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Our Dog Bob
Yesterday, we went to the rescue to do the paperwork on Bob. And then we went back to the kennel where he used to live, to get his paperwork and have a microchip put in, because rescues are less than organised. (They didn't realise that they'd forgotten to chip him until we told them that our vet couldn't find it....)
So, he's now our dog, and we can proceed to start beating him, etc. Er, I mean, talk to the vet about getting that lump removed. That's the one.
He's doing well, although he continues to be a bit more interested in Erzulie than we would like. On the one hand, eggs are great. On the other, I wish she'd stop being so sex mad and just give him a good telling off!
Speaking of Zu-Zu, Ex-Mrs Up The Hill was here a few days ago and said "Oh, you've got a Muscovy Duck!" and we said "No, she's a Magpie," and she said "No, pretty sure she's a Muscovy...". I checked t'internet after she'd gone, and yes, she's right: Erzulie is actually a Muscovy. This led us down some fascinating online rabbit holes: Muscovy's are the only domesticated ducks that aren't actually mallards (which rather explains why she's never properly been accepted by the others), but they're sufficiently closely related that they can cross-breed (although they prefer not to, and produce sterile offspring), which means that they count as being kosher, even though they're from the New World and so not in the lists of things that are kosher, which is a marvellously pragmatic rule (as ever) but doesn't explain how they managed to argue for turkeys also being kosher. They're also tremendously broody and very good at it, which does raise the prospect of getting a male runner and using Zu-Zu to hatch the runner eggs... I suspect that that way lies madness.
So it's probably a good job that I didn't manage to find another magpie to keep her company; guess I'd better start looking for a muscovy.
Insert obligatory complaint about the temperature here. Yesterday was just lovely....
So, he's now our dog, and we can proceed to start beating him, etc. Er, I mean, talk to the vet about getting that lump removed. That's the one.
He's doing well, although he continues to be a bit more interested in Erzulie than we would like. On the one hand, eggs are great. On the other, I wish she'd stop being so sex mad and just give him a good telling off!
Speaking of Zu-Zu, Ex-Mrs Up The Hill was here a few days ago and said "Oh, you've got a Muscovy Duck!" and we said "No, she's a Magpie," and she said "No, pretty sure she's a Muscovy...". I checked t'internet after she'd gone, and yes, she's right: Erzulie is actually a Muscovy. This led us down some fascinating online rabbit holes: Muscovy's are the only domesticated ducks that aren't actually mallards (which rather explains why she's never properly been accepted by the others), but they're sufficiently closely related that they can cross-breed (although they prefer not to, and produce sterile offspring), which means that they count as being kosher, even though they're from the New World and so not in the lists of things that are kosher, which is a marvellously pragmatic rule (as ever) but doesn't explain how they managed to argue for turkeys also being kosher. They're also tremendously broody and very good at it, which does raise the prospect of getting a male runner and using Zu-Zu to hatch the runner eggs... I suspect that that way lies madness.
So it's probably a good job that I didn't manage to find another magpie to keep her company; guess I'd better start looking for a muscovy.
Insert obligatory complaint about the temperature here. Yesterday was just lovely....