Schnauzer's Blog – May 2008 Archive (4)

The place I'm looking to get a job at has had a beautiful Black Volitan Lion Fish for over two months. I wanted it since I saw it about 2 weeks ago. I got $80 total for my 20th birthday and I decided to go get that fish! Mum and I have had a Lion Fish before... same kind, and he was HUGE. This one is a baby, and very hungry... I added some pictures of it while it's still small because they grow very fast. Snuggles and Stripe have taken well to the new addition, and to Snuggles, it should be a… Continue

THE OLD PEPPER:

Pepper came to us at 8 weeks old when granny came for a visit. He bonded with me and we played a lot until I went to a math and science boarding high school. I had to be gone all week each week, so he turned to mum. He had all the love he could ever want, but mum always babied him and got him excited. He was obedient in the house too... sit, stay, come, stand, etc. What was missing? Socialization with other dogs, people and kids. Walks with Pepper were just terrible.… Continue

Eight Belles was put down after racing with colts in the most recent Kentucky Derby. The news reported that race horses are being put down more and more due to the increasing number of injuries. According to CNN, these injuries could be due to over-breeding which is causing less soundness in the horse.



Puppy mills are notorious! Look at the country's most popular dog breeds... They all have major inheritable genetic health problems because after you breed a bitch so many times, she… Continue

I recently learned that 2008 is the year of the frog. I have Planet Earth on dvd thanks to my boyfriend, and it tells of how we might loose half of all amphibian species within our lifetime!! Why? Habitat destruction and pesticides were the major threat for a while, but now the biggest threat has been spread by scientists experimenting with African Clawed Frogs in South America. An accident occurred and a fungus leaked out into the water that causes Chitridiomycosis, or Chitrid for short. It is… Continue