Happy birthweek to me!

Sometime in the last week or so it may have been my birthday. I don't remember when I was born. But Polaris Siberian Husky Rescue said I was 8½ or 9 when I came here.

That was a year and a half ago. At first the Human Assistant said I was 9 then. So I'd qualify as a senior.  ​☺  ​Then six months ago he decided I had been 8½. So I'd have a gotcha-versary and a birthday!

So H.A. thinks he remembers that I came here on October 28. Which would make my birthday April 28. More or less. Which was last Monday. But he forgot. So he hurried up to get a celebration in before he was a week late!  ​☹

He even went to my dogster page and changed the date to April 31. April 31 doesn't exist? That's his point! If there's no April 31 then it doesn't matter what day we celebrate my birthday! Is that cheating or what‽‽‽

Cervus elaphus	♈ Taurus	Bison bison
Ovis canadensis	♉ Aries	C. l. familiaris grumpus

So speaking of stars (Polaris). What's my sign? H.A. says that depends.

No, I won't let him change my birthday again! But he says I can pick which system I want to use. The old, worn-out astrology like most humans around here know about. Or the look-​at-​the-​stars astrology. Where the sun really is in the constellation of your sign.

The first way I'm a Bull. The second way I'm a Ram.

Hmmm. That's a tough one! I don't know which I'd rather be!

So I asked H.A. for info about rams and bulls from around here. The Front Range. Not the Front Range where humans live. The Front Range where animals live.

And he came up with the ones in the pictures. Colorado tax money paid for them, he thinks. So H.A. doesn't feel bad about posting them at all.

But he found a bunch more rams from around the world! That he didn't want to steal the pictures of. So go look for yourself. (Warning!  Some of them don't seem to be alive anymore. They're just kinda standing there. In case that bothers you.)

At least one of the international rams lives right where some of us Siberian Huskies originally came from!

So that's one point for being a ram. Another is that a ram is the official Colorado State Animal. Although there's also a Colorado State Seal. So I'm not sure about that.

Anyway. Can anydoggy help me decide whether to be a ram or a bull? I'd appreciate it!

-- photos of ungulates from articles by Prof. David M. Armstrong at the University of Colorado at Boulder (the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Program, and the Museum of Natural History) via the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

Why yes, the Human Assistant did graduate from ♪♩"dear old CU!"♩♩   ​Why do you ask?

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4,300 minks?

Or 430 ostriches? Which would annoy your neighbors more?

I thought humans could read. But maybe sometimes there's too much to read. But for sure humans should probably read the things called zoning ordinances before starting up an animal rescue!

Here's a news story. Some silly humans thought they could house 40 dogs just because they had 43 acres in beautiful Colorado.

Sadly,  NOT.

The area is zoned for homes. Maximum of 4 dogs per home. Neighbors can get snooty when you have more dogs than you're "supposed" to have. Especially when the homes are estates.

Actually, if they were really estates, I bet neighbors wouldn't give doo-doos. But these are estates where you have to tell the humans that they're estates. So they know they're getting their money's worth.

Now, if they had horses, that would be different! Everybody knows you can have horses on estates. It, like, makes them even better estates! Especially if your neighbor has horses so you don't have to.

When you invite your snooty "friends" to visit, they can see (and smell) the neighbors' horses. Then they think, "Wow, these really are estates!

The news story makes it sound like they can have 2 horses per acre. I'm not sure the neighbors would really like 86 horses there. Would that be better than 40 dogs? How could it be?

If you want a really unique estate, you can have buffaloes. Real ones! Alive ones! Wouldn't your neighbors (and their "friends") be impressed by 86 buffaloes? I sure would!

(Would anydoggy reading this want to chase the buffaloes? They get pretty big!)

But wait, there's more! How about 10 ostriches per acre?  WOW!  Would they be great to chase or what‽‽‽

I'll bet 430 ostriches would really make an impression on your neighbors!

But wait, there's even more! In this great neighborhood, these humans could have  4,300 minks!  What would that smell like‽‽‽

I hope that these kind-hearted people can find a way to keep their rescue running. The Human Assistant says it wouldn't be good to help them by contacting lots of ostrich or mink farms. And asking if they could spare hundreds or thousands of animals. Just to make a point.

"Keep your eye on the ball," he says. Which is a really stupid thing to say to a Sibe. But I guess I get his meaning. If a human throws a ball at you, you don't want to get hit in the head. It would be bad for you!

And bad for the humans with the dog rescue. In case their neighbors started throwing balls at them. I don't know why they would. But humans do lots of strange things.

The H.A. also says 4,300 minks reminds him of the book Gorky Park. And the movie, too. Well, whatever.

Thanks to Laura Albin of SIBERNET and Polaris Siberian Husky Rescue for the link to the article.

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Sunday chit-chat

Sinjin:  You big meanie, you shouldn't snark at Gremlin when she's just laying there!

Tucker:  At least I don't whine like a puppy!

Sinjin:  Yeah? Well you should watch what you eat 'cause you're sure growing like a puppy!

Tucker:  You should watch what you eat! One day you're going to bite off the Human Assistant's fingers! Then how will the big baby get treats?

Sinjin:  You know why the Big Guy got back in touch with Polaris Siberian Husky Rescue? He's going to send you back!

Tucker:  You know why he was at MaxFund yesterday? He was reserving a kennel for you!


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mr_ed:  Remember The Smothers Brothers?