Animals

[Jampa]

Thanks for this pic, Jampa. Your daughter has the most beautiful eyes, as I've noticed in other pics. Very soulful. She'll be a charmer when she's older, eh? Good luck, mom!

She is a charmer already... how scary is *that*...?!? ;-)))
Thank you....

We went to town this afternoon, to buy her new boots... we spent more time in the street than in the shops, because when she sees a dog she walks to the human holding the leash and says "Good afternoon Sir/Madam, may I pet your dog?"...

More eyes <G>... those of the Dog now ;-)

Wellness to All...

Jampa

 

[Jampa]

Thanks for the info, Jampa! I just cut and paste the captions underneath the pics, so I was not aware of all that. I was in Switzerland a few years ago, but didn't make it to St. Bernard's Pass. But I would love another reason to back! It was one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited.

And you're welcome for the pics. Thank you!

There's was nothing really "wrong" in/with(?) the caption, but I thought it might give a wrong impression... Actually I know (about?) what I "added" to the caption just because my first dog was a Saint-Bernard and the pass is precisely where he came from... more than 35 years ago. And years later, after his death, we went back there hoping to find one who'd resemble him... Although Switzerland is a very small country, several dog-breeds are "native" of Switzerland/typically Swiss, but the SB breed is *the* most "symbolic" of this country. The SB pass without SB dogs would be like Ireland without Irish Wolfhounds <G>... inconceivable!!! <VBG>

So.... now you have a good reason to go back there...: see and touch the true, original Saint-Bernard dogs!!! ;-))))

 

[ORANGATUANG]

Yes thats uncle amo's for always an comedian..Xena says thank you amos and she said it better be an "mouse" one........

 

[Serena]

More animals in the news.

1) This photo released by Japanese toy giant Tomy shows a dog wearing a specimen of the "Wonderful Shot," a digital collar-camera that will enable owners to experience how their pets look to the world or their spend day. 10-28-2004

2) Austin, a Boston Terrier, appears in a football outfit at a Halloween party for dogs at Biscuits and Bath, a provider of dog care services on the Upper East Side of New York, October 26, 2004. Dogs and owners enjoyed gourmet treats and had their pictures taken in a simulated pumpkin patch.

3) The controversial Atkins diet, credited by a host of celebrities for helping them acquire a svelte figure, has a new figurehead -- a portly British cat which has shed half its body weight under the regime. 10-20-2004

 

[Amos Stevens]

Wouldn't that digital camera be more useful attached to your child

Thanks Serena

 

[pantera]

Thanx to all who put animals pics since my last visit. Seeing thpose pics make me feel beter.
So; thanx again

 

[Serena]

Wouldn't that digital camera be more useful attached to your child

Thanks Serena

Good idea, Amos!
After all, they have leashes for kids--why not a kid-cam?

 

[Hallarian]

My dog Cody has developed a skill we didn't know he had.

Last week the Docs tried a temporary pace maker in me to enable me to do what I do overseas. That same evening while I ws reading Cody began acting strange. Finally he was pawing at me and whining. I began to feel something funny in my chest and decided something was very wrong. When I called one of my Docs and described my irregular pulse he said to come in right away. 62 mile drive because of the fritzed pacemaker.

Turns out it was shorting out. Possibly the end being too near a piece of metal in my chest from an explosion a few years ago. The doctors have never run into a problem like this before but then I'm pretty weird I guess. They took it out and are put in a new fancier one. According to Cody this one is alright so far but he's very suspicious and knows I've got some strange thing inside of me. I wake up at night and find Cody standing there with his chin on my chest. If it works I can go back to leading my team. Too bad they won't let me take Cody with me. But I don't want to chance him getting shot.

 

[Jampa]

Holy Smoke, Hallarian! what kind of job is it that you have? (No, I'm not expecting a reply... just expressing my surprise)
You're not a pencil pusher, right...?

Is Cody a therapy dog...? I mean, one of these dogs who warn their human when a seizure is "near", when he/she needs to take his/her meds, things like that... I don't remember what the correct term is.

I hope everything turns out well for you...
Take care!

Jampa

 

[pantera]

have you heard about the disapearing of the pyraneen bears specie. Last week a hunter killed the only female bear of this specie. Now it's over for the Pyranean bears. There was no other female. Furthermore, it was a mum, she had 2 baby bears but they are males and anyway nobody is sure that they will survive without their mumy. One of the 2 babies is lost in the forest (the hunter scared him and he run away) The ecologists and the police services triy to find him to help him to survive.
The conclusion is that ass.... :mad4: have killed another specie.
The hunter couldn't hunt in the area where they were 'cos' of this female-bear! They did it, they screw up and now we won't ever see another pyrenean bear again.
here's a pic of this female and his babies.
the only way to see a pyrenean bear is on a pic

 

[Jampa]

I heard about this. So very sad.......
One more species gone forever...
If God made us the keepers/guardians of His Creation, as such we really are botching the job...

