Critters

Licensing Pets Online

dogs.jpgI went to our Veterinarian in the South Bay to get copies of Bear’s Vaccination and Spay/Neuter certificates. Both are needed to get an Arizona Dog License. We already had those documents from the Humane Society where we adopted Cabela.

I brought the documents to the house and went on-line to register both of them in Maricopa County, AZ. It was a fairly easy process. I had to fill in forms to identify ourselves and then entered the vital statistics for the dogs. A few more details about the vaccines and their neutered status, entered the credit card information and after a few keystrokes, we had a printed receipt. The license paperwork and tags will be mailed to our Arizona address in a couple of weeks.

I looked into the same process for our California town. You can renew on line but it involves a third-party website that charges a ‘convenience fee’ for renewing. Worse yet, if you have to submit a new vaccination report, you can’t do it on-line. It seems like good old Maricopa County in Arizona is a lot more on-line friendly than California when it comes to registering your pets.

One of Two Speeds

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This is one of two speeds that Cabela seems to have: fast and zero. She is so playful that she will dash around the family room three times before chewing up a doggie treat and then she crashes like this, but only for a short time. At night, however, she sleeps on our bed at speed zero, much to our restful benefit. Click on the image to enlarge.

Frosty Paws

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We wondered if Cabela would enjoy the Frosty Paws doggie ice cream treat as much as Bear does. Well, that issue is resolved. Click on the image to enlarge.

The New Puppy and the Picnic Place

The Mama and the Daddy got a new puppy for us. Today we all went to the picnic place and the Daddy cooked chicken. After the hoomins were done eating, the Mama fed chicken pieces to both of us. We like the picnic place. Click on us to make us big.

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Meet Cabela

cabela.jpgLast week, we went to the Humane Society of Wickenburg to look at the adoptable dogs. The pet keeper asked us what sort of dog we were looking for. Since we were looking for a short haired dog, we asked if they had anything like a miniature pinscher. Much to our surprise, they had exactly that!

Image – Cabela – click to enlarge

We went out to the kennel area to meet this dog and immediately fell in love with her. Unfortunately, we couldn’t adopt her that day since she had been spayed the day before and was still recovering. They also said that they couldn’t put a hold on her until they were sure that she and Bear would get along with each other.

We went to the Humane Society this morning. Determined to get there before anyone else, we tried to get there by the time they opened. We were a few minutes early, but some of the staff were already there and let us in early. After Cabela’s introduction to us and then to Bear, it was a matter of filling out a bunch of papers and paying the adoption fee.

She is a purebred miniature pinscher (no AKC papers), about two years old, has a red and tan coat, hazel eyes and is smart, very playful and loving. We are extremely pleased with our adoption.

Winter Bear, Summer Bear

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The Mama and the Daddy took me to get a trim last week. When the Daddy was looking through old pictures of me, he found one where I still had my long fur in the snow.

The Daddy says that both pictures were taken in Arizona less than two hundred miles apart. One in Flagstaff snow and the other on my new yard last week. Click me to make me big.