COLD DARK ROOM

[EllieMay]

Hello everyone! It's a cool morning here.
I'm sorry your pup was feeling under the weather Heather.
Our Grim has definitely made things livelier. His intelligence is absolutely amazing. He has been with us for less than 2weeks and will already sit on command, and walks on the leash well. His favorite game is to "Go get my shoes" where he grabs a sandal and runs around the house with it til I call him to bring it to me in return for a treat. Then I'll ask him to get me my other shoe, which he happily does for another treat... He does this so much I have to hide my sandals so he will stop for a bit.
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It's hard to get a good picture of Grim when he is awake. He moves so much. I had to do some finger waving just to get this one.

he’s super cute, I had heard that they were very smart dogs!

 

[EllieMay]

You need to get Grim hooked on Jenga... look at this —->

now that’s cool!

 

[Bee62]

Finished up a new little Snowman for the Snow Family... Big Daddy & Son in the foreground.

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They are all soooo cute ! I love them.

 

[EllieMay]

I think Cinder actually recognizes the Chewy boxes now... Lol!

 

[JoesMum]

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone. Daughter and I are up early and heading to the rescue. It was hard work getting up this morning because we got in late last night after a theatre trip. I am not sure I will make it to midnight to see in the new decade

 

[EllieMay]

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone. Daughter and I are up early and heading to the rescue. It was hard work getting up this morning because we got in late last night after a theatre trip. I am not sure I will make it to midnight to see in the new decade

Good morning and happy news year eve. Great way to start the new year giving your time to help and sharing that time with daughter... I hope midnight isn’t necessary because it’s doubtful that I will see it either!

 

[Maro2Bear]

G’day all. Another foggy, misty WARM morning here in Maryland. My kayaking partner in crime buzzed me last night with an itch to get out on the water. Soooo, this morning we are off. Hopefully the SUN pops out.

 

[EllieMay]

G’day all. Another foggy, misty WARM morning here in Maryland. My kayaking partner in crime buzzed me last night with an itch to get out on the water. Soooo, this morning we are off. Hopefully the SUN pops out.

Yay!!{ you do provide the best scenery pics!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Baaaaack!

Here is a quick pix from this morning.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Baaaaack!

Here is a quick pix from this morning.

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Another.

 

[Lyn W]

Good mornooning all. Sorry I missed the big day. I had my in laws staying and they’re a little demanding.
We candlight our conservatory at Christmas and it looks so pretty
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On boxing day I did a shift at the rescue. My daughter came too and we had an entire room of hedgehogs to feed, clean and care for which took about 4.5 hours and gave me some respite.

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The in laws are back home now and we escaped to a nature reserve near Canterbury for some bird watching yesterday. It was very gloomy, terrible for photos, but the Kingfishers were obliging as ever. The reserve is grazed by hardy Belted Angus cattle which are very cute
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Great photos!
Sadly lots of underweight baby hedgehogs about this year, my sister found 3 in her garden on separate occasions. No sign of adults and all too small to hibernate. So they were taken in by a rescue centre which was running out of space. My sister offered to take them back home and care for them but was told in no uncertain terms that they needed specialist care so would have to stay.

 

[Lyn W]

Merry Christmas Lyn. I was about to say the same to you. I hope you are feeling much better now.

Thanks Carol, still not 100% but at least I managed a whole night's sleep last night so thankfully the cough's easing.

 

[Lyn W]

Our kids have fledged and now moan that we are never at home...

We told them that’s the general idea... we are doing what we can while we are young and fit enough to be able to!

I don't know - parents treating the house like a hotel what's the world coming too?!

 

[Lyn W]

Geez..guess I haven’t missed much... Had to take Cinder for an unexpected vet visit.. she got very congested with fever and vomiting..she is on some meds and feeling fine now & other than hearing all the congestion, you would never know she had been sick.

Son & I ( and the dog) took a ride to Louisiana yesterday and spent the day with a good friend. It was stormy in the morning but cleared nicely so we were able to spend most of it outdoors. It was a nice change of scenery.

My time off is winding down... back to work Thursday:-(

Poor Cinder, hope she is better now.

 

[Lyn W]

Hello everyone! It's a cool morning here.
I'm sorry your pup was feeling under the weather Heather.
Our Grim has definitely made things livelier. His intelligence is absolutely amazing. He has been with us for less than 2weeks and will already sit on command, and walks on the leash well. His favorite game is to "Go get my shoes" where he grabs a sandal and runs around the house with it til I call him to bring it to me in return for a treat. Then I'll ask him to get me my other shoe, which he happily does for another treat... He does this so much I have to hide my sandals so he will stop for a bit.
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It's hard to get a good picture of Grim when he is awake. He moves so much. I had to do some finger waving just to get this one.

What a beautiful dog and clever too!

 

[Lyn W]

Well here we are again, another New Years Eve.
I'm having a quiet night in with the tv. I was invited to a party but didn't feel up to making the effort.
I invited my nephew to come and see the NY in with me but he wanted to stay home this year - he has Sky and Netflix ,while I only have limited channels. I was quite glad actually as it saved me going shopping and making a meal.
There's only about an hour and half of 2019 left for us and I'll be in bed just after midnight, so I'll wish you all a very Happy and Healthy 2020 for when it comes to you.
I'll see you next year until then take care and Nos Da.

 

[Cathie G]

LOL! Misty isn't crate trained (I don't have a crate big enough), but my bedroom is her 'safe' place. When I open the drawer to get my lipstick prior to going shopping Misty goes into the bedroom and lays down behind my recliner.

My son asked me what treat to use. She doesn't mind being in her safe place though for awhile (if I put my outdoor shoes on)..Razberri just hops home for a bit...no treat needed.

 

[JoesMum]

Great photos!
Sadly lots of underweight baby hedgehogs about this year, my sister found 3 in her garden on separate occasions. No sign of adults and all too small to hibernate. So they were taken in by a rescue centre which was running out of space. My sister offered to take them back home and care for them but was told in no uncertain terms that they needed specialist care so would have to stay.

They do need specialist care. We are overrun and have many farmed out to a small army of foster carers that know exactly what they’re doing.

Every rescue has the same problem this year, The warm UK autumn this year encouraged hedgehogs to have a late brood of babies and, unfortunately, the weather turned when these late babies were too small to hibernate.

 

[Cathie G]

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone. Daughter and I are up early and heading to the rescue. It was hard work getting up this morning because we got in late last night after a theatre trip. I am not sure I will make it to midnight to see in the new decade

Joseph will wake me up and make me ring in the new year with him. We'll watch the ball drop in New York city. 5 minutes later he's asleep... I usually watch it for a little while if I can.

 

[JoesMum]

Wishing everyone in the CDR a healthy and happy new year!

Here in the UK it’s 2020!