Introducing Judy

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dog adoption, Dogs

This is Judy, the newest member of our dog pack! She’s about 1 year old, rat terrier and Chihuahua. 10 pounds of attitude. My step son thinks we should have called her two face.

We adopted her from a rescue group called Chi Town Rescue. Chi is for Chihuahua, not Chicago.

Periscope dog

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Dogs

Betty Bat R.I.P.

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Dogs

Sad to report that our 17 year old apple head Chihuahua Betty has passed away. She is missed.

We called her Betty Bat because she looked like a bat when her ears were up when one looked at her face at her eye level.

Betty was with us for about a dozen years, maybe more. She was rescued by stepson Taylor, who had been hired to remodel a rental home. The renters left Betty and a lab mix at the house when they departed. A neighbor there took the lab, Betty lived with Taylor while he worked on the home. When he was finished and had to move out, Gary and I adopted Betty.

In 2017 Betty had cancer, from which she recovered. https://dagnygromer.wordpress.com/2017/07/15/our-chihuahua-betty-has-a-malignant-tumor/

Betty loved steak night, she’d rip chunks of meat off the bone

Formal portrait

On the patio

Dogs have a “magic effect” on mental health

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Dogs, mental health

link: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/17/dogs-have-a-magic-effect-the-power-of-pets-on-our-mental-health

 

Canine companions trigger similar neural pathways to the parent-baby bond, and reduce loneliness and depression. Now new pet therapy trials are reporting dramatic effects

Dog Park Action

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Dogs, dogs in dog park, prescott az, willow creek dog park

Some photos from the Prescott Willow Creek Dog Park. I bought a used Nikkor 300mm PF lens from a friend and tried it out today.