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Martha Stewart Comes Home

Martha Stewart Comes Home

Martha Stewart, special needs chicken, meets her new adopted brood in the shower, cheered on by April, the miracle cat who survived her 2006 tour through the clothes dryer. Never boring around here!


Martha and her new kids on the (non chopping) block

Martha and her new kids on the (non chopping) block

Two weeks after they met in the shower, Martha Stewart and her adoptees are happy residents of the dog run...and Brer Fox is nowhere to be found.


The Piggies Got Big!

The Piggies Got Big!

The piggies, still a few months away from being big enough to star in the touring stage production of "Hannibal," check out the camera.


Here It Is! The "Chimp" Book Trailer!

Here It Is! The "Chimp" Book Trailer!

This cool little video clip sums up "The Chimp Who Loved Me" in just 90 seconds of coolness. Check it out and please share it with your friends!


Piggies at the Water Park

Piggies at the Water Park

A simple garden hose becomes a water attraction for the little piglets, who haven't yet figured out that they can take a drop and a one-stroke penalty and avoiding trying to hit over the thing altogether.


How do you solve a problem like Maria?

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Maria getting a lecture on hygiene.


Jealous Cow

Jealous Cow

One of our cows gets a little envious of the attention paid to a calf.


Conversations with a dove

Conversations with a dove

Occasionally you run across something so beautiful that even my cynical heart melts. This brilliant white dove was one of those things.


Dolly the Pitbull

Dolly the Pitbull

Dolly's story

This is the story of Dolly from her first appearance as a stray to her terrible abuse by her first adoptive parent, to her return to health at our veterinary clinic, to her adoption by Erica Daniel.


Runt Club

Runt Club

Every litter of pigs has its runts, who are always the fastest and cutest of the bunch. Here are Maria's runts in action!

Every litter of pigs has its runts, who are always the fastest and cutest of the bunch.  Here are Maria's runts in action!


Piggy Yard Work

Piggy Yard Work

The pigs digging up my lawn!

Pigs, regardless of age, are incredible rooters and can furrow a piece of ground in no time looking for all manner of yummies.  Maria's offspring waste no time in helping Annie aerate her front yard.


Rehabbing Martha Stewart, Special Needs Chicken

Rehabbing Martha Stewart, Special Needs Chicken

Annie rehabs yet another special needs fowl, a chicken named Martha Stewart, in her home shower.

In our home, the traditional place to house special needs chickens and turkeys while they heal from their various injuries is the shower.  So I've been nursing Martha Stewart, special needs chicken, back to health in said shower.  This includes taking her for rehab walks in the sunshine, which she seems to enjoy.  Of course, her name is part of a shameless attempt to get the real Martha Stewart as a guest on All Paws Pet Talk.  I wonder if she'll be flattered by this?


Mummy, do we have any more milk?

Mummy, do we have any more milk?

The piglets are hungry...what a shock!

After one week, Maria's brood of piglets (which we have not named yet, though I'm leaning toward terribly macabre things like Bacon, Carnitas, Sausage and Pulled Pork Sandwich) is hungry pretty much all the time.  I don't know what's with the fellow mucking about up by Maria's nose; he may be a directionally challenged pig.


If you don't think this is cute, there's something wrong with you

If you don't think this is cute, there's something wrong with you

Maria's family of pink, black and white piggies running about after a morning feeding.

Maria the pig's family of adorable little pink and black-and-white piggies running about after a morning feeding.  If you don't think this is just about the cutest thing you have ever seen, then check yourself into the hospital right now, because there's something seriously wrong with you.  In a few months, these guys will weigh 100 pounds and creating enough poop to bury a Buick, but for right now they are Wilbur, each and every one of them.  Some pigs!


Maria popping out her first newborn

Maria popping out her first newborn

Maria the pig becomes a proud mama after 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days of pregnancy.

Wow.  The miracle of birth is no less amazing when it's happening to a pig than to a human.  In fact, it's more amazing because there are no epidurals, obstetricians, pushy nurses or doulas exhorting the mother to "push."

The newborn gets its bearings.

The newborn gets its bearings.

Talk about disoriented! You're just out of the womb and your biggest worry is that your mom will squash you into pork rinds with her bulk. And you thought your mornings were tough.

Talk about disoriented!  You're just out of the womb and your biggest worry is that your mom will squash you into pork rinds with her bulk. And you thought your mornings were tough.


The babies are HUNGRY!

The babies are HUNGRY!

The piglets get down on mummy's tummy—yummy! Sorry, I couldn't resist the rhyming.

The piglets go to town on mummy's teats.  They'll feed for hours each day and gain weight at a rate that usually requires Ben and Jerry's.  Hmm, I wonder if one of those things serves Guiness?


One Hour Later...

One Hour Later...

One hour after being popped out, the eleven new piglets (one was born dead, sadly), fill their little bellies.

One hour after being popped out, the eleven new piglets (one was born dead, sadly), fill their little bellies.  Maria, pooped after her Herculean effort at childbirth, rests.  I'm sorry, if you don't think this is cute, there's something seriously wrong with you.


Jim Cole on the Today Show 6-8-10

Jim Cole on the Today Show 6-8-10

Our good friend Jim Cole, author of "Blindsided," passed away at the age of 60. Tim co-wrote his book and this was him appearing with Matt Lauer on the day the book came out. He was a wonderful man and will be missed.