Meet my new baby Papillon, Jolie

You may remember that a little over a year ago, my Papillon Jack went on to the Great Doggie Heaven in the Sky. I grieved for a long, long time because his death was really quite unexpected. Yes, he was almost 14 and was rapidly losing his sight and hearing, but we just didn't expect him to die! After putting all of his many toys, blankets, beds and feeding bowls away we questioned whether or not we even wanted to get another dog and go through this again one day.

Then we heard about Jolie. For her privacy, I won't go into all the details, but this beautiful little Papillon had just arrived in Louisville and was not able to stay with her family. I went over to take a peek and it was love at first sight! You'll be hearing a lot about her in the days and weeks ahead. Does she love music? Well, I sang her to sleep her first night here and she slept through the night! She prefers singing to piano or violin so far but time will tell!

IT'S AMAZING HOW STRONG MOTHERHOOD IS - OFTEN IN SOME CASES STRONGER IN OUR ANIMALS THAN US HUMANS.
In a zoo in California , a mother tiger gave birth to a rare set of triplet tiger cubs. Unfortunately, due to complications in the pregnancy, the cubs were born prematurely and due to their tiny size, they died shortly after birth. The mother tiger after recovering from the delivery, suddenly started to decline in health, although physically she was fine. The veterinarians felt that the loss of her litter had caused the tigress to fall into a depression. The doctors decided that if the tigress could surrogate another mother's cubs, perhaps she would improve. After checking with many other zoos across the country, the depressing news was that there were no tiger cubs of the right age to introduce to the mourning mother. The veterinarians decided to try something that had never been tried in a zoo environment. Sometimes a mother of one species will take on the care of a different species. The only 'orphans' that could be found quickly, were a litter of weanling pigs. The zoo keepers and vets wrapped the piglets in tiger skin and placed the babies around the mother tiger. Would they become cubs or pork chops?? Take a look... Now, please tell me one more time ........? Why can't the rest of the world get along??