Cat Co-authored Science Paper

Hello, Malin here!

As a domestic cat, I just wanted to point out that in 1975, a domestic cat, Chester, co-authored a scientific paper that has been cited many times. Cats can. 

No Camping For Us

Paula and I watched a show on TV where a family went camping. They would sleep in tents. This is nothing for us. If you go somewhere, you stay indoors when you sleep. Tents are for ringside at dog shows, not for sleeping. Civilisation is too precious for us to leave behind, unless we are forced to. 

Cold

It seems like Daniel has a cold. He is more tired than usual and coughs. He was at the city council today, but he is not in such a good mood that he usually is after a day at the city council. I hope he feels better tomorrow. Sleep often cures colds. 

Ticks

Paula removed some ticks today. We hope they are at the end of their season.

Tick bites hurt. How much we have ever discussed it, we have never been able to come up with any good aspects of ticks. If there is any species that humans may exterminate, if I were to decide, it is ticks. 

Political Meeting

The political autumn season has started. Daniel was away this evening to lead a meeting with people in our town from his political party. 

They often get sandwiches and coffee with these meetings, but today, there was just fruit and water. Rather cheap, if I may say so. On the other paw, there is enough food for Daniel at home. 

Redhead Festival

Malbec I should have been in Tilburg, in the south of the Netherlands, this weekend. They have an annual festival for redheads there. I am a red sobel Chihuahua, so I think I would fit right in. Red Shibas should also fit in.

On the other paw, neither Paula nor Daniel are redheads. Daniel have told me his father was a redhead, but this would hardly help. Thus, I would not have any human to accompany me there. Oh, well, it is nice to stay at home too. 

International Dog Day

Apparently, it is the International Dog Day today. Paula served us cheeseburgers thanks to this.

I am not very fond of the idea of a special dog day. I believe every day should be a dog day, and a human day. We are two species who have a civilisation together. Nevertheless, I thanked Paula very much for the cheeseburgers. 

Quiz

Paula and Daniel went away on a quiz night tonight. They came back and had not won, but were happy anyway. They did not do badly on the quiz, they said. 

I believe Paula and Daniel would have won, had I been on their quiz team. Alas, dogs were not allowed, probably because we would be an unfair advantage to our teams. Perhaps there will be another quiz in the future, when I can participate. 

A Little Cake

There was some leftover cake from Paula’s birthday. Daniel got a piece and all of us dogs got some. 

Cake is good, I can understand why humans love it. I would prefer something like minced meat, but if you are served cake, you are grateful. 

I look forward to the next time we have a birthday celebration. 

Birthday

We celebrated Paula’s birthday today. Everyone got good things to eat. Birthday celebrations are great. 

The rule of thumb is that dogs live one year for seven human years. I believe we should, therefore, have birthday celebrations seven times a year. This would only be fair. 

Happy birthday, Paula! You are worth all the celebrations you can have. 

Toto Cutugno Has Passed

Hello, Pepe here!

When you have a name like Pepe, you feel akin to people with similar names. Toto Cutugno, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1990, just had Toto as a nickname. His real first name was Salvatore. Then again, Pepe is just my nickname. My real name is Skabona And No Messing. 

Toto Cutugno passed away today. May he rest in peace. 

Ice Cream

Hello, Viola here!

Paula and Daniel had ice cream for dessert tonight. I also got some. It was great. I ate so quickly that I got seconds and thirds from Daniel. He is a nice human. 

Non-return Valve

A plumber was here today, changing the non-return valve deep down in the well. The old valve had broken down, so the pump had to work constantly to keep the pressure up. We cannot have it like this. The pump is not built for this and it consumes too much energy. It was nice to have the valve changed. 

Spanish Gold

Spain won the final of the FIFA Ladies’ World Cup in football. England got the silver. 

We Chihuahuas rooted for Spain. They speak the same language as in our native Mexico, so there is this connection. 

Daniel rooted for England, because England is the home country of football and he likes England in other ways as well. He likes Spain too, but it is more fun to follow a game if you root for one of the teams. 

There will be more interesting sports tournaments in the future. 

Bronze

The Swedish team won the bronze game in the FIFA Ladies’ World Cup in Football. We are happy Sweden won against Australia. 

It would have been better to get to the final, playing for the gold medals, but Sweden is still one of the best countries in ladies’ football. 

Australia also got the best result ever in a World Cup. Within time, they can also be happy for this result. 

No Rain

It has not rained for two days. With the huge amounts of rain we have had, almost every day for weeks, this is new. Now I hope it will be no more rain for a while.

The lawn needs to be mowed and this may be done tomorrow if it is dry enough. I hope it will be. 

Reintroducing Wildlife

Water voles have been reintroduced in the Lake District in England. The species has been almost extinct in the country, but humans have bred a lot of them and are now reintroducing them into the wild.

This is a great thing for a wild species of mammals. There are few species who have the luck of dogs and humans to be part of civilisation, with all the perks that this bring us. Most species are adapted to the wild. Chihuahuas could too, of course, but we are so devoted to our humans that we do not want to. It is still nice that wild species like water voles can get help and be reintroduced like this. 

Days Can Go By So Fast

We all had a day off today, with summer vacations. This meant that we could sleep until late. Then there was mostly soft things to do. You would think a day like this would feel long, but it did not. It is suddenly evening again. 

I hope tomorrow will feel like a longer day. 

