My husband loves the ladies

First, let me say, I am not obsessed with my pets.

That said, here's another blog entry about my pets.

We had a chow chow named Angus (aka Gus). We got him when he was 8wks old from a chow rescue group. We had him until a few weeks ago, when we had to put him to sleep because of what the vet says was either stomach cancer or an enormous abcess. Either way, the chances of him surviving surgery were slim, given his age and health, and we decided to put him through that would be cruel. We really miss him.

I just want to say this - Chow Chows have a bad reputation. They don't deserve it. Gus was a purebred, very sweet and loyal, good with kids especially and also cats. Chows are very stubborn and not particularly anxious to please their owners, so I think in the wrong hands they can become vicious. But with kindness and and understanding of the breed, they're excellent dogs. Dumb as rocks, but excellent. Gus was a good dog.

After Gus died, our other dog, Ginger started to get really crazy and destructive. She was abandoned out in the desert as a puppy and I think she has some separation issues. So event though we weren't quite ready, I went down to the shelter (my husband could never go there, we'd end up with every single dog they had).

SO, now we have Juliet! She's a red heeler/shepherd mix of some sort. 4 months old, very very sweet and smart. They get along great!

Juliet and Ginger

For you animal rescue junkies out there here's something interesting: The shelter director told me that Colorado's spay and neuter program has been so successful that they've actually run out of adoptable puppies! An animal group will come down to NM from CO and pick up any of the unadopted puppies at the shelters for adoption up in CO!!! Isn't that great?

I'm going to look into the details of CO's spay and neuter program and see if there aren't ways we can lobby our own states to follow their model! Check back here for info, I'll post it as I get it.

So my husband is surrouned by the ladies now. The girls: Squeaker the cat, Penstemon the kitten, Squishy the cat, Ginger and Juliet the dogs, and Me the person. His only male buddy is Mister the cat. My Mom, Sister, and Niece live next door (same property, different house) so he's got ladies there, too! He loves it. I know he does...

Okay, next time I will not blog about pets, I will not blog about pets....