Dogs of the Day

Today at 3 Dogs & a Chick, we were busy with lots of cute dogs who were in the mood to shop! Two extra special customers who came in were Chipper, who is celebrating his 2nd birthday, and Fonzi, a rescue dog who just got adopted today!

Chipping is waiting so patiently for his peanut butter birthday bone!

"Hey Mom, what do you think of my new bandana? Pretty handsome, huh?"

And then we had a fun visit with Fonzi. Two of my best friends, April & Justin (www.deadworry.com) just adopted Fonzi this afternoon from New Beginnings Animal Sanctuary in Niceville. He’s about 2 years old and probably a chihuahua/corgi mix. What a little sweetheart this guy is!

Fonzi left here with all the latest and greatest gear: a new Cozy Coat (snuggly warm fleece), Whole Earth Farms adult dog food, Gooby harness, recycled mountain climbing rope leash, bully sticks (already enjoying one in the shop, as you can tell) and lots of yummy 3 Dogs & a Chick treats. Wow, what a LUCKY dog!!! Thanks to April & Justin for saving a life by choosing to adopt!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!

 

 

 

Happy Fourth!

Happy 4th of July!

This has nothing to do with July 4th but I couldn’t resist including it! :)

Weave Poles

Here’s a funny for all our agility friends…

UCLA Squirrels

I love everything about this video! (And I’m totally digging that song…)

Cute for the day – Dancing Kitties

Jasmine’s Story

In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog.. It had been locked in the shed and abandoned. It was dirty and malnourished, and had clearly been abused.

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need.

Geoff and the other sanctuary staff went to work with two aims to restore the dog to full health, and to win her trust. It took several weeks, but eventually both goals were achieved.

They named her Jasmine, and they started to think about finding her an adoptive home.

But Jasmine had other ideas. No-one remembers now how it began, but she started welcoming all Animal arrivals at the sanctuary.. It wouldn’t matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick.

Geoff relates one of the early incidents. “We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line. One was a Lakeland Terrier cross and another was a Jack Russell Doberman cross. They were tiny when they arrived at the centre and Jasmine approached them and grabbed one by the scruff of the neck in her mouth and put him on the settee. Then she fetched the other one and sat down with them, cuddling them.”

“But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. She takes all the stress out of them and it helps them to not only feel close to her but to settle into their new surroundings.

“She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose.”

Jasmine, the timid, abused, deserted waif, became the animal sanctuary’s resident surrogate mother, a role for which she might have been born. The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits.

And one roe deer fawn. Tiny Bramble, 11 weeks old, was found semi-conscious in a field. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, Jasmine cuddled up to her to keep her warm, and then went into the full foster mum role. Jasmine the greyhound showers Bramble the Roe deer with affection and makes sure nothing is matted.

“They are inseparable,” says Geoff “Bramble walks between her legs and they keep kissing each other. They walk together round the sanctuary.
It’s a real treat to see them.”

Jasmine will continue to care for Bramble until she is old enough to be returned to woodland life. When that happens, Jasmine will not be lonely. She will be too busy showering love and affection on the next Orphan or victim of abuse.

 

 

From left, Toby, a stray Lakeland dog; Bramble, orphaned Roe deer; Buster, a stray Jack Russell; a dumped rabbit; Sky, an injured barn owl; and Jasmine with a Mothers heart doing best what a caring Mother would do.

Did You Make Your Bed This Morning?

“Oh yeah, I made my bed, all right… I MADE IT BEG FOR MERCY!  BWAH-ha-ha-ha-haaaaah!  That’s right, I’ll show the furniture in this house who’s boss!”

Cute For the Day

How do you spell: “Y-O-U L-O-S-E?”

 

Because you do.

Lose.

To me.

A BIRD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Heh. Heh.”

Rules for Living

Rule 12: Breakfast tastes better when it’s color-coordinated.
Rule 41: Just let it ring.  They’ll call back.
Rule 77: Spoons are for losers.
And the all-important rule #1: If at all possible, be a ferret.

 

Thanks to Cute Overload.