Smart/Stupid/Silly Animal Stories, just for fun

[CB123]

it's a recording made in Ireland of the song You Raise Me Up.  Really beautiful song.
MS,

Can you share the site?

CB

[mountainspring]

I thought I did!!!  I remember bringing up the link and copying it...  It was 2 in the morning... scatterbrained me!!!!  Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70IHIrvAO_w&NR=1


And here's a funny one.....  Watch Judge Milian deal with an N!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm8kJtAqft0

[BonesMS]

Just wanted to share something here.

Yesterday, I was participating in a yard sale with a group of others.  The person hosting the yard sale has an African Gray parrot and an Amazon Green parrot along with two cockatiels.  When my boyfriend, who also happens to like birds, came to pick me up, we introduced him to the birds owned by the hostess.  We were commenting on the fact that the African Gray's cage was the only one that was locked with a padlock.  The hostess asked us to watch as she removed the padlock.  "Buttercup" watched the padlock being removed and within a blink of an eye, she manipulated the latch on the cage door, grabbed the door with both feet and swung it open while dangling like a monkey!!!!  WHEEE!!!!   

I was surprised!!!

Bones

[mountainspring]

That is one smart bird!!!

[BonesMS]

That is one smart bird!!!

I think African Grays are one of the smartest birds around!

Bones

[Hopalong]

Wow. I wasn't familiar with Celtic Woman. Thank you!

(Izz, any idea why my computer always stops videos and starts them again, stop, start, etc...makes it frustrating to watch anything.)

Sorry for the digression.

Animals...Bagel loooooooooooved being out on the historic plaza last night, among the cafe tables. Several people stopped to pat her. She just has The Look. (I'm pattable!) It's neat because when she wants to, Menace 'R Her.

I was thinking about the poor Yorkie, MS, so many of these "teacup" dogs are overbred and terribly prone to illness. I wish they'd stop breeding them, let everyone keep rescuing pooches. I'm still haunted by a little dog I passed over once at the SPCA...I didn't get any dog that year, but I am haunted by him. I know he wound up being gassed, and we'd had a connection. I still apologize to him, by name (I named him Batty, since he looked like a bat).

I think the only way I'll fix that karma is when the time comes, go to the pound and pick out an ugly little pooch that I think nobody else will choose.

Hops

[mountainspring]

CB….. you had to put up with that??  I bet the day the psych doc kicked him out was a good one for you.  I’m sorry it didn’t help you in the long run. 

Bones…. Did the bird you saw look like the talking one from pet star?  I bet he was an African grey too.

Hops…  perhaps they are overbred.  I get the small ones because they are so portable.  The ones we have aren’t considered teacup, they are toys.  We can take them anywhere.  In the winter we tuck them under our coats and in the spring we put them in our purses.   All except Sam… he’s a mean little thing to anyone outside the family.  Bagel sounds so sweet sitting there waiting for her pats.

I found a couple interesting articles.  Here’s one about the recently named tiniest dog in the world

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-littledog2707apr27,0,5493752.story?coll=orl-home-promo

and here’s one about the ugliest dog in the world.  The animal shelter said he was unadoptable.  He was rescued and much loved by his owner Susie.  He died this past November.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhPUVRQykc

And here’s a upbeat dance link I found.  It’s a group of guys dancing on a treadmill.  Very creative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

[BonesMS]

CB….. you had to put up with that??  I bet the day the psych doc kicked him out was a good one for you.  I’m sorry it didn’t help you in the long run. 

Bones…. Did the bird you saw look like the talking one from pet star?  I bet he was an African grey too.

Hops…  perhaps they are overbred.  I get the small ones because they are so portable.  The ones we have aren’t considered teacup, they are toys.  We can take them anywhere.  In the winter we tuck them under our coats and in the spring we put them in our purses.   All except Sam… he’s a mean little thing to anyone outside the family.  Bagel sounds so sweet sitting there waiting for her pats.

I found a couple interesting articles.  Here’s one about the recently named tiniest dog in the world

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-littledog2707apr27,0,5493752.story?coll=orl-home-promo

and here’s one about the ugliest dog in the world.  The animal shelter said he was unadoptable.  He was rescued and much loved by his owner Susie.  He died this past November.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VbhPUVRQykc

And here’s a upbeat dance link I found.  It’s a group of guys dancing on a treadmill.  Very creative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI

Thanks, MountainSpring.

"Buttercup" looks similar to the African Gray on Pet Star.  She has a few pink feathers among her other gray feathers.

Bones

[BonesMS]

Thanks, Ami.

I think one of the reasons we can let our guard down with our pets is because they show us such unconditional love all the time.  They don't play mind games with hidden, manipulative, narcississtic agendas.

Bones

[mountainspring]

Smart, smart smart, smart Orcas.   I love Orcas.  This one shows them teaching their young how to hunt a seal... and when the lesson is over they put the seal unharmed back on the iceberg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBF9cDBUakA&mode=related&search=

[CB123]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4YTqbZdWutg

You all have GOT to see Tillman the skateboarding dog!  Check out how he picks up the board and repositions it.

CB

[mountainspring]

CB - I love Tillman!!  Did you see he has his own web page?  Tillman is the third skateboarding dog they've trained. 

[Sheeeva]

Ode to my cat.

Kitty Kitty I love you.
When you sit in the same spot for hours on end.
How can you do it?
Its like your zen.

Kitty kitty I love you.
When you run like an antelope thorough the apartment,
from end to end.
You flip off the couch like an acrobat
in a gym.

Kitty kitty I love you.
When your best friend died, your eyes got sad.
I cried and you cried. You didn't lick your fur for a year.
Its been four years now, you look much better with shiny eyes and fur.

Kitty kitty I love you.
You curl up next to my head at night, and
paw my face to tell me something.
Your love bites are so cute that I have to admit, they don't hurt at all not
even a bit.

I love you kitty.
Thank you for being my friend.

[mountainspring]

Hi All....  this is a cute one.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHf5lWcC1O0&mode=related&search=

[mountainspring]

Hi Everyone….

I’ve just gotten home after taking my daughter and our 2 Maltese’s to the drive thru at Wendy’s and then to the car wash.  My little dogs get so happy when we go to the drive thru, I got a kids meal for her and one for them.  Well on the way back as we’re going through the car wash and the water starts hitting the car, Gracie, the oldest maltese starts barking at the water and scratching at the window, at the same time, little Daisy runs to my lap and hides her face.  I found a little more burger to calm her, but it was so funny watching the opposite reactions of 2 dogs that look very much the same.