My new dog Tommy that I adopted in February was born wild on the streets of Tonopah, Nevada. He and his 8 siblings were running wild with his mother and father. I adopted Tommy and my sister adopted his brother, Beau formerly named David. You see, all 8 puppies were named after the popular TV show “Eight is Enough”. The story is quite heartbreaking. The father of the puppies was a ferrel half lab, half shepherd that mated with a pretty little Basset hound and all the dogs survived living on the streets for over 6 months. The Las Vegas Basset rescue went and got them all but the father dog went crazy when they started capturing the puppies and they had to put him down. All 8 puppies were adopted including the Mommy that they named Joanie. I loved visiting the town and seeing it for myself. Now if I could just get Tommy to be a good dog or I swear he is heading back to Tono-paw!

Beau aka David

Bad Tommy “gone fishing”

Bob is a 3 year old burro that is up for adoption and needs a home quick. I think I can provide that perfect home for him. I like donkeys and burros and horses but I think this Bob is going to be less maintenance than a horse and just fun to have. I’m used to being a slave to my animals so I realize the work involved. Just today I drove an hour to Laguna Niguel for Trey’s hyrdrotherapy and physical therapy appointment and went to a specialty pet food place to get a salmon, whitefish and yogurt dog food then I took Tommy to a new dog trainer to help me with his anxiety. After that I stopped off at Petco to get bird food and dog treats and came home and picked up dog poo before watering my lawn. See, I can handle a damn burro 🙂

Not much going on in my life lately. Just working on redoing the member’s section of kellymadison.com. My only excitement are the critters. This really mischievous creature has been tearing up my hill. There were 2 giant holes the other day that I thought the dogs dug so I was totally pissed at them. Mind you, I have had a gopher problem for over 5 years and these 2 giant holes looked way too big for a gopher. I thought it might be a rabbit or a squirrel, or like I said, my bad dogs. I filled the holes back up with dirt and tried to fix my ruined plants. The next day I went out and there were the holes again! I grabbed my hose and started to fill the holes with water. I’m not a brutal woman but I was mad. All of a sudden this little tiny creature popped out and was swimming in the new pool I just created on the side of my hill. I reached down and grabbed him, put him in a plastic bag and walked out into the forest and chucked him. I couldn’t kill the little dude. Hopefully he doesn’t come back. Then again, I did make him a refreshing swimming pool 🙂