Dogs, Ninjas, Pecans, Magic

Yes yes, another new week, another new dog.


We named this one Buttercup. I think she has been treated very harshly in her life, and I don't say that lightly. I've encountered horribly abused dogs before and I have to say, most of them don't give much of an indication of an abusive past. For example, we had a dog come into the SPCA once who had been beaten so badly that her leg had to be amputated. She was as happy as a clam in the shelter, and loved to be around people. You would never know anything had been amiss - she was just a contented friendly dog.

Then I would see dogs who tried to bite when they were handled, and they had the opposite sort of past than what you'd think: they were loved too much. They had been spoiled and coddled and never knew a moment of discipline in their life, and had learned that they only had to snarl to get their own way all the time.

So Buttercup is very timid and hand-shy. At the same time, she genuinely likes people. Despite her own fear, she slinks meekly toward people with the hope of being cuddled. She is quiet and low-key, and walks perfectly on her leash without pulling. I think she'll be pretty easy to adopt out.


So we were walking downtown today with our own two dogs (Buttercup is in quarantine right now) and we saw a ninja run down the road and into an alley. An honest-to-gosh ninja, running around with a black hood and mask and everything. It was pretty cool.

We're planning on going into The City this weekend to buy things we can't get around here. I need new work clothes, we have to go to a decent-sized hardware store, and we must socialize with Kristie the city-mouse of course.

Fun things always happen when you socialize with that family. We socialized with her sister Tanya last weekend, and ended up eating home-made sushi and being given a truck-load full of furniture, small appliances, and plants that they claimed they didn't need and had no room for. Oh yeah, and Tanya gave us a jar of AMAZING pecans that had been candied by a friend of hers, and I don't know what that person did to them, but they were pure magic. I would have taken a picture, but like I said they were magic, and they all seemed to disappear in a very short period of time. This is where they were:


If you find any more, please let me know.