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Meat* Fluffy

07/28/2011
Posted by Maria Amelia in , , ,

Fluffy on the lookout.

Meet Fluffy, our adorable, angelic and furry hamster. She is the latest addition to the family, and the girls and I all love her. And so does our dog. This is a problem.

You see, our dog loves Fluffy in a way that dogs love hamsters… for lunch. Or perhaps a snack. Every time she sees Fluffy she licks her chops, quite literally. If we leave Fluffy’s little hamster ball on the ground (after removing her safely to her cage) Foxy “plays” with the ball by chewing on it. I can only imagine what primordial drive leads her to do this.

Sure she looks all sweet and innocent...

We will keep Fluffy far away from our dog because to her Fluffy is just – well – meat. <shudder>

Incidentally, our dog might not be the worst of her problems. A little while ago my youngest looked at me straight in the eye and asked me completely seriously what would  happen if she put Fluffy in her suitcase and took her on vacation with her.

I wonder what the TSA policy is on carry-on hamsters?

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Yoga Dog

06/21/2011
Posted by Maria Amelia in , ,

I have a special relationship with my dog. I spend all day with her at home while I work until the girls get home from school. That´s when they play with her.

It is interesting spending time with a dog. I do think they have their own personalities. Mine has the personality of a cat. She is very warm and playful sometimes and aloof at others. She happens to be a Shiba Inu which I love because there are not many others around here. Apparently they are quite common in Japan, but they are rather scarce here. Oddly they are also en vogue in the NY Metro area. That is not why I bought her. I bought her because she was cute.

One of the most delightful things about my day with her is figuring out where I will find her when she is not at my side at my desk. I am always surprised at the contortions she is in.

Yesterday she was Yoga Dog lying streamlined along the hallway wall.

The aerial view
Photo taken with my Canon PowerShot S95

In this view you can see her paws are pretty much flat against the wall. I´m no yoga expert so I wonder if this name has a position. It´s not downward dog, is it?

Photo taken with my Canon PowerShot S95

In the photo above you get a sense of how streamlined she was. If I had a smoke machine and a fan I´d do one of those cool car commercial jobs where you can see how the air glides effortlessly over the car demonstrating its aerodynamics. Aerodognamics?

 I suppose the wood paneling just felt cool against her tummy. I must try that sometime.

 

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