Happy birthday Scott!
Happy birthday Scott! when Elsa saw the birthday cake she said, "cake! I don't believe it" it was hilarious!
It's Raining Grebes!
Cedar City experienced a freak rainfall of Western Grebes the other day. For non animal people this post might be a surprise, because Mom and Dad hadn't even noticed. It started in the morning when Jennifer and I found a grebe at our friend Shanna's house. We called Martin Tyner's bird rehabilitation and apparently he had been picking grebes up all morning long.
And now a breif note about the western grebe:
The grebe is a water foul, but so much so that it is not built to walk on land. They live their entire lives in the air and water. They can't fly unless they have a take off from the water first. When a storm hit, thousands of migrating grebe landed in Cedar City, apparently mistaking shining black roads for shining water. Thousands died on impact but thousands more survived and we helped pick as many up as we could during the day. Between us we rescued 28 birds, but with other help they were able to release (this is Heresay, but sounds accurate to me, around six thousand)
I had to post a picture though, because I thought they were the most magnificent looking birds.
Learned Helplessness
Did you know that dogs can develop a behavior called learned helplessness? Its true. Visit Dogstardaily.com and check it out for more info if you want. But Basically it is when a dog will develop a helpless behavior and exhibit it for attention.
Recently Dakota started limping and had a really bad infection in her leg. I took her to the vet and $200 Later she is doing much better. She has started doing something that is quite intriguing however. If I am not paying attention to her when she wants to be let out, or when she wants something, she will start limping. My first reaction is to immediately stop what I am doing, check her leg out and then give her some medicine. But when she starts jumping around with a wagging tail and running all pawed after me down the hallway, I wonder if I am being dooped. :)
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