| Nugget
and Boots |
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| "I
can hardly walk never mind drag this stupid rope" |
"I'm
having SUCH a bad hair day" |
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| This
is one of the latest Nugget pictures, doing what she is almost
always doing. The procedure is: Go into the woods and get a stick,
bring the stick to the front lawn and chew it up, go back to the
woods for another stick, etc., etc. |
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| "We're
so cute I can hardly stand it." |
"I'll
take the first watch, you sleep" |
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| "Baby
Nugget comes home from Rhode Island breeder" |
Unlike
many women, Nugget travels light: she has her purse, and is ready
to go. |
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Thanks to a
suggestion from Mark, Nugget is now having a much easier time
of eating. She used to occasionally get food caught in her throat,
but with this elevated feeding station the problem has been
eliminated.
I measured her
front legs from the chest down, and made the "table"
at that height. A scroll saw to cut out the openings for two
stainless bowls from Petco, and we were in business. I used
scrap wood and leftover stain / polyurethane, and paid about
$12 for the two bowls. A commerical one was $30, so I saved
about $18!
Great idea,
Mark!
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It seems to
be a fairly common thing for Golden Retrievers to have a stuffed
animal for a toy, and Nugget is no exception. The first thing
she does - ALWAYS - is bite off the nose and remove the stuffing.
The first one
we got her was actually a bunny so now we call them ALL bunnies
to simplify things. We'll tell her to "go get your bunny"
and she always knows where it is, and brings it back to us.
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Nugget passed away
in the early summer of 2004. We thought at first that she would
be our last pet, but the house felt SO empty.
I adopted 1 year old Midnight from the Berkshire
Humane Society within about 1 month of her passing and he's proven
to be an exceptional addition to our family. He enjoyes a morning
read on the porch as much as I do! |