My two Rhodesian Ridgebacks and one Labrador Retriever are no pushovers. Even other varieties of highly regarded Canidae food have left them looking up at me over lightly rearranged bowls of food with that ‘Why have you turned against us again?’ look. But whenever I bring home the thirty-pound bags of Canidae Chicken Meal and [...]
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three empty dog dishes can’t be wrong: Canidae Dry Dog Food, Chicken Meal and Rice Formula, 30-Pound Bag
Posted in fauna, reseña, tagged fauna, reseña on February 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
problem solved, Spirits of Chewery defeated: Orvis TouchChew Dog’s Nest bed
Posted in fauna, paterfamilias, reseña, tagged digs on December 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our two Rhodesian Ridgebacks are not particularly determined chewers. Yet every once in a while, always while no humans are home, the Spirit of Chewing visits our abode. Havoc ensues. After trying all manner of cheaper alternatives, we settled upon the Orvis TouchChew Dog’s Nest bed, one oval the other rectangular. Problem solved. Rosie and [...]
the meaning of chipmunks: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chipmunks are the garbage fish of suburban backyards. They are the bottom-feeding carp to, say, the smallmouth bass that is the inventive squirrel or the rainbow trout whose role is filled by the Northern Cardinal. A fallen Blue Jay may merit a sigh as we carry his defunct body tenderly to the garbage can. But [...]
Sammy strikes back: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two experienced veterinarians in a room at our beloved Michigan Road Animal Hospital expressed astonishment at the dog Johnny and I brought in to see them this evening. Dr. Fletcher, looked twice toward the heavens, in gratitude. ‘Es casi milagrosa‘—’it’s almost miraculous’—she says to me. Language, loss, and renewed hope each bond people. Dr K, [...]
Sammy goes down hard: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I could tell by the trembly edge in my wife’s voice over the phone that the news was bad. Catching me early on the last day of a business trip, she reported that Sammy’s wanderlust had finally got him into deep trouble. His nocturnal adventures in our back yard had morphed into a determined and [...]
night has no meaning: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna, tagged fauna, Sammy, The Story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback on March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Eight months have now stumbled past since Sammy came to be a provisional part of our family, then a probable member of our family, and finally a non-adjectivized fixture on the leather couch in the ‘Red Room’, where family and friends occasionally assemble themselves among the recumbent canines to watch football games and re-runs of [...]
a bit like a chickadee: Bird Watcher’s Digest
Posted in fauna, reseña, tagged birding, fauna, reseña on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With the size and appearance of a slimmed-down Reader’s Digest, the less famous Bird Watcher’s Digest is a chirpy little optimist of a magazine not so very different from, say, a black-capped chickadee. Short and moderate-sized articles cover specific species, how-to/techniques, choosing the right birding equipment, and joy-of-birding anecdotes. Advertisements abound but do not overwhelm. [...]
Sammy the self-confident jostler: the Story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna, tagged The Story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now these many months on from the Saturday morning he came to us as a quivering shadow of himself, Sammy has become a jostling, tail-wagging mainstay of the family mix. Take stairs, for example. Stairs are everywhere in this 1930s-vintage house of ours. Two sets of the things lie between the basement (where Dogs Sleep [...]
Sammy unveils new moves: the story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna, tagged fauna, Sammy, Story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I returned last evening from London to find Sammy racing up and down the basement steps beside Rosie, eager to greet his returning master. ‘Racing’ in this context begs some qualifiers. Perhaps ‘moving briskly’ is more to the point. No longer plagued by the fear of falling down stairs, he moves up and down them [...]
eyes in the fridge: the story of a rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback
Posted in fauna, tagged fauna, Sammy, The Story of a Rescued Rhodesian Ridgeback on September 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
At times like, this the idea of wandering down to the kitchen for a midnight snack of olives becomes a very bad idea indeed. Sammy’s eyes, you see, are in there. Tupperware never served a nobler purpose.
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