THE EVOLUTION FROM PRINT TO BLOG

For two years, I wrote a newspaper column about the misadventures of the Dogwood pack. Our pack consists of my six dogs ,two cats, and me. We have the Queen and oldest, Lucy the Lab. Then there's my special Child, Charlie, a German Shepherd/lab mix who owns me. My rat terror (I mean terrier) Hines keeps us in check, while Italian grey hound/terrier mix Daisy destroys the furniture. Our sweet cat Pearl, who passed away in August of 2010 from complications brought on by Feline Leukemia, was a lone feline for her short five year existence. When she passed, orange long hair tabby kitty Bart, and Siamese Flame Point Sebastian moved into our hearts.



When we moved to a new town, I was unable to continue the columns, so we decided to stick our paws into the 21st century.
Since the move, TWO MORE sets of paws run the floors at Dogwood. Linus, a little black lab, and Squirt the Chi-Weenie.

Now that we have moved onto blog media, I will keep the mayhem of my fur kids adventures updated as they happen. I also want to post special needs animals and stories about shelters and people who are doing wonderful work for rescue. Since this is no longer edited or censored--you may see images that are a bit more shocking, and read copy that has a bit more venom--so be prepared. Thank you all for reading!!!!!!!!!



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Thursday, August 25, 2011

THE LICK-A-LOTA-PUSS of DOGWOOD


Throughout history, certain geographic regions of the world have been identified as the home of strange creatures, unidentified by science or man.

In the Scottish Highlands, “Nessie”, is believed to inhabit Loch Ness.

The Pacific Northwest region of North America is noted as the home of the illusive and rather pungent Sasquatch or “Bigfoot”.

Sightings of Lake Champlain’s elusive sea beast “Champ” have been recorded since the early 1800’s.

Dogwood can now be added to the list of the mysterious, the strange and the unexplained.

We probably could have done that before, but let’s just make it official.

We have confirmed sightings and evidence of a terror all our own, currently known to the scientific community as the “Lick –A- lota- puss”. The creature has been characterized as a furry, ferocious beast with an extremely long, silky, and constantly licking, tongue.

Evidence proving its existence consists of a thick, sticky fluid that has been found on anything its whip-like, oral appendage touches. Residue of the fluid has been found on Dogwood’s floors, window sills, cushions, refrigerator, bed posts, clothing, cabinets, etc.

The technical term for this is action is called “spit-tification”.

We also have reports of nocturnal infiltration of human nostrils.

Unlike the fabled creatures that inhabit Loch Ness and the other mysterious destinations, the lick-a-loto-pus is in no way shy for photographic proof to be produced.

Previous attempts at photography or video footage have been blurry and incomplete. Images reveal a small, brown spotted backside, speeding away from the camera. Video footage shot on location is poorly lit, grainy and dark, but appears to reveal what looks like a white leg.

We can verify that there are no humps on the animal in the photos, but the creature does appear to be humping certain pieces of furniture. Bated traps have also failed to bring the creature out into view, though the bait has been mysteriously snatched away.

But it has been established that the creature likes peanut butter.

The Lick-a-lota-puss is a crafty, evasive creature.

Reviews of the sketchy evidence at hand, and a statement made by frightened Dogwood resident “Charlie”, reveal the creature to have a small body and a big attitude. It has been classified under the species of “adorab-lous”.

The creature is believed to be completely harmless and docile as long as a bowl of food, water, and a warm blankee is left in a secluded area such as under the kitchen table.

We at Dogwood have gone public with this story so that you might indentify any others animals of this sort that may have taken up residence in our area.

If you believe you have a Lick-A –Lota -Puss in your home, you are encouraged to proceed with caution and provide extra loving care.

Loch Ness and Lake Chaplain can have their sea monsters, and somebody can tell Bigfoot to keep on walkin’. We don’t need ‘em.

We got us a Lick a Lota Puss.

BREAKIN NEWS!!! LICK A LOTA PUSS HAS BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED!!!!!! SEE THE TONGUE FROM OUTER SPACE!!

1 comment:

  1. That does look like a tongue of what could be a Lick-a-lota-puss....

    Skeeter

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