JZ Zurinsky
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Pippin
They say that a good dog mimics their owner’s personality. This adage may be true in a lot of people’s minds; in any case, it is a tremendous compliment to a human, but not too much to a dog. I have contended that a human could never fill a dog’s shoes, and that is why we only have two feet, and they have four, and that is why dogs don’t wear shoes. I have never known any human act happy to see you and love you no matter how bad a fit you may be in. Dogs on the other hand, are different. The loyalty and love of a good dog is a constant. Canines are always a comforting and steadfast presence. I should be so lucky and fortunate to mimic my dog Pippin’s personality. Pippin, who also proudly wears the title: 'Pipster the Wonder Dog’, is quite unlike any dog (or human for that matter), that I have ever had the privilege of knowing. Pipster is the Evel Knievel of the dog world. The dog is a true daredevil and has been through every imaginable mishap or tragedy known to the human and canine world, and yet his joie de vivre is inexhaustible. He has been attacked by packs of feral dogs, which required reconstructive surgery (twice), survived a rattlesnake bite to the face, a jump off of a speeding ATV, and a terrible bout with pancreatitis. Pippin has also attacked numerous peacocks, a porcupine, charged bulls, and came out barely ahead of an encounter with a boar javelina. All of his ‘Puppy Adventures’ leave me and the veterinarian shaking our heads in wonderment and disbelief, and cause friends and family, wide and near, to quip and jest: 'Maybe Evel Knievel should be considered The Pipster of the Daredevil world?’ Of course, it’s all fun and games for Pippin, and before you can say: ‘Fudge Dipped Milk Bone’, he is off romping into the Southern New Mexico desert in the foothills of the Mimbres Mountains, chasing a herd of Pronghorn Antelope, or an Angus steer before I barely have a chance to save him from his next pitfall.
By JZ Zurinsky 4 years ago in Petlife
Show and Tell
When I was in grammar school, first grade, every Wednesday, we’d have Show and Tell. Generally, I was shy, sensitive and embarrassed very easy, so I never went in front of the class, and showed anything off unless my interest was piqued, and I had something of extraordinary importance and value to share with my fellow classmates. One time, I showed a one-million year old shark’s tooth that my Daddy found in a spring-fed creek that ran along his own back yard in Gainesville, Florida, when he was a little boy! All my friends were impressed with that, because that tooth was so big, it took both of my hands to carry it, and Daddy said: ‘...that it was probably as ancient as any dinosaur, that it was prehistoric, (whatever that meant), and it was so old, it had fossilized, and turned to stone!’ My teacher, Miss Smith was impressed with that. She liked old things.
By JZ Zurinsky 5 years ago in Families
