Jobsite Critters

Dog Smiling

2011-04-03T10:59:00.003-05:00

I love to see a dog smiling.

Bijon Frise Are These.

2011-02-20T02:50:00.008-05:00

Hey somebody is here. Maybe we should stare at them.

What sincere faces. You can tell that these little guys are just longing to say something out loud in English. I wonder what it is. I bet they want me to come out and play.

YAHOO! He came out to play!

Man, am I happy. And cute too!

So, how many dogs are in this picture anyway?

Check out this Squidoo lense on Smiling Bijon Frise. Smiling Bijone Frise

Big Beautiful Alaskan Husky

2011-02-13T03:40:00.012-05:00

This big beautiful Alaskan Husky greeted me when I pulled in the driveway. He looks like he means business and he does.

You see, he's in the business of keeping everybody on the up and up. No shenanigans will be tolerated here. Good dog.

I could sit here and watch you all day mister.

Well maybe I could sit here and watch you for a really long time anyway.

Your working me to death mister. I'm laying down.

Your work zone is secure. Carry on.

Thanks for fixing our sink. You can show yourself out.

Black Cat Auto Inspection

2011-02-03T08:06:00.015-05:00

Well, I know it's time to have my van inspected again. I had no idea they would just send their guy out to inspect it wherever I was. Usually I have to take the van to an authorized inspection station. I'm not all that picky though so when "Sam" said he would inspect it I just let him.

Okay you passed inspection. You might want to wash this thing though.

"Sinking" To A New Level

2008-01-16T11:16:00.002-05:00

There are 2 characters here. The cat that was apparantly born with no face, and me, the countertop guy.

Mr.Cat Born With No Face: Hello Mr.Countertop Guy. Let me show you the problem that I am having with my sink.

Countertop Guy: Gee whiz Mr.Cat Born With No Face. The little cracks in the sink do require you to have a new sink installed. I'm just wondering, since you have no face, how did you know the cracks were in there in the first place?

Cat Born With No Face: Well, when I wiggle my butt down into the small side of the sink I can feel them on my butt. Hey, I have more than one butt crack. (Cat Born With No Face laughs hysterically at his own joke)

Countertop Guy:That's hilarious Cat Born With No Face, but really I need you to move if you want me to start working on getting this sink out of here.

Curtain closes. Thank goodness that's over.

Yeah, I am in a corny mood right now and my feeble attempt at humor failed miserably. At least I am consistant. Give me a break though, I'm a countertop repair man, not a playwright.

Back to the critters again

2008-01-10T18:34:00.000-05:00

If you read any of my blogs then you will no doubt notice a pattern of posting, then neglect, then posting, then neglect. Well, the real world keeps me kind of busy most of the time and I have a tough time posting on a regular basis. Anyhow, enough with the lame excuses, here is my latest jobsite critter.

This little fellow is name Vegas. He is a Pappilion, Papillion, or something like that. (I know it's french for butterfly) As soon as I walked in the house this little dog started jumping up and down and never stopped until the owner picked him up and held him. Then he almost acted like he had just been given a strong sedative. He just chilled out and watched the work.

Enjoy.

Holy Turtle! Another One!

2007-06-12T16:48:00.000-05:00

Well, I guess that I live in Turtle Town. The nieghbors dog was barking frantically again so I went to check out what she was barking at and it was another Snapping Turtle.

This one was a little smaller than Terrance. I think he weighed about 15 pounds. This one (Yurtle) was slighlty smaller. What it lacked in size it more than made up for in ferocity. It left no dought that it was a Snapping Turtle and no other.

As you can see by the pics, this one was harassing my dogs and the nieghbors dog at the same time. We both have fenced in yards and it is just weird that we are getting snapping turtles. Since this turtle showed, another neighbor found 2 Snappers in their yard and they were harassing their dogs.

I am not sure what to make of the turtle phenomenon but her are some more pics for you to check out.

Terrence the Turtle

2007-06-07T22:51:00.000-05:00

Okay, this didn't happen at work but I had to put it on here. Last Saturday night, my neighbors dog was barking all night long. I mean all night. When I woke up on Sunday morning, around the crack of noon, the dog was still barking like a machine without letting up.

I realized the neighbor wasn't at home so I decided to walk over and make sure that the dog wasn't barking because the house was on fire or something. When I got over there the dog, a boxer named Casey was barking down at the ground and every once in a while she would jump back 3 or 4 feet and then bark some more.

I guessed that she was barking at a snake or something so I ran and got my shovel in case it was a poisonous snake and I hopped the fence. I just about fell over when I saw what it was that she was barking at. A great big Snapping turtle had somehow gotten into the neighbors fenced in yard. The turtle was not happy and was definitely living up to it's name, Snapping turtle.

I put the turtle very carefully into a box and left it in there for about 4 or 5 hours because I was going to show him to a few of the neighbors before I let him go. No body was around so only one of the neighbors got to see him. After that I took him to a nearby creek that feeds into the Yadkin River and let it go. It was cool though I thought.

Bad Bad Blogger.

