Thank goodness for good coffee – these days are hard to get going. Both Dave and i are stiff and sore for that first hour – Dave cuz he and the guys are building rafters – 12 of them. Each one has over 500 nails!! There are 2 left to build today than it is putting them up and finishing the front and roof. Money has run low so the tin roofing is a problem. They are thinking of taking down the trailer behind the house (the old leaky storage rooms)- it has rotten walls and floors but the roof is fairly new. It was built over the original roof. More work but it is the only way to finish it before snow flies!
Who let the dogs out?
Is it a coincidence that in the pile of old magazines in the recycling shed at our landfill there was a British Columbia Magazine of Winter 2004 with an article about Taltan Bear dogs?
The article was written by Rosemary Neering and it had pictures in it.
Tuya sort of looks like a taltan mix and her personality is similar but I wonder if Ava is one too? She looks like one, is the right body shape and size of one, acts like one so could be a mix alright. Telegraph Creek isn’t that far north of here and in the pine mushroom area! What do you think?
Dave picked up the Burns Lake Pound pups yesterday. Not two but three!! Now this one is a mystery – breed guess? She is a young female, now spayed, playful and moved in as if she has always lived here. She is confident, good natured – a real doll!! But what is she? And why did they dock her tail? She sort of reminds me of Hercules. She is quite thick in the chest and still needs to fill out. She needs a name too.
The other big guy – now he looks like a big chunky lab and he sure acts like one – what a super nice guy! He needs a name too. He also moved in as if he knew us – he likes chairs and comfort. He must of had a home!
And the third guy. He is an honest to doG corgi mix – he has the body shape for sure! I have named him Ruedi! He is also a happy, confident little guy. He slept beside my bed – he moved in easily and without friction. Thanks Char – this is a wonderful NICE group of poundlings. Why on earth were they in the pound?
©Turtle Gardens Animal Rescue Society. Have your pet spayed or neutered today.
Thinking about names for your two new arrivals.
For the first girl, I was thinking ‘Daruma’. You got me thinking about dolls and a daruma doll is a good luck doll in the japanese culture. They are also very interesting to look at.
For your lovely new lab, I was thinking ‘Duncan’. He just looks like a Duncan to me.
Emily
October 28th, 2008 | #
Hi Yvette:
Could the lovely lab be named Rocky? My brother in laws family lab just passed away last week-end at the age of 14 and they are devasted he was a wonderful great dog so in his memory I would like this one to be named after him…thank you.
October 28th, 2008 | #
The new girl has the look of a ridgeback (no ridge, mind you, but the right eye shape)– maybe mixed with an aussie? Here in Vancouver, our neighborhood has a ridgeback border collie mix (now that is a odd combination!)
October 28th, 2008 | #
Daruma – what a cool name for a doll of a girl! And Cheryl; Rocky would be very pleased to be named after a well loved companion. Thank you.
October 28th, 2008 | #
Love those new names, Great! Lynda
October 28th, 2008 | #
I think the new girl kind of looks like a boxer mix…. might explain the docked tail.
October 28th, 2008 | #
i would have to say a ridgeback mix to with maybe a mastiff or possibly rottie in her somewhere she has the stocky build and muscular chest and head of a rottie or mastiff. daruma i think would sound good for her.
October 28th, 2008 | #
I originally thought she might be a Mastiff cross – but I could see her being a Ridgeback mix as well. She’s lovely, as are the other two.
October 29th, 2008 | #
Boy what nice looking dogs, wish I had more room but 3 dogs and 12 cats is quite expensive already.
Good luck in finding great homes for them.
Regards.
Sue
P.S. I really admire you all for what you do, I am learning the way to judge a person is how they treat animals
October 29th, 2008 | #