Those furkids know good people to snuggle up to HL.

Today Mr. Hev went back to work after a couple days off & I was left with the after-holiday doldrums. So I am especially grateful for my sleeping doggies (one on each couch). They help me not to feel alone - 'cause feeding & cleaning up after them takes me away from my own thoughts & makes me feel lucky to have them in my care (and me in their care).

I have just met a Chocolate Lab called Cargo who loves to dive in the pool and play ball, he is gorgeous and so good for my spirit.

Sounds lovely, Kev! Labs are wonderful - mine's yellow. I'd like one in each flavor - Vanilla, Chocolate & Liquorice - but 2 is the max for now.

My dogs are my constant companions.:) I would be so lonely without them.:( They are my best friends.:)

my cats and dog greet me with tails switching and lots of happy barking every night when I come home...they are always happy to see me.

However tonight i came home to a broken light bulb and a bedroom lamp knocked to the floor...no cut paws, just changed the bulbs....i guess i won't know how long one of those new squiggle ones does last????..it was at least a year old

New pet Kevin?

Grateful for little Jack (former foster dog) lying at my feet after a delicious breakfast.:) Grateful that I take such good care of them sober.:) Grateful to return their unconditional love with excellent care.:) Grateful for roomie's kitty playing with a catnip sock on the floor.:) Grateful that my house is a 'funhouse' for kitties.:)

Grateful that Summer seems better this morning after being up most of the night in some sort of pain. Grateful I wasn't passed out so I could be there for her.

Hope Summer is feeling better now.

Grateful that sobriety brings so many positive qualities to our lives and one of the important ones is the change we see from our pets. They reflect us I believe or at least I know my dogs do. If I'm depressed they actually seem depressed and vice verse. They are much happier dogs now.

My cat is pretty independent unless she wants a warm body to nap beside or to be lifted to the top of the washing machine so she may dine on her food. BTW she is not an elderly cat - she is 6 years old, but she prefers not to jump at times and it is usually the times I am nearby. Just call me the feline elevator.

No, but my new friend looks after animals and Cargo is one of her charges :) She is amazing with dogs and reached out to me when she heard Tobi and Rana had died.

so I have fun with both of them :)

Lucky lucky me

Awesome :)

grateful that my Old Maine Coom boy, Slim is still quite agile, age 14...at20+ lbs. he can still jump up on the kitchen table...(he is a bit of a lard-a$$)....he is also the PRESIDENT of the "Clean Plate Club"....he methodically eats everything, moving from dish to dish....Pookie and Fandy are a bit more picky...but no one misses a meal.

the dog is a vacuum too.

grateful for animals they so live in the moment

Kevin, I am waiting for the time when you open your heart to another dog(s). YOu are so full of love and can give a dog(s) such a loving home.:) When the time is right you'll know it.:)

Roomie is back from Florida with her awesome doggie.:) Her dog remembers me and let me give her a tummy rub when she got back. Peace reigns in the house, for now, as long as Jack keeps his nose out of her butt!;) She chastized him severely before for getting too 'nosey'. Hope he remembers that...;)

Grateful for the animals in the world. I can't imagine nor do I want to what our life would be without them.

Grateful someone finally put this poor deer out of it's misery.

Hurt deer on Lake Allegan saved, put down

Animal had been stuck on ice since Saturday

Updated: Thursday, 06 Jan 2011, 7:29 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 05 Jan 2011, 4:44 PM EST

ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) - A group comprised of both volunteers and wildlife officials on Wednesday attempted to rescue a deer that had been trapped on some Allegan County ice since Saturday -- but it was too late.

The deer had been stuck on Lake Allegan since the weekend, and county residents had been watching helplessly, questioning whether to take action.

When Craig Ellis and his friend Ryan DeHoog heard about the deer's plight, they decided against sitting back and waiting. Working with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Ellis volunteered his airboat and set out to rescue the animal.

In most situations, wildlife officials wouldn't bother venturing out onto the ice after a deer, but in this instance, they were more concerned about human safety.

