Merging

Merging/Merged the two blogs, into one (smilinpitbull.blogspot.com) to make things a heck of a lot easier on myself. Not that I blog about anything important to begin with anyway. So much easier to have one online diary than two, three if you count the one for the rescue that I can't seem to manage on a good day. This way all of the crazy mess in my life can be in one concise page. I can rant about trying to force fed Zelda Kaopectate for kitties and lament on finding some lusciously delicious black bean tortilla chips to take to work and share only to read the bag later and notice that there's FREAKING CHEESE in them. Damn it! Everyone else enjoyed the heck out of them. Why do they always have to slip some damn animal part in the good stuff - they were low fat and everything!

Off to drown my sorrows in some home made hummus and pita chips...well, shit, no chips so I'm off to the store after I put ointment on my scratches and put on a long sleeve t-shirt. After I wipe off the keyboard, mouse and spot clean my pants. Did I mention that Torti's are bitches?

I'll post an easy recipe for the hummus later so I can remember it when I want to make it again. I have to search my own blog for my baklava recipe because I can never freaking find it. I'll delete the other blogs so someone else can recycle the names.

Cats too

They can always find a way to bend their body into a relaxing position

Relaxation

How I wish I was feeling. Dogs really know how to relax.  She can sleep just about anywhere and sleeps hard.  She didn't even wake for the photos.  We could learn a lot from them. In a good home their troubles can just fall away like leaves from a tree.

more pictures

Some beautiful pictures of the conservatory, the flowers and the Biltmore Inn where my brother and his new wife stayed.  We stayed in a hotel across town ; ). The estate is massive with the estate house, the Winery, the Inn and even another small Inn.  Then there are little houses on the property where the caretakers stay.  This requires 24/7 upkeep. The amount of thought and manicuring that takes place - it's hard to imagine.  Everything is spotless and beautiful. Puts my place to shame.......cuz I haven't dusted in ages and it sometimes takes me days to get my laundry finished and folded.

Sunshine!

Sunshine is taking a trip to the Keys! As I am writing, her wonderful foster mom Kathi is taking her down to Florida to meet her new potential family. A vet from a small practice in far south florida somewhere between Small Key and some other place I can't remember was surfing petfinder and found our girl. Completely by accident she used her old NC zip code and it was love at first sight. So off they went after all the i's were dotted. Her foster mom is going to spend a few days down there soaking up the sun while Sunshine gets to meet and spend a little time with the new family. Here's hoping that it all works out and Sunshine will be in the Sunshine STATE!

Frank

Frank is now in a foster to adopt home. He's really improved and his potential family has taken him home (actually they took him home over a week ago, I'm just tardy). So far he is doing well. He has almost finished all of his meds for his skin and his ataxia seems to be improving a lot. Maybe it's just building strength or there could have been some underlying health issue that we never figured out. At any rate, when he's done with his meds we will take one last look and either put him on more or go ahead and give the adoption the green light. He's a great boy. We are so happy we've found a good match for him.

cat foods?

I have some real questions about cat foods and how to get my cats on a diet that helps with allergies. I switched the cats to Blue Buffalo Sensitive Skin and my allergy cat has adjusted just fine to it but the kitten who is healthy - she's sick. She is still active and bright eyed but her stools are just soo loose. Force feeding her pet pectin is causing us some real stress (and minor injuries).  Torti's can be such bitches!  So I have tried to put her back on Avoderm and that's just a miserable fiasco trying to keep the cats from eating each other's food.

Cosmo's ears are starting to get dirty again and his acne appears gone but just barely. Maybe the blue buffalo is not the best choice but I just don't know what to do! Thank God the dog is so much easier. She eats the Avoderm and her coat is just fab.  I could kick myself for not putting her on that sooner.