Sunday, July 26, 2020

Update from Covid-erica

Who says we perros aren't impacted by the virus?? Why poor Beany couldn't get an appointment for two months to go see Aunt Marilyn, his groomer. And was he ever a sight!!!!

Nice Pose!!

Mom, when can I see Auntie Marilyn??

Scruffy!!! Why I could be Han Solo!!

So FINALLY Beany got to The Old Mesilla Kennels on Friday July 24. Aunt Marilyn eliminated the scruffiness and gave him a great summer cut!! Only now instead of that terrier vibe he had been sporting, Beany looks more like a fox-tailed chihuahua!!

Sportin' the groomin'

Bald Bean-dog

Of course Henry, Leny, and Petey could care less:

Friday, April 10, 2020

The Self Quarantine Edition

We start this post with the sad news that Brutus the Buff Orpington rooster died this past week. RIP to a good rooster in that he never 1) attacked our dad or mom, 2) never bothered us, and 3) took care of his hens every way he could.

The hens will carry on with what they do best, however:

Looking like one of the newer chicks is bigger than their sibligs and developing spurs so the replacement rooster might already have joined the flock...

The teens--3 Buff Orpingtons 3 Australorps

The newest 3 Blue-Laced Red Wyandottes

The teens have already transitioned to the yard. The youngest will likely move in next week and we can reclaim the back room!!!

This Corona Virus lockdown has challenges for we perros piraticus though:

Beany plays dead in the backyard

Leny reading dad's book Ducks, Newburyport

Nothing else to do

Cheeky's bored and napping

Then there's the cat with the hashtag---#henrilechat---either taking up all the available space or contemplating an escape:

Look at the size difference between Henry and the Keliosaur

Checking the dog/cat door to see if the coast is clear

Are you speaking to me????

And I can take up the bed or the chest!!

Stay indoors, stay safe, wash your hands, and don't touch your face!!!! And no, we don't carry the virus and you can't catch it from us!!!!

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Catching Up

So we've been bad at posting. Guess that's partly due to the loss of Weetzie who crossed over the Rainbow Bridge last November. R I P to the great motivator!!

We've been spending a lot of time in self isolation because of the pandemic. The humans have used the time to increase the flock of hens.....These are last year's chicks--Sarah, Greyling, and Maya:

Some of this year's chicks, the Buff Orpingtons and Black Australorps, are just old enough to be moved from inside to the chicken yard but they'll need to stay in their crate another week or so before being integrated with the others:

Getting some sun

Settling into the Yard

So that's the latest from here. Hope you all stay safe, wash your paws, and leave your face alone!!!!

Los Perros Piraticus

Sunday, March 24, 2019

Henri Le Chat

Posted on March 24, 2018 by billzarges

So last November, the parents succumbed to temptation at the Dona Ana County Kitty Condo in the county building. There was a male Siamese with ringworm available. They fell for it, bringing the little bugger, née Jupiter, home and renaming him Henry, aka, Hank or The Kerchief. We mostly think he’s a CATastrophe. (Hey, what do you expect from dogs writing….)

He likes to stare out the windows.

At first, his favorite napping place was his carrier.

His favorite snack is his dad’s hand.

He found these black pads and decided he was Bat-Cat.

He hogs the sunlight on the bed which really pisses off Cheeky and Petey.

At least he backed the wrong team for the Super Bowl. Stupid cat!

He got even for that last comment by stealing Leny’s monkey.

And here’s what he mostly does– sleep on the chest at the foot of the bed so that we dogs can’t get up on the bed.

CATS ARE SUCH A**HOLES!!!!! PIRATE DOGS ARE SO ADORABLE!!

But of Course We’re Still Here

Posted on August 20, 2017 by billzarges

You all didn’t forget us, did you?? We’ve been lobbying the parents to get us each Facebook pages but they tell us FB has limits. I mean, our pack, the two Siamese, the flock of 20+——surely FB servers can handle that addition, right???? Well, anyway, here we are, with an update from the CSPS (bad memory, huh? Canine Space Pirate Ship) Nargle and the Yard……….

Dweezil has been sitting in the old man’s lap while he catches up on Game of Thrones he’s decided he’s now Dweezil the Dragon dog.

The Dragon mellowed out and tolerating the Bean

Leny

got to go for a ride with the parents and was gone so long we all got worried we’d have to learn to feed ourselves. Turns out they went out onto the West Mesa and got caught in a traffic jam:

Then the Keliosaurus Regina (come on, you know your Latin, she can’t be Rex, that’s the masculine form) decided to explore and found a new napping location:

Yes, that’s a bathroom sink. We’re trying to figure out how to get behind her and give her a little surprise…………….

Of course, she’s not the only weird one. One of the Marans has decided to move out of the henhouse and reside permanently in or on the Summerhouse:

Just no pleasin’ some animals………….

Finally, age has raised its ugly head. Anton Chico and Weetz Elva just ain’t as spry as they used to be, sometimes needing assistance from the humans to get onto the furniture:

But there has been some improvement, un milagro:

Hope you all have a fun rest of summer and we promise not to be so lax in posting!!!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2016

Posted on December 24, 2016 by billzarges

We perros piraticus would like to wish all our readers, friends, family, and chickens, as well as the Klingon Kats, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

You can click or roll over the pictures to see captions. And as the poet said, “…and to all a Good Night!!”

‘Tis the Season

Posted on December 19, 2016 by billzarges

So it’s that time of the year again. Pecan harvest. Luminarias, aka, candle-baggios. Santas and reindeers. We perros get to participate, too. One year, the late great Bertequila got all done up for the holidays:

We miss him. He was a bundle of laughs and howlies.

Speaking of howlies, there was the time our parents took us to the Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park to see Señor Claus. Leny and Petey reacted with howlies of excitement (or was that fear on Peter’s face????):

Worst part was, Santa was a friend of the family who frequently came over and played with us!!!!!

We didn’t get to go to Mesilla this year, but our parents and some friends did. They went to an old hacienda on the plaza for the annual Nacimiento de Navidad open house which includes a display of nativity scene icons. Dad took a few pictures: