This last weekend I dogsat for a pair of French bulldogs named Calvin and Hobbes. I got a few good pics, but don’t have much time this evening, so consider this a preview.
Edit: Have I ever mentioned that I hate wordpress? Because it decided to rotate my image 90 degrees for no reason, and I didn’t catch it until today.
HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY TO DONZIE!
I met Donzie today at CorgiCon. (Yes, that was today. Sorry I didn’t mention it in advance, it kind of snuck up on me.) So Donzie had an entire corgi convention in honor of his birthday!
Someone got a buzz cut for last week’s heat wave. (And yes, when it gets up into the mid-90s for several days here it’s a heat wave. Especially if it stays in the 80s overnight. Nobody has A/C. And that’s MISERABLE.)
I don’t remember much about this guy, except that he was happy to see me.
Yes, the halter says ‘Gooby’. No, I’m not sure why. It’s not his name.
Indigo was on her first foray into the Airbnb offices (same building I work in) when I took these pictures. She was eleven weeks old, and already everybody’s friend. She’s going to fit into that office just fine, I’m sure.
The direction she’s gazing in is the Airbnb cafeteria. Which I am not allowed to eat in, curse the luck.
I think this might be a hovawart, but I’m not sure.
Hovawart or not, he sure is happy.
This kitten was SUPER social and loved gazing into people’s eyes. Downright weird for a cat, but I bet it gets him adopted really quickly.
Okay, Waffles is a strong contender, and Loki is certainly up there, but I’m not sure but that Ruckus might be my new favorite name for a corgi.
He also has an Instagram account. Although unlike him, it’s a bit… anemic.
All he needs is a little black mark across the bridge of his nose and he would have the best pair of sunglasses EVER.
I don’t know about new tricks, but this old dog had ‘sit’, ‘lie down’, and ‘come get this treat’ pretty well down pat.
He’s not an Old English Bulldog… he’s just an old English bulldog.
Yugh. I was sick all day Friday and all day today. And now… I am feeling much better! I attribute it to the large amounts of garlic that I ate and the large number of zinc lozenges that I sucked on. This combination will not be doing my digestive system any good over the next 24 hours, but it is amazingly effective at shortening colds.
No, really: there’s some quite good evidence across several clinical trials that zinc lozenges work, and some not-quite-as-good-but-still-okay evidence for garlic: a bunch of semi-okay trials and one good one (that link is to a meta-analysis, here’s the good trial here). Unlike vitamin C, and all of those other lovely home remedies, which, well, let’s just say that evidence isn’t part of the package you’re buying. If you’re the type of person who gets colds (I’m usually not, these days) then do yourself a favor and try this out.
Anyway. Here is a kitty. For it is caturday, and we all deserve one.
This kitty did not want my help with anything. Having a 2x zoom lens on my phone is really helpful for such situations.
I have been remiss in my dogly duties the past couple of days, so you get a puppy and a proud puppy-mom. Donatello is 11 weeks old in these pictures, young enough that he wasn’t even allowed to mix with other dogs (because he hadn’t had all his shots yet.)
Don’t they make an adorable pair?
Think his ears will stand up?