2007-06-02T10:24:00.001-05:00

Okay I know. If I am going to have a blog the least I can do is to post to it on a regular basis.

My work in the countertop repair business has been going at a frenzied pace so I haven't been posting as I should. That being said, I will make you this promise. From now on, I will post every single day sometimes twice a day until I have paid my debt for being such a slacker, unless I just don't have time to post in which case I excuse myself from posting. Can you tell that I am practicing for my career in politics?

Stop the panic, I would never get into politics. Animals are way less like animal than people are and I will just stick to critters and countertops.

On this post I am going to share some pictures with you that I have been collecting for a couple of months. The bios on these cute critters are not included here because I am an airhead and I can't find their info. Hopefully the photos will hold you over until I get my act together again.

Let the Critter pics begin.

These two are so beautiful that I could not leave them out. I wish I could find their bio info. They were rescued from the pound, that much I can tell you.

These two monsters are huge. The guy said they each weighed over 150 pounds each. They are Pyranees(spelling?). they had both been shaved because of heat but they are usually covered in a thick white coat that looks like they were dipped in snow.

Okay, I won't show all the pictures that I have right now but before I go, here are my own kitties focusing intently on a blue tailed lizard that you can't see in the photos.

From left to right, Tippy, Itty Bitty, Tuffin, and Solomon.

One day the lizard came in under the fron storm door and Itty Bitty caught it and ran through the house until he made it under ther bed upstairs. When I tried to get it from him he growled and hissed but he still gave it up. Itty Bitty like putting on a show like he is going to rip you apart if you take his "toys" but he never does rip into me, thank goodness.

Chillin out, coolin, relaxin and maxin

2007-04-26T14:33:00.000-05:00

Holy cow! I haven't posted in solid month. What a slacker. No, actually I have been on the go so much that I just haven't taken time to post.

Enough about that. Believe it or not I don't have many new photos to share right now. I do have one new participant to show you though.

I don't know this dog's name. He was actually the dog of the neighbor where I was working that day. This was at High Rock lake in Davidson county North Carolina.

I got a kick out of how hard this dog could relax. He could do it at the drop of a hat and quicker than you could blink. I was working away, toiling in the hot sun, and when I looked up he was just laying there sunning the goods.

Once I stopped laughing I started taking pictures. You can see by the last photo here that he has an annoyed look on his face so I guess I interupted his mojo. Sorry bout that, dog.

You've heard of working dogs, or dogs with jobs? Well, this dog is unemployed for sure.

Izzy the Ear

2007-03-17T12:20:00.000-05:00

Well, it took me a little while to get to a stopping point so that I could post again. Today I am goin to tell you about Izzy. Since it was a while ago that I met Izzy I may leave out some of the info that I had on him but to Izzy'z mom I would like to say that it is not intentional.

This a cute little Shitzu, man I hope I spelled that right. He was owned by a man that got sick and could not care for him correctly any more so he had to give him up for adoption.
He is 4 years old, he loves green beans, I've met goats that would not even eat green beans so this seems a little unusual for a doggie, and he also likes raw red pepper.

He is 4 years old, he loves green beans, I've met goats that would not even eat green beans so this seems a little unusual for a doggie, and he also likes raw red pepper.

When he was turned over to the adoption people it was discovered that Izzy had a severe ear infection. It had gotten so bad that his ear had to be amputated and a fake ear installed. Did I say installed? I really am a coutertop guy, I meant that he had it attached.

You would never know that if someone didn't tell you. He loves to play and you can tell that he loves the people that adopted him very much. I think that most critters are very grateful to people that rescue them from bad situations.

While I was there me and Izzy played with Mr. Froggy, his favorite stuffed toy. I had a good time and he did too. I really enjoyed meeting his owners and him.

A purty dog named Dora

2007-03-02T08:44:00.000-05:00

This is Dora. AKA Dora the explorer. Not just because of the television show but because this dog likes to roam and has lots of free space to do it. She lives in Julian, North Carolina. I'm not sure just how many acres of farm land she has but it was a lot.

She is 11 months old and weighs around 85 pounds. She's gonna be a monster. A big loveable monster but a monster none the less.

She loves to wrestle with any willing participant and her worst bad habit is that she loves to steal things. When I was there replacing their old Fountainhead sink with a replacement Formica Solid Surface sink, she ran off with a mouthful of plumbing parts before I even knew she was around. Of course I had to chase her all over the place to get the parts back and then that turned into a 20 minute wrestle break. We had a ball!

Some friends from long ago

2007-02-25T12:06:00.000-05:00

I just recently decided to start this blog. I have photos of cute little cats and dogs that have been stored. I'm going to start out posting those pics first. Since it has been a while since I took the pictures and don't know the particular info on each one, there will be no "bio's" on these first ones. In the future, there will be fun facts on all of the new entries.

This little Hush Puppy dog was so cute and funny. He would have made a great keychain, or maybe a belt buckle or something. That would probably be the first keychain or belt buckle that you have to feed.

Here is a very curious Calico kitty that is learning how to fix problems in the kitchen. Her parents must be so proud!