Bex Pet Sitting

01/30/2023

Modric (Charlie) getting zoomed by Milner!

01/30/2023

Only in Austin will you see Santa riding his mule.

01/30/2023

Phoenix is waiting for Momo to come out of her heated room!

01/30/2023

Phoenix getting ready to lay “his” eggs!

01/30/2023

Gus getting ready to YELL at me to let him out. Sorry buddy not today. But I have treats galore for you.

01/30/2023

This guy! Grass for days!

08/14/2022

These guys are not clients but how cool turkeys in Sun City!

06/05/2022

She had been running around the house and glass surfing more than usual so we made her a dig (sand and topsoil $ from the pet store) Cian dug up these 20 eggs this morning!

06/05/2022

Our “boy” bearded dragon surprised us with 20 eggs! She has no partner so sadly no babies for us!

06/03/2022

How do 5 lb babies have so much personality?!!

04/14/2022

Or 4.

04/03/2022

Silly wolf.

04/02/2022

Happy 4/1!

03/04/2022

When Charlie gets on Milners (I mean Cians) bed!

02/09/2022

Heroes!

Judy, a purebred pointer, was the mascot of several ships in the Pacific, and was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and taken to a prison camp. There she met Aircraftsman Frank Williams, who shared his small portion of rice with her.

Judy raised morale in the POW camp, and also barked when poisonous snakes, crocodiles or even tigers approached the prisoners. When the prisoners were shipped back to Singapore, she was smuggled out in a rice sack, never whimpering or betraying her presence to the guards.

The next day, that ship was torpedoed. Williams pushed Judy out of a porthole in an attempt to save her life, even though there was a 15-foot drop to the sea. He made his own escape from the ship, but was then recaptured and sent to a new POW camp.

He didn't know if Judy had survived, but soon he began hearing stories about a dog helping drowning men reach pieces of debris after the shipwreck. And when Williams arrived at the new camp, he said: "I couldn’t believe my eyes! As I walked through the gate, a scraggly dog hit me square between the shoulders and knocked me over. I’d never been so glad to see the old girl!"

They spent a year together at that camp in Sumatra. "Judy saved my life in so many ways," said Williams. "But the greatest of all was giving me a reason to live. All I had to do was look into those weary, bloodshot eyes and ask myself: 'What would happen to her if I died?' I had to keep going."

Once hostilities ceased, Judy was then smuggled aboard a troopship heading back to Liverpool. In England, she was awarded the Dickin Medal (the "Victoria Cross" for animals) in May 1946. Her citation reads: "For magnificent courage and endurance in Japanese prison camps, which helped to maintain morale among her fellow prisoners, and also for saving many lives through her intelligence and watchfulness".

At the same time, Frank Williams was awarded the PDSA's White Cross of St. Giles for his devotion to Judy. Frank and Judy spent a year after the war visiting the relatives of English POWs who had not survived, and Frank said that Judy "always provided a comforting presence to the families."

When Judy finally died at the age of 13, Frank spent two months building a granite and marble memorial in her memory, which included a plaque describing her life story.

02/02/2022

Lloyd I hope you are hiding tonight!

01/14/2022

12/22/2021

Isn’t Leo a handsome boy?!!

12/21/2021

Phoenix is enjoying a few moments in the sun! Momo was a little alarmed when he was running around the house earlier!

12/06/2021

Cat attack!

11/02/2021

The standoff!

08/23/2021

I used to have two dogs one who cuddled when I was sad and one who was only interested in “Fun Bec!”

01/30/2021

Too cute when Charlie’s acts like she’s still a puppy! Love her tongue!