"It was beginning to sound an awful lot like people were going to go out and try to rescue the deer," said Maria Albright, of the DNRE. "Then, you have a human rescue, which needs to be done in a much more uncontrolled situation."

George Priesler and his wife had been watching the animal struggle for days, and said knowing that deer die in the woods is one thing -- but seeing one suffer is another.

"In the woods, they die like this all the time," he told 24 Hour News 8. "But because it's here, it just bothered us something terrible."

When the rescue finally took place, the deer was pulled onto shore after just minutes in the water, and placed in a waiting truck.

But in the end, the DNRE determined the animal's injuries were just too great, so it was euthanized.

Still, Ellis feels his efforts were worth it, based on the idea the deer is no longer suffering.

sigh, thanks Suki...

grateful that I have a sense of humor with my cats....i woke up this AM to a bottom shelf in complete disarray....along with the shelf liner all bunched up....One of the cats...."looking" for something...i need to rubber band the door shut....previously this happened in another cabinet, where glasses were broken and the cat was sleeping in the cabinet.

Grateful for all the love animals provide to world... it is amazing. Hubby is talking about rescuing another dog... everyone is excited.

We have three lazy shiftless cats, Finster, Gretchen and Willow.

Gretchen and Willow came from a shelter and Finster came pawing at our door the day after Christmas nine years ago.

So grateful to enjoy my dogs eating their delicious breakfast.:) It gives me such pleasure to take good care of them and love them. I too can't imagine my life without my critters.:)

I let my neighbor's dogs in at 7 am, like always, then went back to bed. When I woke up later there were all five dogs on my bed!!::) The peace and contentment in the room was wonderful.:)

Sometimes I think I'd like a short vacation from my dogs so I could get things done without an audience, or "help". Our Mastiff considers the vacuum cleaner her mortal enemy & attacks it every time. Our Lab always seems nervous when I get up on a ladder - or even go across the street to get the mail. I'd never want to be without them for long, though - have become accustomed to their constant love and concern. Grateful for my two content, sleeping dogs today - and the orange "stray" kitty who lives in his house outside.

that must be a VERY large bed!:rotfxko

No, it's a futon, just very crowded sometimes!;)

Glad that Reina likes the bed that she got for Christmas so she has stopped stealing Reuben's bed! Also glad that Reuben was nice about it.

Saw a Wedge Tailed eagle out hunting, I used to have two on the property ZI owned in the bush

That's cool Nogard. And your post made me remember my fabulous morning... I saw a Bald Eagle! It was in a creek and it flew up onto a low tree branch. I was so astounded, I nearly drove off the road... Of course I had to pull off the road and call my brother. It made me feel special :).

Nature is amazing.

:ring

Grateful for my spoiled pets. I can't think of anybody better to spoil then them. Don't tell my husband or son though. Been cooking some brown rice and green beans to add to the dog's food because they've seemed so hungry with the cold weather we had. Starting to warm up now and their energy level is over the top. May keep up with the rice and green beans as a supplement to their meal. Trying to get the Aussie to drop a few and this was recommended by our vet. I think its working.

I add green beans too, HL, for the same reason (slenderizing :) ) and it really has helped. Also, my dog is infatuated with her hollow rubber ball that you put treats inside and the treats fall out when she noses it around the floor. So I've been putting frozen green beans (frozen for crunch) and cut up carrots in there instead of treats - she loves it and very low cal!

I also feed Sammy the POM-wonnderful pomeranian baby carrots and cook rice for him with a little chix broth....he's a good weight, 11-12 lbs. but should not get heavier....we are not getting the big walks we do in good weather...he is not very high off the ground but loves to tunnel in the snow like a gopher.

a word of advice...there is yellow snow everywhere...don't eat any....:cries3:

Going to try that with frozen green beans Sneezy. We have one of those toys and I usually put medium size bones in it. Like your idea better. I need to start taking walks Fandy. It would be good for me and the dogs, but 2 on a leash . . . they'll be dragging me to Texas!!