Here are Rowsar, Taffy, and Sophie. Rowsar and Sophie seem bashful of the camera (though otherwise very comfortable with us!) and Taffy appears to enjoy having her portrait taken.
Other than grooming Taffy and otherwise caring for dogs, I’m just working around the house and getting ready to serve a Ukrainian dinner to friends this evening.
Will talk to you fine folk later.
~Ann
This is Laddy.
On Sunday night, friends phoned and asked what to do about a “stray dog”. I hadn’t heard that anyone was missing a dog of ANY description, and I don’t usually consent to taking in such dogs or cats. My business, after all, is for vaccinated family pets, and is not a “shelter”, nor is it subsidized as such.
However, as my friend described the dog, who had been wandering and apparently disoriented, AND who was sporting a tag with a vet clinic name on it, I relented and told them to bring this sheltie. Secretly, I thought that if the dog NEVER was claimed, we would keep him, but I would try my best to find the rightful owners.
This morning I phoned the vet clinic in Ft. St. John as indicated on the tag. Their records indicated that the dog belonged to an elderly couple from that town, and gave me a phone number, but that voice mail box was “full”. I made several other phone calls locally and was having no luck, so I took this picture and started to print posters.
On a good tip from someone, I phoned another friend who has relatives in Ft. St. John. She WAS looking for her sheltie!! Her daughter had adopted the dog from the said “elderly couple”, though evidently when Laddy was left at home by himself, he had decided to go looking for his mistress.
We don’t know whether Laddy might have found his own way home, but since he was picked up on a country road, he was perhaps spared from being hit by a car; he spent the night indoors at our house and was fed and watered, while his owners fretted. I am so glad that we found Laddy’s people so promptly!
Other than taking Laddy in, our Sunday was fairly ordinary. Some dogs went home (and other ones came today). We had our usual Sunday brunch in town and shared lively conversation with our friends. A dear friend visited in the afternoon, and I visited with chat friends online after that!
We had hot beef sandwiches for dinner (as the roast that I referred to yesterday had become so tender in the crock pot!). We pretty much “vegged” in front of the TV. in the evening, and of course I chatted until quite late.
Thank you for visiting this weblog. You do me an honour.
Love, Ann
P.S. Tonight we’re having roast chicken.. nothing exotic, but drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with our own garlic and onion powders, cayenne, and seasoning salt. I’ll chop up some potatoes, sweet potatoes, carrots and onions and roast them with other herbs and spices. The house smells great! Tomorrow night we’re having company and I’m cooking some Ukrainian food… with help from a recipe book that my dear sister gave me! If ONLY I could remember the NAMES of those dishes.
