Meet Jimmy Durante

For this week’s adoptable dog we have Jimmy Durante. Jimmy Durante is with the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in Toluca Lake, CA.

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Jimmy Durante is a young very special dog. He is a Diamond in the Ruff. He definitely has that wonderful lab disposition. He is one amazing dog. He gets along with all dogs small medium and large. The only issue we have found with Jimmy is he can jump fences. So he will need to be an inside dog and NO unsupervised access to the yard or a home without a yard so he goes on walks. He is great on leash.
If you would like to set an appointment to meet Jimmy,fill out an application and tell us why you are the right forever home.

To adopt Jimmy Durante, please visit the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation website or Jimmy Durante’s Petfinder page.

Meet Casey

For this week’s adoptable dog we have Casey. Casey is with the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in Toluca Lake, CA.

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Hi my name is Casey I was born 10/8/09. I was adopted out of Lancaster shelter at 4 months old by a movie animal training company because I was so cute. The trainers there crate trained me and taught me basic training. They took me to a lot of movie sets to socialize me and I even was on the cover of Runners World magazine. I decided the “movie business” is not for me and so I would rather be with a family. I am a little timid, but love to be loved. I walk nicely on a leash, love toys, and people. I also play nice with most dogs. Although I am not as bold as those other movie dogs I am hoping to find a family to give me the love I need to bring me out of my shell .

To adopt Casey, please visit the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation website or Casey’s Petfinder page.

Meet Milo

For this week’s adoptable dog we have Milo. Milo is with the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in Toluca Lake, CA.

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MILO- is the most unusual, adorable, miniature Husky looking cutey pie!! He has a darling under bite, GREAT PERSONALITY, loving, playful and is FABULOUS! Super tiny in size. He is great with children too and cats would be fine! We really have no idea what he is at all except DARLING!! Not a barker, and just loves to run and play with his friends all day long. Loves to be held and cuddle!
Neutered, UTD on shots, micro chipped.
Hurry and get your application in on this adorable guy!

To adopt Milo, please visit the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation website or Milo’s Petfinder page.

Book Review: The Love Dog

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I was asked by Tor Publicity to review The Love Dog by Elsa Watson. You all know I am a big reader so I said yes! And then we moved, and then work went live and then I got a new job (more on that later) and then Alaska summer came. Suddenly I remembered I was way behind on my promise to review the book in January! EEEP SORRY!!!!

Once I picked up the book, I couldn’t put it down. I will admit that at first I was a little put off by the fact that the dog wrote parts of it but reading his sections I felt like it was really a dog writing it and not a dog/human character.Having lived in LA, the plot seemed very plausible to me.

Overall I give it two big thumbs up and think that everyone should get the book at read it! It is now out for all to buy.

Summer in Alaska = hiking and no sleep

Once summer finally arrives (it snowed last weekend but we think thats all done now) its go go go time in Alaska. We have planted our seeds and will have to move them outside soon. With all the sun, the garden grows fast and needs lots of tending. We are building raised beds and a greenhouse this year too. So far we have: Winter Squash, Butternut Squash, four kinds of potatoes, onions, tomatoes, artichokes, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumber, watermelon, cantaloupe, beets, rutabagas, parsnips, carrots and lettuce. Um yeah I think thats it….

Another favorite summer activity is hiking. With all the sunshine we can even go late at night. Mostly Baily and Mesa partake because 7 mile hikes are too much for Tori and Big Carl (though BC protests being left out). We go in groups with other friends that have dogs or just as a family. The beauty of Alaska still amazes me.

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We also have a very active social life at our new house. With all the land its a popular spot for bonfires. We also have people over to help us work on the upgrades and end up having many BBQs. This past weekend one of our friends graduated from college so she had a celebratory bash at our house that included groups of friends playing music inside and out. The music ranged from blues to folk to bluegrass. We had 3 people bring accordians, a sitar and many other cool instuments . The dogs loved all the attention and have yet to wake up from all the partying. Mesa even broke down pit bull barriers by making friends with people who had never met a pit before but thought they were scary thanks to the media. Mesa convinced them to snuggle with her all night and love pit bulls. Good girl Mesa.

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So needless to say I may be in and out all summer. When I do get down time, I like to use it to sleep!

Meet Willow

For this week’s adoptable dog we have Willow. Willow is with the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in Toluca Lake, CA.

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Willow is a super fun loving young girl. She is insanely sweet and just loves to play and cuddle with her best friend (Turtle, a tiny chihuahua also available for adoption). Turtle loves to lay on top of Willows back and its one of the cutest things you will ever see! They are just the funniest pair. Willow and Turtle were abandoned at a Home Depot in Lancaster,CA . LBWF took them in and they have been a staff favorite since!
If you are interested in meeting and/or adopting Willow please fill out an application on our website
So CA adoptions due to home check

To adopt Willow, please visit the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation website or Willow’s Petfinder page.

Our Family is Expanding

The hubs and I have been talking about doing this for years and now that we are back home we thought it was finally time. So we are happy to announce…

WE GOT CHICKENS!!!!!

Oh what, you thought I might say something about having a baby? Nope, not for us. This weekend we went and picked up our 13 new additions. We had planned to build a new chicken coop this summer (the one at the house is OLD and GROSS) and getting some chickens in a few months. Well I went to a birthday party and met a lady who had just hatched some chicks. It was her first time and she was told to not expect more than a handful of her 40 eggs to produce. To her surprise 26 chicks were born. She asked if anyone wanted any. I texted the hubs and we agreed we could make it work.

So this weekend we build a brood box (the chicks are only 3 weeks old and can’t go to their coop till about 8 weeks). We are now starting on building a coop and will need to crank it out! We went with intentions of picking up 10 chicks but there were three more she didn’t have room for so we added them.

Now when it comes to the pups I knew that Tori and Baily wouldn’t care. I figured Mesa would be intense and Big Carl was my wild card. Well I was spot on with Tori, Baily and Mesa. Big Carl has decided the chickens are HIS. If any of the other pups get too close he growls at them and makes them leave the chicks alone. It makes me giggle! We brought them home in a dog crate and set it up for a couple hours in the living room with their heat light while putting the finishing touches on their brood box. Mesa found it very entertaining.

Mesa intense? Never....

Mesa intense? Never….

Hopefully most of the chicks turn out to be hens since we got them to be egg layers. Eventually they will go to freezer camp when they stop laying but we aren’t at that point yet. If we have one rooster in the bunch that will be fine. More than one would be a problem! Here are the little ones.

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