Poor Babies.

 

[Serena]

have you heard about the disapearing of the pyraneen bears specie. Last week a hunter killed the only female bear of this specie. Now it's over for the Pyranean bears. There was no other female. Furthermore, it was a mum, she had 2 baby bears but they are males and anyway nobody is sure that they will survive without their mumy. One of the 2 babies is lost in the forest (the hunter scared him and he run away) The ecologists and the police services triy to find him to help him to survive.
The conclusion is that ass.... :mad4: have killed another specie.
The hunter couldn't hunt in the area where they were 'cos' of this female-bear! They did it, they screw up and now we won't ever see another pyrenean bear again.
here's a pic of this female and his babies.
the only way to see a pyrenean bear is on a pic

I hadn't heard this, Pantera. How utterly tragic that this means the end of a species! More people need to be aware that such terrible things are going on like this. Thanks for the information and the picture, Pantera.

 

[Serena]

Okay, I have to confess. I'm not one for real "cutesy" type pictures, but I came across these while looking for something else and even I found them irresistible.

 

[Serena]

......and a few more.

 

[Serena]

Last week the Docs tried a temporary pace maker in me to enable me to do what I do overseas. That same evening while I ws reading Cody began acting strange. Finally he was pawing at me and whining. I began to feel something funny in my chest and decided something was very wrong. When I called one of my Docs and described my irregular pulse he said to come in right away. 62 mile drive because of the fritzed pacemaker.

Turns out it was shorting out. Possibly the end being too near a piece of metal in my chest from an explosion a few years ago. The doctors have never run into a problem like this before but then I'm pretty weird I guess. They took it out and are put in a new fancier one. According to Cody this one is alright so far but he's very suspicious and knows I've got some strange thing inside of me. I wake up at night and find Cody standing there with his chin on my chest. If it works I can go back to leading my team. Too bad they won't let me take Cody with me. But I don't want to chance him getting shot.

I'm surprised Cody "sensed" something wrong, Hallarian, but it still amazes me when I hear such things. Thank God this was detected while you were at home and not off on one of your missions! Hope you continue to do better, Hallarian.

 

[pantera]

Thanx serena for the pics. They are lovely. I love felins and of course i love cat.
For the moment, i sleep on the sofa at my parents' with..... the cat.

 

[Serena]

Thanx serena for the pics. They are lovely. I love felins and of course i love cat.
For the moment, i sleep on the sofa at my parents' with..... the cat.

Does it look something like this, Pantera?
And you're welcome.

 

[pantera]

YES indeed , it looks like me in the arms of my kitty.
great pic serena. thanx, i recognize myself.

 

[Amos Stevens]

Oh NO-furrballs..everywhere! (itch nose itch nose)

Yippee for Cody..our hero!

 

[Serena]

More animals in the news.

1) For the fourth year in a row, a small experimental flock of whooping cranes is in the skies of Indiana after leaving Boone County at dawn, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, on the longest ultralight aircraft-led migration with an endangered species in history. The flock left Necedah National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin October 10 led by three ultralights on a journey of nearly 1,200 miles through seven states enroute to Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. Here pilot Joe Duff escorts 12 of the 15 juvenile birds to their next stopover in central Indiana.

2) Derek Goeman gets up close and personal with a 4-year-old bloodhound named Knotty Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004, at the West Michigan Harvest Cluster Dog Show in Comstock Park, Mich. Knotty was wearing a protective cover to keep his ears from getting dirty before he walked into the arena to compete in the hound group. He wound up taking first place.

3) Family huddle : Two Barbary Apes huddle over a newborn to shield him from falling snow at the "Monkey Mountain" in Kintzheim, France, November 10, 2004.

4) (I was there and saw lots of camels, but no horses.) Keeping watch : Horses watch over the three large pyramids of Menkaure (L), Khafre (C) and Khufu4 at Giza, just outside Cairo, November 14, 2004.

5) In this photo released by BUAV, (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) a baby macaque sucks its finger a few days after its birth last October 2004, in a sanctuary near Rangong, in south west Thailand. The animal rights group is offering monkey-lovers the chance to adopt 50 macaques recently released from a laboratory in Thailand. BUAV is selling custody rights to the animals for 24 pounds (34.34, US$44.49) each, although proud parents will not be able to bring their new pets home. The monkeys will be cared for at a sanctuary outside Ranong, in the southwestern Thai rainforest, where they were originally captured.