Oreo the Bunny Rabbit Oreo is a black and white mini lop and to be honest the coolest bunny I have ever met. Oreo isn’t our first rabbit, we adopted another mini lop while we were stationed in Virginia Beach, and we named her Maddie. Maddie only stayed with us for a few years before… Continue reading Oreo the Bunny Rabbit
Category: Pets
The Current Average Dog
The Current Average Dog Our current Average Family dog Roxie, is another rescue, from one of the local shelters. After our previous dog crossed over the rainbow bridge, my wife and I found the house too quiet as we have always had a dog in the house. After some searching, one of our friends at… Continue reading The Current Average Dog
BJ the Average Dog
Beejee Weejee We adopted BJ (Beejee Weejee) in 2005 from the Spotsylvania Animal Shelter, my young daughter named him “Blacky Jones”, (one of our previous dogs was named “Casey Jones”, and BJ was black in color, so Blacky Jones or BJ for short). BJ was a Dachshund / Springer Spaniel mix, so he was low… Continue reading BJ the Average Dog
My First Dog – Yummy
My First Dog – Yummy My first dog when I was growing up was a wired hair Chihuahua, that I got to pick the name of Yummy after some movie (so that is the story I was told). I remember Yummy being so fast and he loved to run, he was basically a very hyper… Continue reading My First Dog – Yummy
The American Pit Bull Terrier
The American Pit Bull Terrier The Pit Bull or the American Pit Bull Terrier is one of the most misunderstood breeds of dogs in the world. They have been branded the vicious dog of the 2000s. Baby Casey In the 70s it was the Doberman Pinscher; in the 80s it was the German Shepherd; in… Continue reading The American Pit Bull Terrier
Sick Dog
Sick Dog My 4-year-old pit-mix pup, had her double knee surgery today. She had a Bilateral medial patella luxation (MPL) with concurrent crania cruciate ligament (CCL) instability, for which she required a Bilateral TPLO with concurrent MPL stabilization. So in English, she had knee surgery on both of her knees and she is a sick… Continue reading Sick Dog
Sick Pup update
Sick Pup update It looks like Roxie has managed to damage both knees. Long story short, about two months ago we noticed that she was periodically limping off and on between her two back legs. At first, we did the usual and checked her pads and range of motion and we did find anything. She… Continue reading Sick Pup update
Sick Dog
Sick Dog Sitting outside the emergency vet, waiting in the van (COVID). My dog has had knee problems for a while and we have been talking to her vet about surgery right now she is on rest to see if she can heal naturally. Well the answer to that question, I guess is, nope, not… Continue reading Sick Dog
Our Horses
Our Horses Here are some photos of the two miniature horses we have. The dark guy is Rebel (13 years old). Rebel’s mother, Dixie is the other mini. We adopted Dixie many years ago and Rebel and his father (who has since passed, “Midnight”) can along as a packaged deal. So we have literally had… Continue reading Our Horses
Swinging a Hammer
Swinging a Hammer Since we have two miniature horses, they should be “dry-lotted” during the summer, we had a dry lot, but no shelter, so we set out to build a small shelter for our miniature horses. We choose wooden pallets as our building material trying to keep the price low mostly as we are… Continue reading Swinging a Hammer
