Paulie lives with Annie. He always has the funniest haircuts!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Annie!
I think I've posted pics of Annie before. She's very photogenic, since she always looks like she's smiling!
Belle the cat!
Belle is always a pleasure to care for! She looooves people, and especially being brushed!
Maude
Holy moly, how cute is this dog? She hates being outside, so we usually only walk Maude's sister, Lucy. But she needed to pee more when she was recovering from surgery, so here I got a rare picture of Maude in the sunlight! Look how shy she is! And look how squishy her face is!
Dudes I miss!
I took this in November, I think. Both Griffin (left) and Otto (right) have since gone to live elsewhere for a while. I hope to see both of them again soon! Two of the best old men ever!
Franz!
Sometimes we take care of animals that are neither dogs nor cats. Franz here is proof! Another happy customer.
Abusing my power
Since it's my blog, and I can post whatever I want, I shall post too many photos of my own pets. Here are Maxx and Drusilla at Bartram's Garden this weekend! Dru is still trying to figure out how to swim, but she gets the basic concept of fetch/tug/steal the stick from Maxx, so she's halfway there. She has no fear of the water, either, she just doesn't know what to do once her feet aren't on the ground.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Luna cat!
If you ever eat at the Satellite Cafe, you've probably met Luna. She finds all the best sleeping spots.
Scout cat!
Here is a tiny ball of fuzzy love named Scout, perched on my shoulder. She has a really cute meow, too.
Baxter the bulldog!
We have two Baxters now. Baxter the bulldog just cracks me up. See him beg for treats with a curtain on his head! Look at the tongue! Augh! (I'll put pics of Baxter the beagle up next week.)
Millie
OMG, Little tiny Millie is just so precious, but completely terrified of everything but her mom! She lets P.U.P.S. take her on walks, but you can tell she thinks we're plotting her death the whole time. It's OK, Millie! We love you! We promise not to kill you! I just want to give you treats and hugs and kisses!
Friday, April 13, 2012
And we're back!
Eric Owens and his pal Tiger Lilly
Eric is our newest pet sitter! He moved to Philly a few months ago after running his own dog walking service in Brooklyn for several years. Welcome, Eric!Tiger Lilly was being fostered until recently, but she was adopted a couple weeks ago. We're happy for her but we'll miss her! Look at that tiny face!
Nemo!
Few things are more charming to me than a squishy-face dog who can't keep his tongue fully in his mouth! Nemo is one of the most charming little men ever.
Belle
Belle, of the Golden Girls, has always hated being photographed- seriously! She will up and leave if she sees a phone or a camera pointed at her! But this one day she was wearing her stylish new parka, so she allowed me to snap a cute photo before she wandered away. That's Sasha, kind of blurry in front of her.
Monday, August 8, 2011
R.I.P. 2
So many amazing dogs have passed away recently.
Any viewer of this blog can see the evidence of all the time we've spent with "the Golden Girls", a group of four dogs. Sadly, in the past few weeks they've gone down to 2 dogs. Both Princess and Slim have died after fairly quick declines in their health.
Slim (or Bimmy) (or Bimmy-Slimmy-Slim-Slim) was rescued shortly after I started taking care of the "girls" a few years back- maybe 4 or 5 years ago? The girls and their dad found her tied to a tree at Bartram's Garden, emaciated and scared. Watching her progress over the next few months was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. At first she didn't understand what people were for, besides feeding, and of course she could never eat as much as she wanted, since her system was not used to food. Seeing her figure out how to be a pet by watching and getting to know the other 3 dogs was inspiring. Within a few weeks she grew to like human affection and learned how to play with the other dogs, and sometimes with toys. Eventually she gained so much weight that her name seemed like a joke, and she had to be put on a diet. This photo is from her more rotund days.
Slimmy had one of the funniest barks I've ever heard, too. It's hard to describe the sound, but when she was excited or upset about being left, she'd run in circles with her head up in the air and her giant mouth constantly moving, so she looked like a shark! Thus her sometimes nickname of Shark-dog. I wish I had video of that!
Princess was the oldest of the bunch, around 12 by most estimates. She'd been pretty slow for a while now, but even when her vet said she had the worst case of arthritis they'd ever seen, she still seemed like a happy dog. She would still "run" towards the tennis ball, though she wouldn't be able to catch it. But she seemed to enjoy just going after it. I took her to her aquatic therapy at Whole Animal Gym in South Philly a few times in her last months, which really seemed to help her mobility. Out of respect, I did not take a picture of her "swimming outfit:" an orange life jacket and a diaper with cartoon monkeys on it. But it was really funny.
I'll just post this one picture of her, since I know there are already a ton of her (and Slim) on this blog!
Maggie was a sweet old German Shepherd that I met years ago in Clark Park. My old friend Mingus (my first client!) was quite fond of her. Rumor has it she was the queen of fetch in her youth, but when I knew her well, she was just a sweet, slow, kind dog with impressively large ears! I'm glad a friend hired me to draw her portrait this winter:
Here she is again. I know a lot of people who miss her a lot.
I think that's everyone. So many of my favorite dogs. I'm so so lucky to have known all these brilliant creatures. But my heart hurts right now.
Maggie, Princess, Slim, Bee Bee, and Alice: I love you forever. I meant it every time I said it.
