I love my dogs despite the fact that they smell like dogs, lick butts, seek out poop to eat, and wake me up in the middle of the night barking.  They are sweet little girls.  Seasons Girl loves her dogs, too, and names 10 reasons why!

4. They are good company.
5. They are protective.
7. They are funny to watch run and play.

All her reasons are fabulous and make me smile!

Gosh who wouldn’t just love this bluegrass music?  Go to a minute and a half in… the bird definitely loves it!

Photo by buzzfeed via 33 Animals Who Are Extremely Disappointed in You.

Beth thinks squirrels are none too bright,

He regularly scares the bejeebers out of us by falling out of his home tree. He also tries to get himself squished by the car or eaten by our critter loving golden retriever.

However when squirrels are smart enough to lob nuts from trees and hit yours truly in the head, I would have to disagree!

A rescue group in Tennessee unfortunately had a newly rescued greyhound slip out of their care about a week ago. The group has been diligently searching for Cassie, who was spooked by another dog and bolted.

Search parties have turned up nothing more than evidence that Cassie was in the area.  However, their motion triggered camera has spotted some wildlife.

The group is working hard to find Cassie,

As many of you may know we have at least one feeding station set up for Cassie. We’re putting out food and water twice a day for her.  As of our last check of the station last night she hadn’t found the food yet.  We thought that no one had found the food since so much of it was left.

Since its been a couple of days since we have had a Cassie-sighting Rich and I put up a game camera to try and get an automated sighting.  Well, first the bad news… no luck spotting of Cassie.

If you want to follow the efforts to find Cassie, click here.

Photo from Martha Stewart 2011 Easter Pets contest.

I love the sweet nature of dogs. Then when you find one that seems as attentive and loving as Sandy, it makes me want to get in my car and drive directly to Illinois.  From Adopt a Pet,

We are told that Sandy spent the first years of her life as an outside dog with a dog house and a tie-out. However, Sandy seems to have lovely, natural “house-manners” and is respectful of furniture, her bed, and so on. Sandy has also been perfectly behaved in the “house-training” department and will not have any accidents so long as she can go outside in the yard or on a walk a few times a day.

Look at that face!

This is so stinkin’ cute!

I am an absolute Kentucky fan when it comes to basketball.  I come from a long line of Wildcat fans, so of course I believe they have the cutest mascot ever!  The Pawnation take on the NCAA Cutest Sweet 16 Animal Mascots does not agree with me that Kentucky’s mascot is cutest, but I will admit there are other cute mascots as well!

Kansas Jayhawks
Big Jay knows he is just one shy of the top spot, but hey, that’s okay. This large-and-in-charge bird is no sore loser.

The jayhawks is my second favorite!

Photo by Attack of the Cute.