Dave Knows: Elko

I believe a blog update is long overdue.  After Boxer came back it seemed like he was the same old cat, but a few weeks ago we noticed he was losing weight.  We didn’t think much of it, but it became *really* visible when we had him shaved yesterday.  He was all skin and bones [...]

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We got our cat back!!!!
We lost Boxer back in MAY and we finally got him back.
We had put up posters around town and at the animal shelter, and the wife got a call this afternoon that they had a cat who looked a lot like our poster.  The wife sped down there and $50 later, [...]

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This is Ollie enjoying the air conditioning over the summertime:

He’ll sit there like that, mouth on the AC vent, for miles.  It’s funny.

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When David and Heather came for a visit a couple weekends ago, my brother was surprised about a few things.  He didn’t know I started drinking coffee and alcohol.  I survived the first 30 years of my life without either one, so why start now?  Thanks for asking, I’ll tell you.  One word:  Elko.  Elko [...]

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The human race lost a great man a few days ago.  But as the flesh of the illustrious pitchman decays, a certain kind of worm is produced, which, being nourished by the juices of the dead man, brings forth fur.  Then, when it has acquired strength, it takes up that nest in which are [...]

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Our beloved cat, Boxer, is missing!  We haven’t seen him since Saturday morning (5/23).  He’s been gone before for more than a day or two, but we’re starting to get worried.  If anyone has seen him, let us know! 

I take back all the bad things I said about him!

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The in-laws let us chick-sit yesterday.  27 little pecking fuzzballs.  Aren’t they adorable? 

In that last picture it looks like Bart does not approve of the sweet ‘fro.
I didn’t even know you could ship live animals through the US Postal Service.  Pretty cool.

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Cooper and Ollie celebrated their first birthday a while back so I thought I would provide a little update on all of the family pets, including the newest addition.  First, the king of the castle, Cooper!

Nicknames:   Coop, Cooper Dog, Coop Doggie Dogg, Cooper Coop, Cooper Dooper, Coop Coop, Cooper Poop, Coopert, Coopertino, Coopernicus, Coopersaurus Rex, [...]

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 Cooper and Ollie are officially 1 year old so we threw a little party over the weekend.  We invited their brother Tully and brother-from-another-mother Monson over.   There were balloons, streamers, doggie bags, cake (with dog-friendly ingredients of course) and everyone seemed to have a great time, with very little humping. 
We even invited the cats.  Here’s [...]

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We spent Labor Day at the grandparents’ house in Ryndon, about 25 miles outside of Elko.  The dogs enjoy playing with their brothers Tully and Monson.  There are also chickens, cats, goats, horses and the odd rabbit or two.  Well now they have a Scottish Highland Bull named “Seamus”.  Cooper barked at him at first, [...]

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