It's Been a While...

I wanted to leave the Kane video up for a while so people would be forced to watch it over and over.  It has not really done the trick.  Kane has not had a single suitor.

While on that topic, I have tried to start calling her Kana because it is a more feminine form of Kane.  People always assume that she is a boy, and that can be tough on a young lady.  I fear that she is going to have some sort of identity crisis, so Kana it is.

And speaking of creating an identity crisis, we had little Gino gelded.  It was not pretty.  I'm quite familiar with having male cats and dogs neutered... not so bad.  You get an animal with a couple of stitches in the old sack, and you need to keep him from jumping.  No problemo, right?  Well, large animal veterinarians, are apparently trained a bit differently.  Where your small animal vet goes to the school where they teach them about lasers and stitches, large animal vets go to the Doctor Josef Mengele School of Surgery where they use bolt cutters, brute force, and like to let things "drain."

 (What's this now?  Bolt cutters?)

Donkey's groinal region was a bloody, nasty mess for a few days.  Things needed to be "hosed out."  It was a terrible experience for everyone.

But all that is behind us now.  Groins have healed, birds are chirping, and Spring has finally set upon Bully Hill.  It felt like Spring came a bit late this year, but now everything is blooming.  I will leave you with some shots from the farm.

Revised Kane Movie

OK, I felt the Kane video needed a bit more punch, so I added a little music.  It just so happens that the greatest band ever created, Sonic Youth, happens to have a song called Sugar Kane.   It took a little editing to shorten the song to the appropriate length, but I think it works just fine.  So here is the finished product with credits:

Adopt Kane

Kane is still on the farm.  It has been over a year and although she is happy and healthy, I would love for her to find the perfect home.  Thus, I produced this video:



A bit sappy, but hopefully it will be effective.  Spread the word!

Sleepy Sunday

It's sunday so I figured I would let the dogs sleep in a bit as I made breakfast and watched the news.  The compromise was that I got to take pictues of them.  They were a little put out when I first aimed the camera at them... eyes popped open to quickly assess whether the black shiny thing was some sort of puppy torture device.

There was a brief shift to get comfortable again, but they quickly got back to the business of snoozing in the warm sunlight.

I, on the otherhand, have fallen tree limbs to cut up and a section of fence to repair.  Thus, it should be a very manly SuperBowl Sunday for me.  At least someone around here is ready to work.

Be Honest...

Does this jacket make my ass look big?

No Days Like Snow Days

Bully Hill got about a foot of snow last night.  It was a pretty snow that stuck to all the trees.  It did bring down a few branches on the pine trees, but it was pretty nonetheless.  Here are a few shots from today:

It was a good day to work from home and enjoy the company of the animals.

On another note, I just read that Charlie Sheen was hospitalized today for stomach pains.  If he has leptospirosis, we know who to blame... that's right, Dr. Sanjay Gupta.  If he could only have warned us sooner.  Nonetheless, all of us on Bully Hill Farm, Petunia included, wish Mr. Sheen a speedy recovery.

A Few Concerns

I was reading the CNN website this weekend when I came across an interesting article by Dr. Sanjay Gupta.  It was entitled, "A furry dilemma: Sleep with your pet, risk catching his bugs."

Here is a link, just in case you want to read it for yourself:
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/22/a-furry-dilemma-sleep-with-your-pet-catch-his-bugs/?iref=allsearch

The central theme is, if you sleep with your pet, you risk catching his bugs... but I suppose that was sort of set forth in the title.  The story has a few examples of people contracting meningitis or even the plague from their pets.  One or two of the examples actually had something to do with the pet sleeping in the individual's bed.

Now I'd like to make fun of this article, but we had the household leptospirosis pandemic caused by Petunia and her late sister.  Thus, I know that there is a risk associated with bringing animals into the home.  Still, as the article points out, if you properly care for your pet(s) and routinely see the veterinarian, it is extremely unlikely that they will be spreading zoonotic pathogens to you as you sleep.

And yet, I still recall picking Petunia out of her kennel at the city animal shelter, looking into her little brown eyes, and stating, "You're going to be the death of me."

(Here she is a few weeks later... after she grew some fur)

She almost succeeded with the leptospirosis bit, but that is all behind us now.  I mean, it's not like Petunia leads a high-risk lifestyle.

OK, she occasionally gets into the pond and might ingest some filth while trying to catch frogs...

and she eats poop, but what dog doesn't?

(Yes, that is actually my dog eating poop)

Well, there is her friend Mr. Skitters, the rabid raccoon, with whom she likes to spend time.

That is a little concerning, but it could be worse.

OH GOD NO, not Charlie Sheen!

Well, it looks like Hepatitis Pea is going to need to go back to see the veterinarian... and possibly rehab.  I'm going to see if they can write me a prescription for antibiotics too.

Bad dog!