It seems that gorgeous black cats are the most overlooked and the hardest to find homes for on the adoption front. Dr. Khuly over at Fully Vetted has declared today to be Adopt A Black Cat Day!
This morning Snickers joined me at the office for "Take Your Dog to Work Day". She was a great ambassador and took plenty of naps.
You can click the photo to make it full size. We count at least 6 with a possible 7th, but there could be more hiding.
It is hard to show the basketball belly...
From either angle...
But Ben is very photogenic!! He kept getting in my way of photographing Snickers.
Sabrina is thinking: "So what is the big deal?"
But Ben said "Don't stop! I love having my picture taken!"
Isn't it just gorgeous in the morning glow?
Debbie was a real trooper as she then took Luther in for me, and he was a wild man since "his girl" was in season. Genie had Sabrina's brother (and Luther's half-brother), Tiller. Both boys were awarded Awards of Merit! Hush's half-sister was Best of Opposite.
I must say that this was a great show weekend! Congratulations to all the winners! There were some lovely dogs present. 
Luther was my first. We have always lovingly called him our "bull".
Remember this great pin/pendent that Emily made of him?
As of Wednesday, we acquired an "ox". Meet Ben! His owner was unable to keep him and I got a frantic call from his pet sitter asking if I knew of someone who could foster him. We said "Sure, we can do short term foster." When I met him, I knew he was the big dog I was looking for!!
July 6th would be 9 weeks from estimated ovulation. Today is 5 weeks from the first breeding and we have a distinct bulge. I am very excited at the opportunity to have Dallas puppies!
Now we have 5 store bought platies and one homebred! Well mum came pregnant and one of the fry survived. (L-R) top row: male sunburst micky mouse, female red mickey mouse, my two sunburst females in different shades. Below the suburst is a female white mickey mouse platy. Under her, a little to the left in the plant, you will see a light speck which is the surviving fry of the lighter sunburst, on the far right.
In this photo you can see the youngster on the left diagonally under the filter intake (probably 6 weeks old now) and two of my three pink glo-fish. Unseen in the photo, the fry does have twin tail fin bars, so maybe it was sired by a twinbar platy. I can't wait to watch her grow. EDITED: I did verify that the fry is female.
Photographic proof that we do have a frog in the 30 gallon tank. His name is now Waldo as I can never find him, and have gone for over a week at a time not knowing if he was still a resident. He was at the top of the tank this evening and I was able to snap this not so good photo (which makes him look larger than he is.
Look what was in our unused "segregation run" of the dog yard! The dogs made the discovery as it was trying to get in where they play. What I really want to know is how it got there. Emma was hoping this was a new toy just for her.
After I rescued it from the dog yard, I took t he opportunity to take some photos prior to releasing it in the woods.
This is a young painted turtle, which was not much bigger than my cell phone.
Magnet got a new home for an early barkday present. He now lives with Luther's sister, Destiny, and loves sleeping in bed with his humans. Since the showring was not his happy place, he is now neutered and will try out herding and agility next year.