Any viewer of this blog can see the evidence of all the time we've spent with "the Golden Girls", a group of four dogs. Sadly, in the past few weeks they've gone down to 2 dogs. Both Princess and Slim have died after fairly quick declines in their health.
Slim (or Bimmy) (or Bimmy-Slimmy-Slim-Slim) was rescued shortly after I started taking care of the "girls" a few years back- maybe 4 or 5 years ago? The girls and their dad found her tied to a tree at Bartram's Garden, emaciated and scared. Watching her progress over the next few months was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. At first she didn't understand what people were for, besides feeding, and of course she could never eat as much as she wanted, since her system was not used to food. Seeing her figure out how to be a pet by watching and getting to know the other 3 dogs was inspiring. Within a few weeks she grew to like human affection and learned how to play with the other dogs, and sometimes with toys. Eventually she gained so much weight that her name seemed like a joke, and she had to be put on a diet. This photo is from her more rotund days.
Slimmy had one of the funniest barks I've ever heard, too. It's hard to describe the sound, but when she was excited or upset about being left, she'd run in circles with her head up in the air and her giant mouth constantly moving, so she looked like a shark! Thus her sometimes nickname of Shark-dog. I wish I had video of that!
Princess was the oldest of the bunch, around 12 by most estimates. She'd been pretty slow for a while now, but even when her vet said she had the worst case of arthritis they'd ever seen, she still seemed like a happy dog. She would still "run" towards the tennis ball, though she wouldn't be able to catch it. But she seemed to enjoy just going after it. I took her to her aquatic therapy at Whole Animal Gym in South Philly a few times in her last months, which really seemed to help her mobility. Out of respect, I did not take a picture of her "swimming outfit:" an orange life jacket and a diaper with cartoon monkeys on it. But it was really funny.
I'll just post this one picture of her, since I know there are already a ton of her (and Slim) on this blog!
Maggie was a sweet old German Shepherd that I met years ago in Clark Park. My old friend Mingus (my first client!) was quite fond of her. Rumor has it she was the queen of fetch in her youth, but when I knew her well, she was just a sweet, slow, kind dog with impressively large ears! I'm glad a friend hired me to draw her portrait this winter:
Here she is again. I know a lot of people who miss her a lot.
I think that's everyone. So many of my favorite dogs. I'm so so lucky to have known all these brilliant creatures. But my heart hurts right now.
Maggie, Princess, Slim, Bee Bee, and Alice: I love you forever. I meant it every time I said it.
R.I.P.
Rest In Peace, friends.
Sadly, we have lost so many amazing dogs in the past few months. My heart breaks a little each time, and this past week I thought maybe I shouldn't even get to know dogs anymore- it hurts so bad when they die.
But I know I can't stop, so I need to honor each of these amazing dogs as best I can.
Bee Bee was a Pomeranian. When I first met him, I felt like he hated me. He bit me several times, but fortunately he was already so old that his bark really was worse than his bite! He had severe back problems, so his biting was probably an attempt to protect himself from pain. After maybe ten visits, he finally got used to me and allowed me to put his leash on without protective gloves! After a couple years, he warmed up to me to the point that he would let me pet him any time, and often he'd try to cuddle up to me when I sat on the floor. I grew to love him very much, though he was the slowest dog to walk!
What a sweetie:
Alice also passed away this summer. I'm so glad I had a chance to spend time with her a few weeks before she died. She and her little beagle sister Deedee were the closest friends I've ever seen. They would wrestle in bed for hours! Alice was very smart and loyal, and almost never needed a leash.
I'll miss her tons. So will my Maxxie, with whom she and Deedee spent many days running in the woods. Check out a close-up of Alice's amazing underbite!
One more of Alice, contemplating the wonders of nature:
R.I.P. 2 in my next post...
Sadly, we have lost so many amazing dogs in the past few months. My heart breaks a little each time, and this past week I thought maybe I shouldn't even get to know dogs anymore- it hurts so bad when they die.
But I know I can't stop, so I need to honor each of these amazing dogs as best I can.
Bee Bee was a Pomeranian. When I first met him, I felt like he hated me. He bit me several times, but fortunately he was already so old that his bark really was worse than his bite! He had severe back problems, so his biting was probably an attempt to protect himself from pain. After maybe ten visits, he finally got used to me and allowed me to put his leash on without protective gloves! After a couple years, he warmed up to me to the point that he would let me pet him any time, and often he'd try to cuddle up to me when I sat on the floor. I grew to love him very much, though he was the slowest dog to walk!
What a sweetie:
Alice also passed away this summer. I'm so glad I had a chance to spend time with her a few weeks before she died. She and her little beagle sister Deedee were the closest friends I've ever seen. They would wrestle in bed for hours! Alice was very smart and loyal, and almost never needed a leash.
I'll miss her tons. So will my Maxxie, with whom she and Deedee spent many days running in the woods. Check out a close-up of Alice's amazing underbite!
One more of Alice, contemplating the wonders of nature:
R.I.P. 2 in my next post...
Awww...
Sonrisa was kind enough to take some photos of me at Chester Ave. Dog Park with Radar and Jack last week. We needed some hi-res images of me looking like a professional dog walker for a story about me in my college's alumni magazine. (I'll be sure to link to it here when it's out!) ETA: no link, can't find it online. It was a short story anyway.
There's a few really good ones, two of which you can currently see over on Puppyuprising.com, and while this one is goofy and a little blurry, I love it. Look at Radar's sweet face!
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