70% of American households have pets. On my street there are 9 houses. 6 of those houses have pets. I’m not sure about birds and fish who don’t go outside so there might be more. Of the animals I know about there are 7 dogs and 2 cats (soon to be 3 cats). Of the 53 homes in my subdivision I would bet money that over 45 of the households have pets. Of my friends and relatives about 90% have pets, if not more.
The reason I’m bringing this up is because in November there will be an election for President of the United States of America.
Candidate A who used to be president hates pets. I read that he sees pets as useless and despises people who have pets. He thinks people who have pets are “low class.” The woman who he might pick to be his VP shot her dog. Shooting a dog is definitely low class – it scrapes the bottom and then some of low class.
The dog this woman shot was a 14 month old German Wirehair Pointer. Anyone who has dogs know that any kind of pointer takes at least three years to stop being a crazy dog. One of my siblings has a German Shorthair Pointer who is absolutely crazy and absolutely precious. My parents had one who lived to be eighteen years old. They are loving dogs and all of that violent sadistic selfish woman’s excuses are not valid. She could have re-homed the dog. She is just an asshole. I bet she enjoyed shooting that dog (yes, I said it, so there.) SO if you love animals why would vote for that ticket. They’re also both no doubt against the Endangered Species Act.
Candidate B has dogs, but he is a piss poor dog owner. He had not one but TWO German Shepards who had to be either re-homed or sent to “a farm” for biting people in the White House, mainly Secret Service Agents. As the owner of a German Shepard, and in the past an owner of an Akita, an Alaskan Malamute, and multiple nuts, I know about dogs.
My 97 pound German Shepard would NEVER bite anyone unless they were actively threatening someone. She, like most German Shepard Dogs, is a total cuddle pup. She is the personification of sweetness. Obviously the White House GSDs were not trained, and nobody was spending any time with them. You can’t just get a dog and take it out for photos. You have to socialize it. You MUST socialize it. You must make that dog part of your life. You must make it part of your family.
I get if one dog didn’t work out for biting, but two? Really? There is NO excuse for that, especially with a German Shepard Dog.
There is another candidate I will call Candidate K, but he has a worm in is brain and a habit of wearing tinfoil hats 90% of the time. Even his own family members said they won’t vote for him.
The reason I bring this up is because I care about character and kindness when it comes to public officials. Even if you don’t have pets it doesn’t mean you hate them.
So that leaves me without anyone I would want to vote for.
Well enough of that.
I also read about a band of Orcas off the coast of Spain sunk a yacht. Way to go Orcas. But why did those Orcas do that? Because they’re tired of our shit. They’re tired of our noise. They’re tired of our garbage in the oceans. They’re tired of our over fishing. They’re tired of a bunch of little alien land dwellers being assholes in their waters. No mystery there. Orcas are smart. They know what they’re doing. I don’t blame them.
Speaking of pets…
My kitten Sterling, who is now a year old, so maybe not technically a kitten…
Sterling is obsessed with hunting and making new friends. He chased the neighbor’s cat, not to fight but to play. The event was not successful.
In the wee hours of Thursday morning, around 3:00, I was sitting with my laptop in my lap. I turned on YouTube and looked up Cat TV. Sterling went NUTS. He batted at the screen. He purred up a storm. He walked over the keyboard. When a bird flew off the screen he jumped behind the computer to see where it went. Then I played a video of cats and kittens making noises to attract other cats. That was the bomb. Sterling wouldn’t stop watching it. He purred louder than I’d ever heard him purr. He’d gently touch the other cats on the screen. Yes, it is time to get him a friend.
Speaking of entertainment…
Netflix recommendations for the week:
The Adam Project (movie)
Megan Leavy (movie)
Carrie Pilby (movie)
War Dogs (movie)
Rescued by Ruby (movie)
Bodkin (series)
Evil (series)
Dead Boy Detective Agency (series)
Midnight Mass (series)
Grim (series)
Prime recommendations for the week:
Dog (movie)
Northern Exposure (series)
Over the past few years this blog has taken a different direction. It started as a mom blog. Now I’m an empty nester. Concerns about middle school, high school, and college are done. Everyone is grown now.
As the younger generation is starting out, there are those in my life who are wrapping it up.
I will be posting more about Eleora, who is moving on, not to adulthood, but to somewhere else. A place none of us has ever been. She is at the end of her time here.
Summer will be here soon. Spring has sprung beautifully as my garden explodes with iris, roses, daylilies, amaryllis, and other spring flowers.
My summer reading list will be out soon. Of course the list will be good all year, as I start up “Juliette’s Book Club” again as a regular Thursday feature.
I had more to say, but I’m watching Eleora for a few hours, and my mind is drifting almost as much as hers.
Thank you for dropping by. Feel free to make comments, or leave your favorite movie/series suggestions.
Stay safe. Check in on those who might need extra help or are by themselves. Hug your dogs and cats. Plant flowers. Roll down the windows, turn up the music, and sing at the top of your voice. Keep that tinfoil off of your head. And kiss a Vampire – you’ll thank me for it later.
xoxoxo
~ Juliette aka Vampire Maman
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