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captainsblogThere's another one in the hopper that I need to finish after a better night's sleep, so I'll just report the oddities of the day.
After a long, intense, four-appointment day on the road yesterday and a case of mediatus interruptus this morning, I ran out of personal gas. Tried to crash for an hour or so, which wound up more like five minutes of actual nappage. Ultimately, I got out to the bank, to store, to cardio, and back home in time to feed all the animals....
And one of our food bowls was missing.
It's not unusual for it to be tossed from its lofty perch. Eleanor started feeding Michelle atop the refrigerator after one of my trips last year, and I've been continuing that practice. Occasionally, the other cats will get up there and push the bowl off the top of the fridge, but we usually hear it, catch it and return it before a dog goes hog-wild over the microscopic leavings.
Today, though, we were both out of the house for most of the morning, and by 6 PM, the damn thing was nowhere to be found. I just gave the cat the cat fud can and let her knock herself out with it. Two hours went by with no clue where the bowl had wound up.
Finally, Eleanor won the treasure hunt. One of the dogs had hauled it halfway across the ground floor of the house into the bathroom.
It's back on its usual perch. The dogs have slightly shittier-eating grins than they usually do this time of night.
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The dog next door is also smiling a little more just now.
Eleanor turned in early, but was awakened by outdoor barking. Our new neighbors in Sally's old house have a puppy, who for a while was being left outside for extended periods in pretty damn cold weather. Both Eleanor and our cross-street neighbor were very concerned about it, and the latter, who does dispatch for our town police department, got the dog warden to pay a visit and impress upon the new neighbors that Bella could not be left outside for extended periods.
And she wasn't. Until she was. Both of us noticed her left outside earlier today, just in the fleeting seconds we drove by their house, but moments ago, Eleanor heard the barking and asked me to check it out. There was Bella, in 28F weather, not especially uncomfortable (she wasn't even the barker, it turned out), but much in need of attention and cuddling. I gave her some of each, and finally got the attention of the young renter inside- who'd put her out to pee and got distracted.
We don't want this to become adversarial. Hell, our oldest dog barks more than Bella does, but she goes out when she wants and is too deaf to be called back in. Our hope is that we can establish something more positive with her owner and (we're guessing) her mother who lives with her, to let them know that our motive is not suburban quiet but genuine concern- that we loved close to a dozen animals who lived in that home over the previous 18 years and will do whatever we can to help them take care of her if it's beyond what they can do.
Cripes, if necessary I'll even get Bella an extra food dish. We seem to have more around here than we can keep track of anyway:P
After a long, intense, four-appointment day on the road yesterday and a case of mediatus interruptus this morning, I ran out of personal gas. Tried to crash for an hour or so, which wound up more like five minutes of actual nappage. Ultimately, I got out to the bank, to store, to cardio, and back home in time to feed all the animals....
And one of our food bowls was missing.
It's not unusual for it to be tossed from its lofty perch. Eleanor started feeding Michelle atop the refrigerator after one of my trips last year, and I've been continuing that practice. Occasionally, the other cats will get up there and push the bowl off the top of the fridge, but we usually hear it, catch it and return it before a dog goes hog-wild over the microscopic leavings.
Today, though, we were both out of the house for most of the morning, and by 6 PM, the damn thing was nowhere to be found. I just gave the cat the cat fud can and let her knock herself out with it. Two hours went by with no clue where the bowl had wound up.
Finally, Eleanor won the treasure hunt. One of the dogs had hauled it halfway across the ground floor of the house into the bathroom.
It's back on its usual perch. The dogs have slightly shittier-eating grins than they usually do this time of night.
----
The dog next door is also smiling a little more just now.
Eleanor turned in early, but was awakened by outdoor barking. Our new neighbors in Sally's old house have a puppy, who for a while was being left outside for extended periods in pretty damn cold weather. Both Eleanor and our cross-street neighbor were very concerned about it, and the latter, who does dispatch for our town police department, got the dog warden to pay a visit and impress upon the new neighbors that Bella could not be left outside for extended periods.
And she wasn't. Until she was. Both of us noticed her left outside earlier today, just in the fleeting seconds we drove by their house, but moments ago, Eleanor heard the barking and asked me to check it out. There was Bella, in 28F weather, not especially uncomfortable (she wasn't even the barker, it turned out), but much in need of attention and cuddling. I gave her some of each, and finally got the attention of the young renter inside- who'd put her out to pee and got distracted.
We don't want this to become adversarial. Hell, our oldest dog barks more than Bella does, but she goes out when she wants and is too deaf to be called back in. Our hope is that we can establish something more positive with her owner and (we're guessing) her mother who lives with her, to let them know that our motive is not suburban quiet but genuine concern- that we loved close to a dozen animals who lived in that home over the previous 18 years and will do whatever we can to help them take care of her if it's beyond what they can do.
Cripes, if necessary I'll even get Bella an extra food dish. We seem to have more around here than we can keep track of anyway:P
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Date: 2013-03-22 07:23 pm (UTC)