tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1406637 2009-08-17T00:11:22-05:00 Retail WAS my vehicle for exploring the domesticated animal kingdom. That exploration has evolved on to professional pet-sitting while continuing my lifelong journey as a pet parent. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed6a6d088330120a4fcf4c8970b 2009-08-17T00:11:22-05:00 2009-08-17T00:16:38-05:00 dsmfishgal Hello Internet people! Long time, no blog. :) Today I'd like to share photos of the most adorable cat house constructed by my friend. He custom-built it with used lumber, carpeted with a nice remnant. My Kritten adores it and...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?a=IrUQ_btB2qs:-D6cK064R74:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed6a6d0883301157120a86a970c 2009-07-17T23:44:21-05:00 2009-07-18T00:00:33-05:00 dsmfishgal Got some bad news guys...my favorite pet rat, Grizzle, has come down very sick and looks to be in his final days. He's been such an incredible source of joy these last couple of years and it's been a blessing...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?a=Zxh9p_SzKxg:4f8yZR72qiw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e54ed6a6d08833011571834ed6970b 2009-06-29T02:13:50-05:00 2009-06-29T02:15:26-05:00 dsmfishgal Snapped a few new photos of Bob and Kritten recently to share on here and my DSM Pets site. Bob's the tabby and Kritten has gray and white hair. Hard to believe there's only a 6-7 month age difference between...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?a=AeVPyENv2Ak:yZXjpjE5QBQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-66046865 2009-04-26T20:18:00-05:00 2009-06-29T02:00:33-05:00 dsmfishgal Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted on here. Been busy tending to pets and working on other writing projects elsewhere on the Internet. Today I'd like to paste a section from Jared Diamond's book Collapse: How...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?a=Fg6q6lNAZks:AFDhnkq6TQ8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/DSMFishGal?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div>