THE CACTUS SHOW

I couldn't write any blog entries for a couple of days because my Chief Research Assistant (a.k.a. Mom) was very busy getting ready for the cactus show and sale.  She repotted a bunch of plants, and she put prices on the plants she was going to sell.  Also, she decided which plants to enter in the show, and then she filled out entry cards with the plants' names and stuff like that.  On Friday, Mom was at the Loose Park Garden Center...

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PANLEUKOPENIA

Right away, you may start wondering "What is panleukopenia?" so I will tell you.  It is a disease that is also known as feline distemper, feline infectious enteritis, feline ataxia, or FPV.  It is not really related to canine distemper, even though it has the same name.  Instead, feline distemper is more like what's called "parvo" in dogs, because it is caused by a parvovirus. ButtercupRemember when our little blind kitten Seth died...

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ADVENTURES WHILE WALKING, by Dorrie the Chihuahua

Mom told me that "Adventures While Walking" used to be a regular part of Piper's blog, but nobody has written any "Adventures" for a long time.  This was partly because Mom got lazy and didn't take the dogs out walking very often.  And another reason was because all the dogs who used to write about their adventures are now taking their walks at the Rainbow Bridge.  Well, except for Piper, who doesn't like to go for walks anymore.But...

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SAD AND GLAD NEWS ABOUT OUR KITTENS

Friday Mom took the new foster kittens to the shelter because she was worried about Seth and Chief.  Neither of them was eating very much yummy kitten food, and Seth was having diarrhea.  Also, one of the kittens kept puking, but Mom didn't know which one it was.  She thought it might be Seth.Anyway, Aunt Tania gave Chief and Seth some fluids, and she also sent some fluids home with Mom, so Mom could give them more fluids.  Mom...

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THE BARLOW ROAD

Mt. Hood is a very tall, very pretty mountain, as I already told you.  The main problem with it for the early pioneers was that it was exactly in the way of where they wanted to take their wagons to the Willamette Valley.  So at first, people had to go down the Columbia River on a raft.  This could be very dangerous because there were some bad, scary rapids in the river, and your whole raft could tip over.  Or even if it didn't,...

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UPDATES ON OUR FOSTER KITTENS

Update #1: The day Mom went to Oregon, Zest got adopted.  Mom found out about it when she was checking her email on her new iPhone while riding the tram thingy at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.ZestUpdate #2: Alec got adopted on Monday, so Mom did not have to bring him home from PetSmart when she brought the other kittens home.AlecUpdate #3: The other six kittens have been growing, and they are now almost as big as Dorrie.  They do a lot...

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MOUNT HOOD

Well, Mom finally came home from Oregon, and she rescued us from where we were being boarded.  So now we are home again, all except for the foster kittens, and they are coming home later today.  We had an exhausting week, but now we are happy to be home where we can rest up. View of Mt. Hood from Mom's planeMom took a lot of pictures while she was on her trip, and she learned a lot of stuff, but there is way too much for me to deal with...

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