Dogs and Menopause?

http://www.petpeoplesplace.com/resources/advice/dogs/333-do-dogs-experience-menopause.htm

THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND UPON BEING SCARED TO DEATH THAT WE GIRLS - MILITA AND SNOWPEA WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS....
Q: My dog is 9 1/2 years old and has had her period for 22 days now, I know it can last longer that 3 weeks. At what age does the menstrual cycle stop? (Connie Jaworsky - New Jersey)

A: Females do not go through menopause though sometimes there may be a cessation in heat cycles for a period of time and then they can start back up again. As a female ages, her fertility does drop off but she will not go through menopause as humans do. It is also possible for senior dogs to become pregnant. Dropping off of fertility with age does not mean she cannot become pregnant.

Thank goodness for this because our female Master is going through the pre stuff and wow it's a relief to know the we are dogs. Yes we have the life...



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Awesome Bald Eagles

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Yesterday our friends where c...: American Bald Eagle Yesterday our friends where coming back from chores when they noticed a beauty of a beast the "American Bald Eagle" ...

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SnowPea STEALS a Green Bean

So we have this little crook that resides in our 24 foot RV who happens to think she has the rights of a cat. So JuneBug the cat rats our SnowPea the dog. We had a bowl of green bean on the counter and this little white fluff ball decide to get on the counter and help herself. BUSTED!!

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Meat Bees and Pets

A meat bee is not a bee at all, but a wasp from either the Vespula or Dolichovespula genus. Meat bees are also known as “yellowjackets,” especially in the United States. Outside North America, they are more commonly referred to as “wasps.” Humans and yellowjackets often have contentious relationships, because these wasps can be quite aggressive about defending their territory.
The term “meat bee” is a reference to the fact that these wasps feed primarily on other insects. In fact, they can be quite beneficial as neighbors, since they eat an assortment of insect pests. They will also scavenge if they find meat lying around, as many picnickers have learned. In the fall, when the wasps need to store up energy, they may also scavenge on sweet drinks and fruit for the sugar.
Bees and wasps are close relatives, but they are very different creatures, despite the fact that they look similar enough for some people to refer to wasps as bees. One of the key differences between wasps and bees is that bees have evolved to feed on nectar and pollen, while wasps eat a variety of foods, depending on their species. In the case of the meat bee, humans are primarily concerned with the potential for painful stings which may be dealt out by a nest of infuriated wasps in self-defense.

To read more go to:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-meat-bee.htm

It drive my female Master to hear the word Meat Bee. Back where she is from they say yellowjackets but either way it's very serious and duah of course your going to have them in the woods - there is no way around it. And with the summer here in Idaho which has only rained like once in the last 2 months they are out in force. And as pets we have to be careful. Although both Milita and SnowPea try to eat them - I know we're crazy. My female Master also does not like to use chemicals because that can be worse. So we swat using a bee swatter and it also act like a fan and so we are so spoiled. So beeeeee careful other pet friends.

Our new Snack we like as Pets

So our female Master is walking us girls pretty early one morning and well SnowPea found some new treat for us.

Don't get to excited for us - these where given to our Master one day last week - but that's ok because we know where they are near us - however eating them off the ground is a bit tricky. But these are so good to eat. Both SnowPea and Milita eat these - SnowPea will eat Huckleberries too but Milita really does not care for them - STRANGE??? these are wild raspberries

BB's Smokey Dun #388

Jorge has meet the crew... They are super wonderful folks who really do know their business about their horses. We would like to thank them for chatting up a storm with Jorge who as you know is the Scenic Lodge Gate Keeper (I am just the wife and I only do the paperwork - he gets to meet these wonderful people.... ) Milita of course being an ex working dog was all ears when their trailers came in - for goodness sake I want to live in the one they own - dang it's nice!! Read their story and you too will fall in love with Smokey. Be sure to Fan their Facebook page (read direction below - they really need our support and all you have to do is click "LIKE"

