Dick and Nancie’s Ryder
Ryder, Gunny and Charlotte's Stoney
Ryder was litter brother to Tessa and Hammer, via a repeat breeding. He was also full litter brother to Andrea’s Gunny, and to our little Teardrop.
Ryder is much missed by both Dick and Nancie, although they now have Alvin (now known as Baxter, or Mr. B) to console them, along with their lovely little girl. Ryder, however, was like Tessa, Gunny and Hammer – you can get another dog, but you can never, ever replace them.
I suppose that’s true of all good dogs though, isn’t it?
Photos on Flickr, or after the cut.
French Bulldog C Section Video
Well, just as the title says – this is a fairly cut and dried video of a French Bulldog (Butters, to be exact) under going a cesarean section.
The surgery was performed by Dr. Curtin, DVM, at Hanover Veterinary Clinic in Hanover, Ontario. For the more medically minded of you, the tissue repair that you see during the early part of the surgery is a repair on an umbilical hernia that seemed to ‘pop up’ while Butters was pregnant.
This section resulted in three healthy puppies, all of whom, along with mom, are doing well. There’s no volume not just because it’s always fairly chaotic during a section, but also because there was audible sound of the receptionist out front taking calls and talking to patients, and I didn’t want to compromise anyone’s privacy.
The video is after the cut, and if you have a squeamish stomach, you might want to just skip right to the end and see the happy baby puppies.
Friday Zen – Sprinkler Moose(es)
Didn’t you love playing in the sprinkler when you were a kid? We had a pool, but I still don’t think anything came close to the sheer joy of running back and forth underneath the sprinkler on a hot, hot day. The only thing possibly better was a nice, cold drink of that uniquely rusty tasting sprinkler water, fresh from the hose. Yum.
Apparently, Moose feel the same way – baby moose in particular. Also? I don’t care what the grammar police say – the plural of Moose SHOULD be mooses, simply because it’s so much fun to say.
Moose in a sprinkler – it doesn’t get more zen than that.