Proud Pet Parent

Cali and Bates like to keep a front row seat on anything happening in the kitchen.  They are in the know when any crumbs hit the ground.  Depending on what it is, they are pretty good to each other regarding sharing. Cali does like to eat whatever hits the ground too, but she also has a bad habit of scooting her toys under the refrigerator.  When we see she’s in there alone, it is usually wise to check under the refrigerator for her toys.  Just recently we found a couple of her really old toys under there.

So there was quite a loud racket coming from the backyard Thursday.  It went on long enough that I went to the window to see what all the fuss was about.  I was totally rewarded with this guy sitting on the deck.  When my cell dinged, he turned around to look at me.  He was only there about 5 minutes and then he flew away.  I wonder how many times this happens when we aren’t listening or we are at dinner and don’t get to see all the magic that happens here?  I seriously love this yard.

Cali has been a part of our family for over 10 years now.  She knew all of our angel kids and now all of our current kids.  Tippy was her best friend when she first got here, and now Bates is her favorite.  She will let him reach in and kiss her face like he’s doing here.  She runs away when Polly tries it.  Fletch is not brave enough to try.  That’s ok, it leaves more time for Cali to hang out with her favorite canine buddy.

Bates was trying to stay awake but he just couldn’t hang in there.  He was so groggy this night! When he falls asleep you hear it no matter where you are.  His snoring is epic!

 

Here little Polly is checking out one of our favorite trails.  There are many walkers and joggers passing, and the occasional dog, most of which are large.  Nevermind their size, Polly loves and greets all dogs.  I think if she ever was able to walk without a leash, she would be that tiny little dog running circles around and walking next to the big dogs.  In her eyes they are all equal sizes.

This is Fletchy performing one of his favorite past times…signing.  His volume guarantees that he will have an audience because the neighbors can definitely hear it when he’s outside.  Whether they listen or not, he is signing because it brings him joy.

Target.com is selling these cute little caterpillar cat toys that are the perfect size for Polly.  She has spent the past few days carrying them around non-stop as if they are her woobie.

I hope someone loves you the way these two love each other.  🙂

Fans come in all shapes and sizes.  This little Gator fan loves football season because it means she has a captive audience that will be there a few hours and she will convince a few of them to play tug-of-war with her at some point.  Half-time is definitely Polly time!

You are looking at two hungry kids staring at the chef while breakfast is being prepared for them based on their needs.  Each kid gets a slight variation on the same food.  For Fletch that is a mix of wet and dry prescription diabetic diet food.  For Bates it is all soft food and no dry food since he has 8 teeth.  For Polly it is a mix of non-prescription and prescription food.  She has pica so we try to keep her full so she won’t eat crazy things that she shouldn’t.  They are all sure that someone else got a better meal.  Polly is the slowest eater by a long shot.  That usually means we have to make sure Bates doesn’t eat all of her food.  We’ve learned that he will eat it all because he’s done that before.  He means no harm.  It must be because he came from a hoarder that had 17 dogs and food must have been scarce.