BB’s Smokey Dun #388 They have a Fan page on Facebook and what they really need is some Fans like you on their side. So click the link below and Fan their page and tell them Scenic Lodge Gate Keeper Jorge and his pets sent you over!! Click this link below...  https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/BBs-Smokey-Dun-Americas-Favorite-Trail-Horse/133339526741482?sk=wall  Smokey is a 15 year old Registered Blazer Gelding. The Blazers are bred for disposition, athletic ability, durability and heart. It’s because of that heart that Smokey is here today. When I got Smokey as an eleven year old in 2008 he did not have a job. Basically green broke with perhaps 100 total rides in his life. Most of those rides had been up in the hills with a couple ...mountain hunting trips thrown in. I started using him in parades, O-mok-see’s (speed games on horseback) and in the competitive/extreme trail events offered. It was through the trail challenges that Smokey’s and my partnership became complete. When I was on his back there was nothing we could not do together. Then everything changed in an instant during a flag/drill team performance. Smokey and I were involved in a horrible head on crash with another horse during the opening ceremonies of the Spokane Interstate Rodeo in September of 2010. The decision to put him down was made immediately – there was no question in my mind that he had broken his shoulder. To remove him from the public eye and make it easier to remove the body we decided to try and load him in a trailer. It was a long shot – the vet didn’t feel there was any way he would/could step into a trailer. When I got back with the trailer I remember the look in his eyes -- not crazed, scared, pain filled out of his mind look I expected but rather a huge soft ok mom whats next look of pure trust. Smokey hopped right in the trailer and that move saved his life. My vet standing watching swore Smokey raised/used that shoulder to get in the trailer. It was decided to take him home. Three hours later there was no swelling just a 3-legged horse and again Smokey’s eye was soft and calm with no sign of pain – we put off the decision till morning. It took about a week for all information, consultations, x-rays to come together with what they think really had happened. A horse’s scapula is attached not with bone but with muscles and ligaments. When we hit chest to chest with the larger horse it “peeled” Smokey’s scapula away from his body and tore/damaged the muscles, ligaments and nerves that surround it, hold it in place and are under it. Other muscles will take over for damaged ones but nerves do not heal. Smokey was put on a years stall rest with the known fact that he might still have to be put down at that time . Well nobody told Smokey that he might not have a future. He greeted you everyday with that huge soft trust in you look of his eyes. Every week showed improvement on how he used that leg. It did look horrible as the whole shoulder sunk in as the muscles died under the scapula. The vets said that the atrophy would never reverse – he would have a “sunken hole” in his shoulder for the rest of his life. Fast forward to New Years Day – for the first time since the accident I turned Smokey loose in the indoor arena. He ran and bucked and farted doing flying lead changes and rollbacks while I sat and cried. Fast forward to April ACTHA was doing auditions for America’s Favorite Trail horse. I had a Blazer gelding DJ that I signed up to ride. My audition location was Redmond Oregon – over 8 hours away. I called ACTHA to offer them Red Top Stables as an audition location since there were quite a few people in my area with the same long drive ahead. ACTHA said yes!! They were coming to me!! About this time I was telling my trainer that I really wasn’t happy with my audition horse DJ. We got talking about Smokey and just for the fun of it I got him out and trotted him around – he trotted sound!! After a long talk with my vets, chiropractor and trainer we saddled Smokey for the first time in 7 months just 8 days before the audition. Smokey did everything I asked like he’d never had a day off while again I just cried. So Smokey became my second audition horse with 7 days of 5 minutes twice a day riding to get back in shape after 7 months of rest after a almost life ending injury. If ACTHA had not come to me I would have never auditioned on Smokey!! Smokey has never looked back since that day in April when I saddled him again for the first. We drove the 2400 miles to Texas and filmed the show. He has not taken a lame step or given us any cause to worry. The shoulder is no longer sunk in. The specialists that have been there all alone are amazed at his recovery and we all believe it comes right back to that 800lbs of heart in his 900lbs of body! Check out the American Blazer Horse!! Durable, Athletic, Kind horses with TONS of heart. They are people horses that like to do things with their people!! www.blazerhorse.com See More
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Personal Information	In 2010 Smokey and I were involved in a head on collision during the Spokane Interstate Rodeo. Smokey separated his scapula from his body tearing all the muscles and nerves that hold the shoulder to the body. The vets didn't have much hope for recovery but Smokey's spirit was so positive each morning that we kept putting off putting him down. Every week he amazed us as he just kept getting better and better. Just 8 months later Smokey was riding sound for the America's Favorite Trail Horse auditions and off to Texas we went for the filming which will air in September 2011 on HR-TV. On this show America votes for their favorite horse!!

Can Pets Talk?

Our pets can... But what is it that they are saying? Is it about their Masters? The weather? The news? What? Let see what you think.... Would love to know what you think??

Pets and the Pea Story

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Pea

Well I will let the pictures tell you the story of how the "PETS AND THE PEA" works....

This was not staged at all and all these pictures where taken today - It's funny they all love this spot and there are 20 blankets here "which is why I thought of the Princess and the Pea Story"...

Milita our Border Collie Says

This was take by my male Master. You see when my female Master is outside I do not relax because she is my full time job keeping an eye on her. When she runs I run when she walks I walk. And when anyone messes with her - they get a chunk of my verbal NO you don't...

I am a working dog even though my last Master (who was a complete abusive jerk and thank you ICARE for saving my life along with my sister Mindy). I don't herd sheep's or cows but I do dang good care of my female Master and my nightly treats is getting to sleep either next to her or at her feet. A true strong bond has grown stronger since being here in Idaho which makes this state awesome!!

9 Lives is it Myth or Fact?

In the words of JuneBug!!

Our female Master does research for a living and today she had to some animal topics that involves witchery involving animals - eek creepy. And with that in mind today's blog topic is fitting with her research of sorts.

Cat o'nine tails - A whip

In olden days, people were flogged by a nasty device made up of three separate knottings of three stands attached to the whip's handle. While the strands may have been made from the hide of cats, the multiple of 9 had already been associated with cats; presumably if a person being flogged survived, they were as lucky as a cat with 9 lives.

And so the question is? Nine Lives? Is it Myth or Fact?

