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Farewell to Miss Piggy

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Sadly, despite heroic action by Steve, Miss Piggy is gone. A snake (perhaps a young cousin of Slytherin?) had Miss Piggy several inches out of the water when he intervened. She seemed okay but didn’t live through the night so some damage was done. Miss Piggy was one of our original goldfish, and our only named fish. She was, as you might have guessed, the biggest fish. The snake’s head was only about a quarter inch in diameter and Miss Piggy was comparatively huge (pictured smaller than life here). Two other fish have disappeared as well … one of them since Miss Piggy’s rescue, even though we drove the snake out of the pond and down the hill towards the creek.

Life is hard.

miss piggy

Her eyes said “Take me home.”

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ginger

And so we did.

Meet Ginger … 25 pounds of irresistable sweetness. Animal Friends Rescue Project brought her to a Employee Giving campaign at City Hall.

Silly me, I went.

I never looked at anything else (not even the kitties). Today she met Noche and Guinness, and with their blessing, joined the family. To be totally honest, she ignores them. Fortunately, she ignores cats and chickens too (the cats are still suspicious.)

So far we know that she loves food and people. And that she wants to be a lap dog. Given the mud factor at our house, this is something to work on. Our other challenge is teaching her not to go wee any time, any place, just to prove she was there. She’s got “sit” and “come”. Doesn’t understand “down” or “stay”. Seems to know “dance” and “roll-over”.

This is what the website said:

She’s an irresistible corgi/pug mix who is out to steal your heart. At eight years of age, Ginger is a mellow snuggler who likes to be wherever her human is. She is quiet, house trained and crate trained, and she gets along great with other dogs and cats. Ginger was rescued from the Martinez shelter, where her time was up. She’s in good health other than limited vision in one eye.

They got the “steal your heart” part of that right.