Loss

Sweden lost the semi final in the FIFA World Cup to Spain, 1–2. The Spanish team made a better game and won fairly, though we would have liked Sweden to win. 

The Swedish team will play for the bronze medals on Saturday. I hope they win. 

Epilogue

Paula and Daniel have been away today as well to work with the dog show that took place the past weekend. I did not realise that there were so much work to do after the show, just like before it. The show went very well, Paula and Daniel have told us. I am glad it did, it means the work they do get good results. 

Back Home

Paula and Daniel have been away a lot this weekend. They worked at a dog show in Askersund, which is an important thing to work with. They are back home now. It is always better when everyone is at home. Life is better now. 

No Time

 Tonight, I have no time to write more than this 

Another Swedish Victory

Sweden won the quarter final versus Japan in the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Our Poodle friend Laila, who was born in Japan, was a little disappointed. She also pointed out that Hailey and Polly, creator and former owner of this blog, would also have been a little disappointed. They were Shibas, thus, of a Japanese breed, so I have to agree with Laila. While we are glad that Sweden won, for the sake of Hailey, Polly, and other Shibas we know, we are sorry that Japan is out of the tournament. In a knock out phase of a tournament, this is inevitable, one team has to lose for the other to win.

We can still be sure that Hailey and Polly would have wanted the best possible result for Sweden in the rest of the World Cup. Next opponent is Spain, another exciting game. We root for Sweden in this game. 

Packing a Bag

Pepe will go away for the weekend, so he has packed a bag with the essentials. There is food, a bowl for the food, a bowl for the water. Who needs more? He also has his passport, not to go abroad, but to be able to come in at a dog show that he will visit. It will be an adventure for him, but I am pleased to be able to stay at home. I like the peace and quiet at home, where everything is as it usually is. 

A Little Late Celebrations

Yesterday was the International Cat Day. Paula bought some luxury cat food for our cats Malin and Totte. However, they were outdoors the whole afternoon and night. Paula gave them the luxury cat food today instead. They loved it, Malin almost so much that she tried to steal Totte’s food. 

Our cats are good friends and guard our house against mice. They deserve to be celebrated. It was quite alright to do it a little late, today. Better late than never. 

Derailed Train

The huge amounts of rain has caused a train to derail outside of Hudiksvall, further north than us in Sweden. The rain had caused the foundation for the rail to be too instable. Fortunately, there were just minor injuries and just on some of the passengers. I still would not have wanted to go by this train. All passengers were evacuated, so they had to go out in the rain, and everybody was delayed. It feels good to stay at home instead. 

Calm Monday Morning

It is Monday, but we did not wake up to the alarm clock. Both Daniel and Paula are off from work. This is the joys of summer vacations. 

The weather is still rainy and dull. It was not as much rain today as yesterday, but some. This is the downside of summer vacations, but we have had a nice time indoors, nevertheless. 

Sweden Won

Sweden won in the World Cup and went on to the quarter finals. 

As decendants from Mexico, the other Chihuahuas and I were a little extra happy. The loser was the USA, which beat Mexico in a war in the 19th century, appropriating a huge part of what was Mexican territory up to that war. The Mexican parts of us can, thus, have a little schadenfreude that the USA did not win. We do not hold any grudge against the USA, but we may root for others in sports. 

Japan Carries the Day

Japan won its first game in the knock out stage of the FIFA World Cup versus Norway, 3–1. 

Hailey, creator of this blog, and my dear late friend Polly, would have enjoyed this. Their Japanese roots made them root for Japan. 

Laila, our Poodle friend who was born in Japan, likes it.

If Sweden wins its next game versus the United States tomorrow, Sweden will face Japan in one of the quarter finals. Laila says she will still root for Japan and that the Shibas would have, too. I will root for Sweden. We will see what happens. 

Bus Crash

Polly often wrote about news from Japanin this blog. Since I am not the owner of the blog, but just the care taker until a decendant of Polly can take over, I thought I might try to do the same. News from Mexico is still more interesting for me personally, since Chihuahuas are from Mexico, just like Shibas are from Japan.

In a place close to the Mexican Pacific coast, a bus crashed yesterday. Fifteen humans died. Just like Polly would have done, I question if any dogs were among the casualties and how things will turn out for dogs whose humans were on this bus.

It is a pity that news like this hardly ever tell you whether any dogs were involved. This seems to be the same regardless of the country the news are from, whether it is Mexico, Japan, Sweden, or any other country. I will continue Polly’s critique of this. 

Rain, Rain, Rain

It has been raining a lot today. In the evening, when we usually go out for the night, it is pouring. We don’t know if we should go out quickly anyway or just wait. I guess I will write my daily blog entry before we go out, anyway. It is not that I think the weather will change while I write it, but at least it gives me a small opportunity to delay going out. Summers can be rainy, this is one such summer. Life is still nice indoors. 

Won the Group

After three consecutive victories, Sweden won its group in the FIFA World Cup and went on to the final sixteen. There, Sweden will face the USA. While the USA came second in its group, it is a great womens’ football team and the game will not be an easy victory for Sweden. Indeed, there is a huge risk that Sweden will lose it. The game will surely be exciting. It will be played on Sunday and we will probably watch it on TV, unless, perhaps, the suspense gets to big. 

Eating Out

We got food on the deck outside today. It is nice to eat outdoors in the summer. The air is fresh and warm, and it adds to the experience of the food. 

In the winter, I rather eat indoors, but in the summer, eating out is a great thing.