for about 5 years we had an awesome pet sitter, amanda, who in an unprecedented, very selfish turn decided to move to kentucky last year with her husband…whatever.

it has been a surreal week without owney and after further details from our vet

on friday owney suffered complications from his previous surgery and died on the operating table. this blog has many posts where i tried to portray the essence of owney but he truly was indefinable.

i personally have never had the experience where i’m suddenly scared that perhaps i had overestimated the size of my small intestine.

– maybe fletch has found the equivalent of botox for the stuffed animal kingdom.

we’re pretty sure jewel is bucking for a promotion…she's been bullying everyone incessantly. she’s definitely taking the belittle your opponent approach rather than the kill them with kindness one. i’m not sure i want to live with a pack that jewel is the head of –

this post was originally going to be a continuation of the phineus post below. it was going to include 4-5 pics of phin in some of his other favorite places to sleep…