WE JUST LOST OUR PRECIOUS DANDY of BAVARIA...

 

Dandy had only just come into the Bavarian herd
to cheer the 7 grieving girls who were inconsolable
following the loss of Meeri-Boy and Ingrid, Helmut,
and the herd adored him.
He passed away last night in Ingrid's arms.
We are speechless, having so recently experienced
the Heavy Weight Almighty of loss upon loss...at the
moment are in shock for you, grieving for you...
And only wish we could be there in person to hold you all.
Please know how much all of us love you...
Dandy is with Meeri-Boy now.
Our Love Belongs to You, Ingrid, Helmut, and the Girls,
All Herds, All Hearts, All With You Now
~~~~~~

Guinea pigs carrying off and eating cucumber - YouTube

Guinea pigs carrying off and eating cucumber - YouTube

YUP! Don't wanna be the littlest pig when the
cukes come out, fo'sho!

THE "SCURRY"

 

BHINDI loves, loves, loves being scritch-scratched
right here, with his head in his bright orange tunnel!
He'll popcorn so hard that he rolls over, grabs mom's
finger with that back foot, and inch his way until she's
got just the right spot! They play this game all day
if she's Horizontal and not gaining Altitude because
well, ain't much else to do but make a big, swirly,
shark-tail the happiest pig he can be!
It's a good life, a good world, especially if you're
Bhindi, like me!

"Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright (Irish performance) - YouTube

"Hallelujah" by Rufus Wainwright (Irish performance) - YouTube

Just because we love him, this song, and this is his Irish version.
Soulful. Just a break in the clouds that came back. Spring for us
inside. We know you'll understand.

"Bhindi, Can We Talk?"

 

Bhindi, I know you think I'm just a snitty little
upstart who jumps by on Runabout to stick my
runty long nose into your cage to brag about me
being on Runabout and you NOT being on
Runabout and that you really wanna just snap my
nose cuz you start chattering your teeth and I start
chattering MY little teeth and we lunge at each
other between the bars and...WAIT!
THAT'S NOT WHY I'M HERE...off topic! off topic!
It's YumYum, Bhindi, he has gotten SO FULL o'himself
with the Pashmina that the next few posts are all of
HIM just because he's still the editor, but we're going
to lose readers, I'm deeply concerned about our
circulation going down, you know how the business
is these days, for journalism and social networking
media and now he has gone and decreed himself
- oh, I'm not EVEN going to repeat it because HE
says it a-plenty himself - BUT Bhindi, can we put
aside our differences long enough to regroup and
figure out how to save our blog from YumYum's
GREAT BIG SPLAT o'the EGO?
Bhindi: "Boy, I gonna snap that nose off, you come
round shovin' it in between the bars o'my cage like
this one more time! GOT THAT, RUNT?"


And, with that, VinniValliGuinea was off running and
jumping over his cuddle cups and all things fun and
frolic-full that he loves so about his Runabouts leaving
the fate of our blog to...well...just fast forward.
It's easier.
~

I AM NOTHING IF NOT EFFUSIVELY HUMBLE!

 

Guess that about sez it all, huh!

Dandy Brings New Hope to Spring in Bavaria!

 

Oh DANDY, you beautiful meeri, you!
Make us just want to pet you and hear you
purrrrrr and watch you popcorn amidst 
the harem seven!
Now we know how you bring so much
happiness to them and us: you are DandyLicious!
~~~
Darling boy, how you could ever have ended
up in a shelter...We guess it was just a stop
along the way to your FOREVER HOME.
love you all, dears,
the Pirates of Pashmina!

KING OF THE PASH-PIGS!

 

Oooooh...even King o' the PashPigs 
needs to make a tinkle while sunning 
himself, knowing mom won't mind
if it dries before she -
(UH-OH!)

YUM-YUM'S NEW DISCOVERY: SILK PASHMINA

 

Silk Pashmina, mom's meditation shawl.
How could I not have known about this?

