If you live in Middletown, Ohio, beware of a woman wearing a cow suit. Apparently, she’s been blocking traffic and peeing on people’s front porches. She’s also been chasing kids. Can you imagine being a little kid, chased by a great big woman in a cow suit? Terrifying.

I guess someone’s trying to bring a little early Halloween to the Middletown, Ohio area. Eek. Scary.

I sure hate to see a friend lose one of their beloved pets. So sorry for your loss, Mack. Rest in peace, Gary.

Credit: I Can Has Cheezburger

The dog in the back in this picture is my mom’s dog Indiana. Indiana couldn’t walk down stairs until earlier this summer. And he’s 6 years old. I guess you can teach an old dog new tricks.

He’s always been afraid of stairs, and my mom and dad accommodated him by carrying him down stairs every time he wanted to go down some stairs. He has never had any problem going up, but he never did like going down. The problem with that is that he thought it was a fun game to bark until you came to carry you downstairs and run away. My mom and dad are getting too old for that, so I decided earlier this summer that I was going to teach him to walk down stairs if it killed me.

I sat him on top of the low, wide steps that are on my mom’s back porch. Then I helped him move his front set of paws down to the second step. That scared him, so I finally got his very favorite treat- a Greenie- and used it to lure him down the stairs. I did this every time I came over to the house for several weeks. Then, he finally hopped down the stairs on his own. He realized how much easier it was to take himself downstairs and started going down other sets of stairs.

Just this morning I was at my mom’s house and when I walked in, I watched him bunny hop down the big set of stairs to come see me. I feel so proud- I taught him that!

And, gnawing on fingers, too. I’ve never seen a cat that eats out of people’s hands like that. My cats would never do this.

Haha, Jeffraham’s Curly looks extremely unamused. Is he made about the economy? It couldn’t be that, cats don’t have retirement plans. Heck, just being a cat is like being retired.

Perhaps he’s down about the current political landscape. No, that can’t be it, either. If there’s anything amusing going on nowadays, it’s politics.

Perhaps Jeffraham changed Curly’s brand of litter. That might be it. I know my cats like one brand of litter and that’s all. Whatever it is, have you ever seen a cat look so irritated? (Yeah, I guess all cat owners have seen this look a few times, ha.)

Photo Credit: Newscoma on Flickr (wish my local bars were that cool!)

This is why I’m glad I don’t live in an apartment anymore. Rude dog owners who don’t pick up after their dogs. Well, that and I like having my own yard in case I’m in a hurry and don’t have time to pick up after my dog. Hey, it’s my yard.

The last apartment complex I lived in had so many rude dog owners that wouldn’t pick up after their dogs, that the property manager finally started fining people and sent out notes encouraging the residents to rat each other out whenever they saw someone not cleaning up after their dog.

And it still didn’t really help much. Ugh. Pick up after your dogs, people!