Animals in Paradise
Our day started in time for the ANZAC tribute in our neighbourhood. Our neighbour three doors down impressively played the Last Post and Reveille on his bugle. Anita and I then went for a long walk which might be our last walk together for a while. This elderly cat talked to us and approached Anita for a pat. I took this to be a good sign for animal activities to come later in the day.
I drove to Loganlea to pick up our 8 week old Toy Poodle puppy. He comes from a litter of two red puppies, one male and one female. His mother was black and the father was red. I played with one of his cousins who is 10 weeks old but she was only two thirds of his size and super active and manic. When our Bobby Blue was put in the puppy pen he came straight across to me and sat down. I had sent my part worn pyjama top to his carer who put it in his bed so he had learned my smell so came to me straight away. In comparison to his cousin he was very placid and disinterested in rough play.
He demonstrated one very undesirable trait when driving home. I had put him in a crate at the back of the Toyota and he made a huge non stop racket that I couldn't drown out even when I turned up the volume on the radio. I pulled over at a service centre and moved the crate to the front seat and gave him pats which led to an improvement, but not silence! At home he follows us around and I have almost squashed him three times in my heavy shoes. When we sit down he comes and sits beside one of us.
After lunch I went to collect our Burmese kitten Lilly who was born on 27 January so is nearly 13 weeks old but seems very small compared to our recollections of Miki and Riki when they first came to live with us. She is a lilac born to a brown mother and lilac father. Coincidentally she comes from a litter of two, both lilac, so both of our new fur babies have been born the colour of their respective fathers.
The breeder sent me home with food and a music player that plays music for cats said to help deal with stress. We followed strict instructions and had the Pet Tunes player going before removing her from her crate where she was peacefully playing with a toy. It is hard for me as a musical luddite to describe the music, but it was pleasant and calming. Different music is available for dogs, horses and birds.
Bobby Blue showed little interest in Lilly. He was sleeping by Anita's feet when Lilly came very close to him. He rolled over in his sleep and she was surprised and arced up. She is hiding under the lounge so we have to make sure we sit down carefully and not use the recliners so we don't squash her.
Tonight we will have to shut all doors and windows as our puppy is not keen on being crated so is likely to make a lot of noise. If he stays in his crate he can wee on puppy pads and we won't have to be cleaning little puddles on the floor.
I drove to Loganlea to pick up our 8 week old Toy Poodle puppy. He comes from a litter of two red puppies, one male and one female. His mother was black and the father was red. I played with one of his cousins who is 10 weeks old but she was only two thirds of his size and super active and manic. When our Bobby Blue was put in the puppy pen he came straight across to me and sat down. I had sent my part worn pyjama top to his carer who put it in his bed so he had learned my smell so came to me straight away. In comparison to his cousin he was very placid and disinterested in rough play.
He demonstrated one very undesirable trait when driving home. I had put him in a crate at the back of the Toyota and he made a huge non stop racket that I couldn't drown out even when I turned up the volume on the radio. I pulled over at a service centre and moved the crate to the front seat and gave him pats which led to an improvement, but not silence! At home he follows us around and I have almost squashed him three times in my heavy shoes. When we sit down he comes and sits beside one of us.
After lunch I went to collect our Burmese kitten Lilly who was born on 27 January so is nearly 13 weeks old but seems very small compared to our recollections of Miki and Riki when they first came to live with us. She is a lilac born to a brown mother and lilac father. Coincidentally she comes from a litter of two, both lilac, so both of our new fur babies have been born the colour of their respective fathers.
The breeder sent me home with food and a music player that plays music for cats said to help deal with stress. We followed strict instructions and had the Pet Tunes player going before removing her from her crate where she was peacefully playing with a toy. It is hard for me as a musical luddite to describe the music, but it was pleasant and calming. Different music is available for dogs, horses and birds.
Bobby Blue showed little interest in Lilly. He was sleeping by Anita's feet when Lilly came very close to him. He rolled over in his sleep and she was surprised and arced up. She is hiding under the lounge so we have to make sure we sit down carefully and not use the recliners so we don't squash her.
Tonight we will have to shut all doors and windows as our puppy is not keen on being crated so is likely to make a lot of noise. If he stays in his crate he can wee on puppy pads and we won't have to be cleaning little puddles on the floor.
