The Dog’s Breakfast
I’d never heard the term “the dog’s breakfast” until I moved to Australia. It means a mess – or something that looks like a bunch of scraps of food, some probably going off, that get thrown into the dog’s dish.
Luna gets left-overs for breakfast a a lot. But usually not the rancid ones.
Aw – Luna eats spaghetti for breakfast!
But not the sauce. Because a) she doesn’t like tomatoes, and b) it usually contains onions, which are toxic to dogs.
Mostly she’s a carbo queen, a lot like her owners.
I didn’t know onions were toxic to dogs!
Here’s a list of foods to avoid feeding to pets.
my previous dog (the dog of my life!) and I had a little AM ritual. I got up at 4 AM, watched C-Span sitting on the couch with the dog, ate my yogurt and left the last 2 tablespoons for the dog. And I always announced it. “Yogurt time!”
When I was four years old, my family got a puppy. As far as we could tell she was part beagle, part terrier, and part poodle. We named her “muffin” and she promptly became my dog. I had her until I was 21. She finished every sandwich, bowl of ice cream, cookie, and pretty much everything I ate in her presence for that entire time.
Yes, she was a bit fat. She was also the smartest dog I’ve ever had.
The above comments as “myriad” are actually me. Imogen forgot to log out.
The other day we heard the birds at the bird feeder squawking away (those overgrown rodents are eating our seed, say the birds)
Apparently, the sound of a camera shutter is scary (serves ’em right say the birds).
Though they didn’t go very far away, they also didn’t come back (and good riddance, say the birds)
At least they are lovely pests.
I can’t tell you how glad I am that I no longer have to keep deer out of the vegie garden. Possums and paddymelons are bad enough.
What are paddymelons?
Small, very hungry, kangaroos.
Wow! I can’t even imagine what it must be like to live in an area where critters like that are running around. But I’m sure I could say that about a lot of Aussy critters. Thanks for the pic.
They more hop around, than run around. š
The name paddymelon is aboriginal.
We have paddymelons and wallabies that come to graze around our house every night. Usually we can spot about half a dozen (using a flashlight). Several of the female paddymelons have joeys big enough to leave the pouch and they hop around mum while she is grazing. Paddymelon joeys are too cute for words.
You’ll have to settle for a Bennett’s Wallaby joey. Paddymelons are smaller and darker, with chubby bottoms.
Yep, they are very pretty reason why we don’t have a garden (laziness being the not so pretty one).
Wow Andi!! What great pictures! And the captions are perfect. Thanks for sharing.
Not sharing, sharing is bad say the birds. š
I decided Molly’s brood (hatched January 16th) were big enough to be let out of the pen for a bit today. The only real threat to them in the daytime are ravens and Currawongs, and they’re finally a bit too big to be “easy pickings.” We’ll still lock them up at night.
I tempted them outside the gate with their water bowl.
“Foraging” in their used bedding.
Taking much needed rests every ten seconds or so.
Venturing ever futher away from the pen (about eight feet anyway).
Checking out the view.
thanks for these darling photos. What cuties the babies are.
southern hemisphere edition.
And as charming as the original.
We took this shot last week. Here it is as it appears on our video blog over at blip.tv.
http://k9disc.blip.tv
Cheers,
Ron
That’s really cute but as much as I love dogs if you tell me that all of those dogs are yours, I’m going to have decided between being impresssed and thinking you are crazy. š
Yup just a hair crazy…
Actually these are 2 packs combined.
Not to mention the fact that dogs are not only our business but our lifestyle as well.
Very cool pic, but I have to echo Andi’s comment that you’d have to be a bit crazy to own that many dogs. The most I’ve had a once was five, and even that was too many.
Why do some dogs have ears that stick up (like wolves ears) and so many dogs have ears that flop down (see the picture above)? Anyone know?
I have a westie and a sheltie mix, both with ‘stick-up’ type ears. The ears seem to be useful for hunting and for social communication. (Uncertain dogs lay their ears back on their head. Comfortable dogs set their ears up-right like radar antennas. A dog watching birds or squirrels have ears aimed at the possible prey.)
Since dogs have been selectively bred by humans, these characteristics almost certainly have a human reason. What is it?
It appears not to be a trait that was bred for but rather a side effect of breeding for domestication.
great pics…the big buck and his buddy we had around here has moved on it appears…after decimating a couple of junipers…saves pruning time in the spring…
and for your perusal, a series of posts frrom Creek Running North by Chris Clarke: Zeke. A beautiful, poignant series giving voice to the special bonds that form between a person and a dog. Ultimately sad, but highly recommended.