Animals: April 2010 Archives
Smil'nBeans is a dog, by the way. Junior is a cat. You can read about them at the Eastsider LA blog.
Most people return home from a trip with perhaps a souvenir t-shirt, hundreds of photos that will never leave their digital camera and other trinkets. But after a month working on a TV shoot in Puerto Rico, costumer and Echo Park resident Christine Peters is today awaiting the arrival of two living reminders of her visit: a stray dog named Smil'nBeans and a cat named Junior. The two animals, which are scheduled to arrive later this afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport accompanied by Peters' assistant, were among the many abandoned and stray animals Peters saw roaming the streets and roads of Puerto Rico.
About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.