 

Oooh, baby, BABY! Gimme that Sun
and Bring On Your Very-Best LOVE!

 

This is PERFECT: I'm a PashPig now!

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY!

 

HOW CAN WE THANK YOU, INGRID,
HELMUT, AND DANDY FOR YOUR
FRIENDSHIP?
TOTALLY UNEXPECTED...
HOW DO WE TELL YUM-YUM THAT
SQUEALING "YUM-YUM!
BAVARIAN TRUFFLES ARE NOT FOR YOU?!"
It's not that easy...
then again...
not THAT HARD, either, after the first bite!
Today a package came,
full of spring,
full of hope from a herd recently bereaved,
Now blessed with Dandy and Dandy has
such a BIG HEART...
and we have something on the wall to
remind us of friendship long after the 
Bavarian truffles are gone...
(don't ask HOW LONG...
let's just say, not very!)


Friendship...
~
Thank you: we are so deeply touched...
after all you have been through, losing
Meeri-Boy, discovering Dandy,
you still thought of us...
You never lost your sweetness -
We are at a loss for words,
how about Thank You with
hugs, lots of hugs
and scritchy-scratches for
Dandy, so adorable,
so dear!
And now so near...
~

'TIS SPRING & DANDELIONS ARE SPRINGING UP EVERYWHERE!

Meet "Dandelion!"

 

"King of his very own Harem" in beautiful,
budding, spring in Bavaria, Germany!
 

~SQUEEEEEEEE! HAPPY PIGS!~

 

Dandelion, WELCOME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL HERD of
Guinea Pigs of the Americas
Cavies of the British Isles
and Meeris of the Bavarian Alps!
(And Fiona of America!)
We LOVE your "HOME set-up"
and can tell you right now that with
your "harem" and Auntie Ingrid and 
Uncle Helmut (what with being from
the Shelter and who knows what before
that?) you are finally Home and...ya know...
HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS!
GUESS WHO LOVES YOU?
ALL OF US!!!!!!

FIONA! OMG, WE ARE SOOOOO IN LOVE!

 

Remember a few posts back we featured all our
cuddle cups, huts, tunnels, and cool stuff? 
They are all made by Jen of Jen's Custom Crafts, who also has a little habit of stuffing wonderful
piggie surprises in the orders for our Sanctuary 
and many of you have asked about our colorful
assortment of lovelies...so meet Jen's daughter!
Holding FIONA, their baby pot-bellied pig just
adopted from a rescue, and she is so in love with
their daughter and looks mutual and Fiona follows
them around making soft snuffling sounds...
But guess what else is special? "Shrek" is one of
mom's favorite movies and she has the CD for her
HAPPY-DANCE-MUSIC and when people give
her a hard time she confesses that she can't help it
because...(long pause)..."I'm an ogre," she says!


SO, IF JEN AND HER DAUGHTER AND FIONA
HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WOULD LIKE TO WARMLY WELCOME THEM INTO OUR
HERD AS FIONA IS A PIGGIE, AFTER ALL,
and mom wants one now, too, really bad, so we
invite Jen to please keep the pictures coming so
we can post them for all to enjoy Fiona growing up
with her new, loving family!


FIONA, WELCOME TO THE HERD!


love,
(and I think we speak on behalf of all of us)
~
PandasPigSanctuary, Washington, U.S.A.
~
Fairy & Marigold cavies in lovely 
Appleby, U.K.
~
Dandy and his harem of 7 meeris in Bavaria,
Germany with respect and love to Meeri-boy having just passed days ago...the girls got too sad
and needed a friend to help them grieve just as
we did here...and Dandy comes from a Rescue...
~
The herd of two girls who live here in our apartment complex with two precious children
~
Everyone who loves animals and people
EVERYWHERE!


FIONA, YOU ARE ONE ROCKIN' PIGLET!