paw and put it against my hand. Of course, her nails were extended and I think she was actually trying to kill me. Ok, next post will not be a video. I promise! I just couldn’t help myself with this one. I’m sure many of you have seen this already – The Standing Cat When I first saw it I was a little freaked out by it. I was expecting the kitty to look straight into the camera at any time and start talking. And then I saw a talented person mix it up a little – Standing Cat IN BOOTS! (Feat. Zorro Cat and Mariachi Cat) I love animals. I’ve been known to bop around the internet, finding weird, funny and interesting stuff. I’m also a part of large communities. One of those communities is reddit. Recently, I happened upon the following story by the user stinkybinky: My friend’s dog is going to die soon. Please help cheer her up. (Cute dog pictures inside):
It was a sad story that touched me. Honestly, over the internet – to people you don’t know and may never meet – what can you do? I did the only thing that I could do. I shared my experience with the community and then, by my name and under the Woofie’s banner, I made a donation to Best Friends Animal Society. If you aren’t familiar with Best Friends, they describe themselves as
Best Friends has been made popular recently for their sanctuary which is featured in the television series Dog Town. In 2009 one of Woofie’s owners, Amy Reed, made the trip out to the sanctuary with two of her friends. During their time there they cared for animals ranging from the Katrina victims to the Michael Vick pit bulls as well as all of the others from all around the states. It was my simple belief that my donation to Best Friends could maybe somehow offset the pain of losing Lola. For Ashley’s heartbreaking loss hopefully another animal’s life could be saved. You would think the story ended there but it didn’t Was it marketing genius? Who knows. Maybe that simple act of acknowledging my donation will lock me in as a regular donor (which I am). It was nice to know that a charity took the time and opportunity to let me know how much they appreciate what I did for them. Especially since the animals can’t really thank me themselves. Ashley the Scientist and/or stinkybinky, if you read this, please accept our deepest condolences for Lola. True story. I did. They stay young and small for such a short period of time! I’ll admit that I love a good ol’ moon bounce. I’m sure that all of you parents have may have, at one point or another, had the opportunity to drag your child to one of those inflatable, bouncy contraptions. However, when I was growing up I always wanted a trampoline. Trampolines were always the ‘thing’ that the cool neighbors had, their kids would be hopping and flipping, spinning and cackling in air borne ecstacy. Me? I got to throw around apples and pears that fell from the fruit trees behind my house. Ye. Ha. Anyhow, even though I’ve grown older and I sometimes think that trampolines are an injury waiting to happen (especially with the thought my old, fragile bones trying to do anything more than lay down and take a nap on it) , I still can’t escape the joy that this apparatus brings to the users. Wait a second! Is this a boxer or a “springer”?! Trampoline Dog – watch more funny videos
Well, we may as not limit this to dogs… Didn’t I say this might wind up as some kind of ‘cat’-astrophe?  Cesar Milan and his pit bull, Daddy. File photo from National Geographic It was reported recently that Daddy, Cesar Milan’s beloved companion (pictured above), passed away on February 19th at the age of sixteen. As almost every dog owner knows, raising and training a dog can be pluck every last nerve in your body the way that one would play the harp. It was always refreshing to see Cesar and his ‘right hand man’ Daddy get to work. It was almost formulaic:
However, the reason that this calmed our nerves was because of Daddy. He was a breed of dog that had become notorious in the United States and yet, from our glimpses of him on National Geographic’s ‘The Dog Whisperer’, we were able to see a very well behaved, even tempered pit bull. According to the Daddy memorial page:
Daddy gave us hope that the problem dog on the television would miraculously be rehabilitated. Daddy gave us even more hope that our dog could be as well behaved as he was. Sadly, we knew that Cesar’s calm role model wouldn’t be with us forever. We’re thankful for the time that he spent with us, helping countless dogs and soothing the fears of the viewer’s of his television show.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I’ll admit that I know that I can’t save all the animals that need help out there but when I see that such a young girl – 12 weeks! – has such a malady then I just want to make sure that I can give these innocent animals a good life. Look how her handicap doesn’t even seem to phase her! It reminds me of the dog that only has two legs and was in the area recently. I know that it’s hard, too. Caring for a family member like this is difficult but, as the report says, it seems like the reward is almost immeasurable. As I write this heavy snow and blustery winds are oppressing us Northern Virginians and it seems like it was an eternity ago that the following has happened. In fact, these events transpired less than two weeks ago. Recently, we were confronted with an emergency situation. A townhouse in Ashburn had caught fire and it was threatening to take down the entire phase of homes. As the fire grew it fire and rescue teams attempted to contain the situation and kept residents and onlookers at bay. Unfortunately, there was a problem: in the block of townhouses that were in danger of being destroyed by smoke and fire were two of our clients. Lara, the daughter of our clients (dogs are named Kip & Duffy), attends Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. Someone sent her a text that said there was a fire on her block of townhouses. Understandably, Lara was completely panicked and distraught and she called one of Woofie’s owners, Leslie. 
Leslie in turn called Woofie’s other owner, Amy, and they both went over to the neighborhood. It was total chaos and they weren’t going to let us in at first but they finally let them in. According to Amy:
Anyone with a pet should always have a back-up plan in place – a way for someone to access their home when they are not around in case of an emergency such as a fire. If you don’t have an extra key to give, make sure someone has the code to get in via your garage door and then either leave a key in the garage or leave the door going into the house unlocked. You just never know – it was definitely an eye opening experience for us. People should always have their leashes and collars handy in the event of an emergency so someone can get the pets outs as quickly as possible. Luckily, Kip and Duffy were fine – there was only a little bit of smoke coming into the townhouse so they weren’t in grave danger but it definitely gave Lara and her parents peace of mind to know that they were safely taken from the house as quickly as possible. You never know how quickly a fire can spread. |
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After making my donation I thought that was the end of it. Today I got one of the nicest phone calls. One of the founders of Best Friends took the time to call me and thank me for my donation. We talked for a few minutes about the work that they do, the reason why I donated as well as future trips that Woofie’s will be making out to the Sanctuary. It made me pretty darn happy.
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