Doamnelor și domnilor, eu sunt un tip încet. Nu la cap, nu. Fizic. La trup, așa. Sunt atât de domol încât soția mea zice că nu poate să plimbe câinii cu mine, că o obosesc. O obosesc mergând! Și pe deasupra, se și enervează. Vă dați seama? Să mergi atât de încet încât să provoci…… Continue reading Revelația
Category: Animăluțe
Life with dogs – Episode 192
Ladies and gentlemen, as you already know, I’m slow. Not mentally, not emotionally. Physically slow. My Lady says she can’t walk the dogs with me because my pace makes her tired and nervous. Nervous! Imagine walking so slow you cause anxiety. My buddy Mișu isn’t any better. I told him twice to drag his butt out of the…… Continue reading Life with dogs – Episode 192
Living with Dogs – Episode 190
Gicu isn’t a cuddler. He’s a respect-my-personal-space kind of dog – stoic, dignified, and deeply uninterested in human neediness, unless a treat is involved. Some say he’s part cat, or at least spiritually feline. Maybe it’s all the time he spent with Bill the Cat, who apparently taught him the fine art of ignoring people…… Continue reading Living with Dogs – Episode 190
Living with dogs – episode 189
At exactly 4:00 a.m., Baloo let out some soft, tragic whimpers in the living room, the sort that scream, “I’m dying.” Naturally, I launched out of bed like some sort of barefoot superhero wannabe, convinced he’d poisoned himself again with his usual street delicacies: some dubious leftovers from a fast food bag and something that…… Continue reading Living with dogs – episode 189
Pyr Paw
It was a quiet, scorching Sunday morning, the kind where the sun filters stealthfully through the curtains and plants seem to wilt to death in front of your eyes. Stan Pendula, freshly returned from his morning routine – dog walking, cabbage shopping, dog feeding, coffee making – suddenly, and without premeditation, decided to scoot over…… Continue reading Pyr Paw
Wings, Whiskers, and Fireflies
A non-believer’s guide to signs After my mom died, maybe three or four months later, my father found a baby pigeon on the sidewalk, barely alive. He took it home and, slowly, patiently, nursed it back to life. He named it Dosoftei and kept it in the kitchen for months. When I visited that fall,…… Continue reading Wings, Whiskers, and Fireflies
Physics Of A Bungee Leash
A. The Happening Picture this: a 220-pound man, two 90-pound dogs, and two deceptively innocent 4-foot bungee leashes (stretching to 6 feet under duress). The exact spring mechanisms are unknown and erratic, but trust me, they don’t stretch without a fight. It was a peaceful early morning stroll through a “clean” neighborhood, meaning no rogue…… Continue reading Physics Of A Bungee Leash
Chicken Run
Last evening, as I returned from my errands, I stumbled upon a full-blown commotion on my street. Two rugged men, armed with brooms and wearing work gloves, were in hot pursuit of a white chicken. It was dusk, the worst time for a chicken, since they don’t see well in low light, and the poor…… Continue reading Chicken Run
The End of An Era
Loving Memory of Bill The late October air was soft that year, the kind of days you find only in Arizona. At the St. Francis festival, Franciscan monks gathered to bless pets that people had brought to be consecrated. For those without a pet, there was no issue: you could adopt one right on the…… Continue reading The End of An Era
Living with Dogs – episode 122
At 5:56 AM, Baloo woke me with a gentle nose nudge and a firm shake of his head.By 5:57, I was out of bed.At 5:58, Baloo was in my spot, snoring like a lumberjack. Dog owner mystery of the universe: Why does a 100-pound dog feel like an antique dresser when he’s asleep on your…… Continue reading Living with Dogs – episode 122
Chicken Soup For …
Four or five days ago, we rummaged through the freezer to grab a few things and see what else was in there, a sort of mini-inventory. With practiced efficiency, we quickly eliminated what needed to be disposed of and went happily about the rest of our day. Two days later, A Dog Named Gicu (also known as The Little Prince of Mesa), was chewing on something near…… Continue reading Chicken Soup For …
Supă de pui
Acum vreo patru-cinci zile, am umblat la lada frigorifică să scoatem una-alta și să mai vedem ce mai era pe acolo. Am făcut un mini-inventar, am scos ce era de scos și ne-am văzut de treabă. După vreo două zile, #CâineleNumitGicu, Prințișorul din Mesa, molfăia ceva pe lângă congelator, sub atenta supraveghere a lui Baloo,…… Continue reading Supă de pui
The Great Cat Escape: A Funny Tale
Translated from Romanian (originally posted in January, 2011), in the memory of our beloved Bill, who crossed the rainbow bridge on October 22, 2024 One day, in the chilly Arizona morning air (a surprisingly cold 48F), while I was about to take the poor sick Lucy, our dog, out for her business, the door burst…… Continue reading The Great Cat Escape: A Funny Tale
Flocoșenia
Astăzi, în parc, la plimbarea de dimineață, ne întâlnim cu unii cu o flocoșenie mică și gri, care tot trăgea spre noi. El, stăpânul, către mine: “cățelușul meu vrea să se joace cu câinii tăi”. Eu, spontan, ca niciodată: “câinii mei vor să mănânce cățelușul tău”.
O Sâmbătă la 50 de grade Celsius
un post despre nimic Fac ochi la 5:12 am, adică de dimineață. Mă auto bombăn, și îmi spun că e târziu. Aș putea să-mi pun alarma la 5, dar de ce? Ar fi mult prea simplu. Fără să-mi golesc rezervoarele personale, dau o tură pe la băieți, în sufragerie. Gicu ăla Micu’ deschide un ochi…… Continue reading O Sâmbătă la 50 de grade Celsius
Baloo’s Wild Morning
This morning the Aussie part of my giant dog started acting up as soon as I let him out at 5:30 am. Usually the Pyr and the Newf are the dominant breeds, but once in a while he gets the zoomies. Like today. He started running like crazy from one side of the backyard to…… Continue reading Baloo’s Wild Morning
How Did We End Up With Baloo
…she shows me three dogs, two I don’t even know what breed they were, and Baloo, in all his splendor, a picture of him on 2 paws, as tall as his human. And I say, “The big one, monstruella.”
How Did We End Up With GeeCoo (Gicu)
First one was Indie. They (Indie and The Foster Mom) came to us and we met in the small park near our house. She was much, much smaller than on the website description. They said she is twenty pounds, she was barely ten. At the age of two and a half years she was still…… Continue reading How Did We End Up With GeeCoo (Gicu)
The Truth About Great Pyrenees
Even if Baloo is only 25% Pyr, this article is 100% true. This is the truth!THE GREAT PYRENEES(Author unknown) There is no difference between your Great Pyrenees and a spouse or significant other. That cute ball of fluff heard what you said, knows what you want and still doesn’t care. If you had great plans…… Continue reading The Truth About Great Pyrenees
Waterpark Pentru Căței …
… și alte aspecte Se cheamă Always Unleashed Pet Resort. Ca un bonus pentru cei cu oarecare cunoștințe în cele tehnice, la resort sînt și web-cams și te poți uita la câini ca la televizor. I-a găsit Irina care n-avea ce face într-o zi și a decis că ar fi bine să ducă băieții la…… Continue reading Waterpark Pentru Căței …
Nea Fane - Un Biet Român Pripășit în America / A Hapless Romanian Stuck in The US 