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O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. Psalm 104:24-30
You're probably pretty bored with turkey sandwiches by now.
So here's the good news if you still have left-overs: You can turn them into dog treats!
Check out this recipe for Turkey Dog Treats.
Your dog will love you.
Yeah, I know. We should have posted this yesterday.
But did you know there were dogs aboard the Mayflower? (Why is the associated smell the first thought that comes to my mind?)
I got to thinking about the Mayflower dogs this week since I've been reading Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War in
which author Nathaniel Philbrick mentions the dogs early on.
From the opening pages of the book:
For 65 days, the Mayflower had blundered her way through storms and headwinds, her bottom a shaggy pelt of seaweed and barnacles, her leaky decks spewing salt water onto her passengers' devoted heads. There were 102 of them -- 104 if you counted the two dogs: a spaniel and a giant, slobbery mastiff.
According to an article at ancestry.com (thanks to Horst Hoefinger over at Dogster for the link) there are records of at least two dogs that participated in the settling of Plymouth Colony:
(Edward Winslow, writing in 1622) tells us a mastiff and a spaniel were involved in the first explorations of discovery on Cape Cod and activities of homebuilding during the first winter ashore. Although there may have been other pets aboard Mayflower during her historic voyage, they are not mentioned. ...
So there you go. It's belated, but we hope you all had a wonderful holiday!
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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.