Rumor has it, witches would turn into cats but could only do this 9 times... I liked to think it's because cats have a greater advantage then most creatures with 4 legs. Now lets think about this for a moment. A cat has a better chance of survival from higher fall then a lower fall due to the fact that they have time to bend their legs which makes for a cushior landing. With their quick reaction they have a faster thinking spell of how to get out of a pickler then most animals are capable. With keen sense and balance with also a great amount of swiftness, it's no wonder most think they have 9 lives. But any and all animals have one shot here on earth - they just have a lot more advantages to live a longer life span.

But my secret is:  http://www.9lives.com/

Which is why I am on my 4 life today...

Pitt Bull vs Kitty

Thank LW for sending me this...

What I love about this it reminds me of my Mastiff Lucy and cat Sam... This was a fun video and the first 10 seconds of it will bring a tear to your eye if you are a major animal lover as we are. SnowPea is the licker and ear cleaner (for both Milita and JuneBug)... Enjoy the video as we did!!

Dog vs Skunk

TWO OF THE GREATEST TRAITS TO HAVE:   1. PATIENCE 2. WISDOM   Thanks LW for sending this AGAIN you ROCK!!

Look at what the Dog Dragged in?

So Milita and SnowPea where playing outside when Master noticed me SnowPea eating ants... YUMMY is all I can say and there are a ton of them - after all we are in the woods. But then I seen a bigger delight only the famale Master said to the Master "Get the moth" and so he did and I lost out. <MAJOR POUT>

And so after the Master saved the very moth I was going to eat he went back to work. He's a crafter... But look at the love he has for us in the next picture... We are so lucky. The picture after that is his completed project.

Hippie Yippie Happy Friday Pets

LOL if you only knew what it was life when we first got Milita - she hated cats (and still does - boy keep other people cats away from her she'll want to eat them) and with a lot of time and love here is the end results why we should NEVER give up on a pet.....

And in the next picture there is JuneBug waiting for the weekenders to stop by and gape at him - lol he gets more fans up here then the dogs... He so works at it!!

So Hippie Yippie Friday Pets and have a SUPER safe weekend!!

Idaho Sky

This was our view last night!!

RV Pets Wordless Wednesday

Since Milita and SnowPea get to go hikes and have more chances of being caught on our Masters camera we thought we'd let JuneBug shine on today's RV Pets Wordless Wednesday...

This was taken today. See told you he's spoiled.

And a major Mama's boy....

Funny Pets

Hello everyone... You know Milita, SnowPea and most of all JuneBug do some major funny things but our Masters are the worst at catching us on video and so we had to share our favorite videos of Masters who have caught their furry fur balls at their some time not best moments. Enjoy (don't worry the video's are very short)!

Dogs and a Cat

I found this story at this web address: http://www.thedogman.net/publications.asp

Where do pets come from?

Where do pets come from? It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls. If authentic, it would shed light on the question, "Where do pets come from?"

And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me." And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."

And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility." And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam. And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved. And Cat did not care one way or the other reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility. . And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved. And Cat did not care one way or the other.
Anon

Homemade Doggie Treats

Milita and SnowPea are so amazing with their food intake - they adapt to every brand of dog food we ever bought. Well our male Master got to thinking. The rig is so small and storage is a huge issus and well there is something personal and special about making our items including homemade dog food and dog treats. And so this week we will do all sorts of research because lets face it, a chihuahua is so different from a border collie and we want to make sure we are each getting each the best. We are going to have our first homemade cooked meal this Thusday after our Masters do their food shopping for the week and here is what's on our first nights menu.

6 cups water
1 pound ground turkey
2 cups brown rice
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1/2 (16 ounce) package frozen broccoli, carrots and cauliflower combination

Directions

1. Place the water, ground turkey, rice, and rosemary into a large Dutch oven. Stir until the ground turkey is broken up and evenly distributed throughout the mixture; bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the frozen vegetables, and cook for an additional 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Refrigerate until using.    

Now yummy. We can both handle that. Our Masters have been working with Milita because she is so tuned in on the hard dog food because it's what she is use to. But now I eat carrots, peas, and here is the big one strawberries (the trick is to give it to SnowPea first and then Milita becomes Monkey See Monkey Do). 
We need a working oven to make homemade dog treats and so when we head back to Rufus we'll get to making those. So come back often for new doggie food/treats ideas and pictures.


NOW PLEASE READ THIS - DO YOU RESEARCH BEFORE FEEDING YOUR PETS - BECAUSE NOT ALL HUMAN FOOD IS GOOD FOR YOUR PETS AND DEPENDING ON THE BREED TOO (CHIHUAHUA OFTEN HAVE ALLERGIES TO CERTAIN FOODS) CAN HAVE BAD REACTION TO CERTAIN FOOD. GARLIC AND ONION AND CHOCOLATE SHOULD NEVER BE FED TO YOUR DOGS.            

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

Do you make your dog food and

if not what do you feed your pet/pets?

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Meet our Furry Neighbors

Hello! Hahaha JuneBug yet again is stuck home while we girls get to head out for tons of walks. We meet our neighbors and they are kind of cute... What do you think?