Fido's 2nd Family

21/12/2021

Amber got to visit the North Pole!

Our human kiddos are all grown now, but that doesn't mean we don't have kids to spoil over the holidays. Gayle took little Amber to the North Pole. Look how excited she is!

29/11/2021

Everyone enjoying the yard.

22/11/2021

Finally — I have won Amber's trust after she lost her faith in humanity or at least men.

Amber, rescued by Gayle from a negligent, amateur "breeder" after the poor creature couldn't have pups anymore, has been very slow to take to me. She immediately took to Gayle, but I was a whole other deal. I suspect who...

15/11/2021

Hooray! The vet helped me take the turmoil of medicine time for Trudy.

Trudy, whom we call our Post Office dog since we found her blinded in one eye at the 5th Street Post Office in Waco, is a sweet Pitbull mix who is painfully shy but is pretty assertive about not taking her medication whe...

11/11/2021

Dogs do more than love you. They keep you out of the hospital!

Honestly, I don't believe I'd even be alive now if it weren't for my dogs. Study after study has shown that dogs boost their humans' health, and I'm the beneficiary of my dogs' attention. Whatever chores I have to do eve...

09/11/2021

Jill reminded me yesterday that even a small dog like her has a wolf's DNA flowing through her veins.

Little 8-pound Jill, a little slice of sunshine for me every day, nonetheless punished my complete dismissal of her ancient ties to the wolf yesterday. Sweet, little Jillie killed an even smaller chick.

04/11/2021

Electronic doorbell? Heck no! I've got biological doorbells.

Around this place, NOBODY but nobody is coming to our door unannounced. Jack and Jill, siblings with the same mother but different daddies, stand guard like military sentries every minute of every day unless someone want...

01/11/2021

Heidi has proven that one doesn't need to be a rich movie star to age well.

Heidi, our little Feist Terrier, is aging like a sexy movie star but hasn't needed the plastic surgery to look great into her old age.

29/10/2021

Blossom has her ways of communicating what she wants without, of course, saying a word.

Without saying a word, people can communicate volumes through gestures, posture, tone of voice -- even a growl -- and facial expressions, and so can dogs. Blossom is quite the communicative little Boston Terrier, particu...

27/10/2021

Small dog owners need to es**rt their dogs when they're outside. Hawks are a real threat in rural areas.

Raising chickens, Gayle and I are a little leery of hawks anyway, living on the edge of a small town, Golinda, like we do, but when I took Amber to the vet a day or two ago, the vet went out of his way to warn us about t...

26/10/2021

After giving us a good scare, it looks like Amber will be OK!

25/10/2021

Poor Amber's heart is likely giving her trouble this morning. Headed to the vet!

https://fidos2ndfamily.com/blog/f/trip-to-the-vet-for-amber

23/10/2021

Research now shows that dogs have emotions much like their humans — not news to dogs' humans, I suspect.

https://fidos2ndfamily.com/blog/f/dog-emotions

20/10/2021

Poor overweight Mr. Little is going to have to go on a stricter diet.

Mr. Little, or "Little," as we more often call him, is overweight. We know it's bad for his health, and we've seen him start slowing down. At one time, he'd jump on the love seat and thence onto its back to stare out of ...

18/10/2021

Every night just before bed, I have to wrestle with a 6-lb. Godzilla!

I have created a 6-lb. monster. I didn't mean to. I had the best of intentions. Nonetheless, little Amber, a long-haired Chihuahua rescue who was scared of her shadow, has morphed into a demanding little 6-lb. Gozilla.

17/10/2021

Sometimes I wonder what we did to deserve our dogs' love.

https://fidos2ndfamily.com/blog/f/a-dogs-devotion

16/10/2021

Valley Girl, our Husky, just daring someone to mess with my granddaughter Lilly.

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