Pet Monologues

Do people choose dogs or dogs people?

Artist. Antique dealer.

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Back to Robbay. Merry Christmas. The night before Christmas. Miami bound. My dog: fleas! TV bird. The old bird dog. Pool party. Dogs and their people. Who da man! Dogs and people. SillySid. Sand shark.

Hair ye, hair ye.

Something you don’t see often—a fur-free guinea pig.

The “Skinny Pig” was created for lab testing in the 1970s but is now the UK’s must-have pet.


Woolly jumper—the animals need to wrap up in winter

The baldies must wear factor 50 suncream in the summer, a jumper in the winter and need their dry skin moisturized. They also eat three times more than standard guinea pigs to keep warm. Breeders have set up waiting lists to meet demand as desperate pet lovers pay up to £150 ($214US).

What’s the fuzz?

Source: A mermaid! Thanks Fishalicious!

Orangutan prefers blondes.

AMSTERDAM—Sibu the Orangutan has miffed his Dutch keepers by refusing to mate with females and showing sexual interest only in tattooed human blondes. Read the rest of this entry »

Strutt was born in England but spent a great deal of his life in Australia. He is known for his work as an illustrator and later for his commissioned works. One of his most famous pieces is titled Black Thursday, February 6th which depicted men and animals running from the bush fire that swept across Victoria, Australia.

William Strutt ‘Cultivating an Acquaintance’ 1889 Painting, Oil on Canvas

William Strutt ‘A Warm Response’ 1889 Painting, Oil on Canvas

In the two above paintings, Strutt’s dog is a Jack Russell Terrier. Fitting with a JRT’s instincts to harass or harm small animals, this dog attempts to mess with a crawfish…and the crawfish sets him straight!! ouch!! Read the rest of this entry »

Our boxers were immortalized for us on a floor mat by our aunt as a wedding gift in 2003.

For the highly structured bloggers, or those that long to be, here is a blog, Watermark—a poet’s notebook, that has been posting Cat items on Friday’s. It suggests a great way to create that “something fun to look forward” mindset. To introduce you to Watermark here is one of the earlier posts that went all the way back to August 2004! The title is “Badly Drawn Cats” and the premise is this: “it’s all very simple—drunken doodling leads to challenge to friends leads to asking random people in pub to draw pictures leads to knocking up web site leads to obsession!”

Here are several to admire:

Source: Watermark—a poet’s notebook.

The folks at Very Short List (VSL) give us a plethora of something to think about on a daily basis. We can opt out, but we never will. We read the stuff and now we have an animal story to share.

This is a video recreated by super ad agency Fallon for Cadbury Dairy Milk in the UK. As VSL asks, “What’s a Phil Collins–obsessed, highly expressive gorilla could possibly have to do with a confectionery and beverage company escapes us.”

Let’s see the short flick.

The video transcript:
We open on purple recording studio wall.
A title appears: A Glass and a Half Full Production.
We start listening to the first sounds of ‘In The Air Tonight’ by Phil Collins. Read the rest of this entry »

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“At least two thirds of domestic cats “enjoy” the effects of Nepeta, a.k.a. “catnip.” But do they enjoy it enough? If humans were able to isolate the active ingredient in catnip, could we not use it to become omnipowerful CATGODS? Imagine the possibilities! What fool wouldn’t want their own personal cat army? A massive fuzzy force with which to execute your every bidding? A united, unquestioning militia that requires nothing other than unfettered access to the super-powerful catnip products that give their adorable cuddly lives meaning.”— theinstructables.com Read the rest of this entry »