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Livin' the Crazy

Just a gal and her rescues, embracing a crazy life and sharing what we love and learn along the way. Tami heads up the Crazy and owns a pet nutrition business.

In support of the homeless or ailing, we will always be a voice for the voiceless. Livin' the Crazy is a community dedicated to celebrating the "crazy" that occurs in a life dedicated to our furry friends. She also slangs insurance as her full-time side hustle. She has been deeply involved in the rescue community in AZ and will forever have a passion for homeless dogs a

nd cats in need. There are 4 canine & 4 feline rescues (plus a resident feral kitty) that make up our crazy family. Chronologically they are:

- Romeo (15yo); Ragdoll/Siamese
- Juliet (14yo); DMH kitty
- Murphy (8yo); Shihtzu
- Sonny (7yo); Sh*tzu mix
- Aliekat (7yo); Lynx point siamese
- Olivia (7yo); Maltese/Yorkie/Shihtzu mix
- Enzo (6yo); All American 'who knows' mixed up adorable mutt
- Bentley (4mo); Polydactyl gray tabby
- Mama Mercedes (1y'ish); Bentley's Mama, and a feral who stays outside

Our guardian angels, that await us at the Rainbow Bridge, are Daisy (neapolitan mastiff) and Cookie (brown tabby).

15/07/2025

Then there's old blue eyes. 🥰 Enzo really is a basset hound masquerading as a fluffernutter. He is THE MOST food motivated dog I've ever had and the fact that I don't have him doing headstands is fairly shameful. 🤣 Aside from his asymptomatic Valley Fever a couple of years ago (which we're hoping stays at bay moving forward), he is the puppiest of 11yo seniors, showing absolutely no sign of slowing down. He's still skittish with new things, but vastly improved these last 10yrs, thanks in large part to the possibility of food as a reward. 😉 AND the borrowed courage of Liv. She's definitely his emotional support animal, preferring her to me 90% of the time. 🤷🏽‍♀️

13/07/2025

Olivia, aka Liv, Livalina, Liv Liv, Olivia Newton John 😉... is somehow already 12! She remains the absolute best of divas, loving her Mama but preferring everybody else to admire from a distance. 👑 Her only real challenge is that as she's aged, she's grown more and more anxious. Wind, unexpected sounds, fireworks (of course), and even sometimes my long work days can all send her into such a state that she makes herself sick with diarrhea, vomiting and inappetance. Eternally grateful for some home remedies that largely get her back on track in short order. Most dogs eventually lose hearing as they age, but I'm certain that Murphy's Law will have Liv hearing a pin drop into perpetuity. 🤦🏽‍♀️

11/07/2025

It might be the "I stuck my tongue in an outlet" look that makes you say "awwww..." but for me, it's the little gray around that one big sweet brown eye that absolutely melts my heart. 🥰

Sonny has had a rough, rough 18mos between pancreatitis, pneumonia, intermittently chronic diarrhea, permanently scarred lungs (likely from too much time outdoors in previous homes, or the result of an unknown/untreated trauma), and atypical (and aggravating) irritable bowl disease... this kid has rolled with the punches despite at times feeling absolutely awful for days if not weeks on end. After failing to get his gas production under control with traditional options, we've recently and begrudgingly resorted to steroids and (knock on alllll the wood) to my great relief he is more stable and comfortable than he's been since all this started. (though he is convinced that I'm starving him to death thanks to the 'roids. 😁) Sonny is also in the 12-13yo range, and currently brags about being my greatest expense behind my mortgage. (no joke) Anyone need a one-eyed largely untrained super pawmodel? 😉

10/07/2025

It's been awhile (eons?!) since I've given any real updates on the Crew. Life gets busy and the world is crazy (read, sometimes overwhelming)! ShMurph continues to be the pickiest (food is always poison), sassiest (he still tries to bite my face off weekly), and sleepiest angry elf in the land. Healthwise, he's hangin in better than I feared he would at 13yo. He still loves his car rides, even if it usually means a trip to the vet or the groomer. His back end consistently slides forward due to aging/wasting muscles, but in true Murphy fashion, he REFUSES to stand on the 15 thousand throw rugs I have strewn around the house. Because why would he? 🤦🏽‍♀️ He's got a little kidney disease progressing and we still play a twice daily game of "what will Murphy eat today", which for those of you that have played a similar game... You know how ABSOLUTELY NOT FUN it is for the human participant! BUT, as annoying as his adorable little self can be... He's a walk in the park compared to the 12ish yo one-eyed wonder (Sonny), who we'll catch up on tomorrow.

adoptionsthisclosetogether?!?

05/07/2025

Happy 4th of July from Enzo and the Crazy Crew!! Hope your fireworks are few and far between, and if you get a few fallen hotdogs in the process, it may just be worth it! 🌭 😋 🌭

17/05/2025

Today is day 10 of a verrrrry slow food transition for this handsome old man. We're hoping beyond hope that it eliminates the 'super t***s' that cause him so much pain. We haven't been able to diagnose a specific ailment that could be causing the excessive gas production, so changing his food YET AGAIN is our last ditch attempt to avoid permanent steroids, or worse decisions. (I'm half convinced the food will work because it's stupid expensive, and that's just how he rolls.🤷🏽‍♀️) Fingers 🤞 that after 16mos of one thing after another, we get this sweet boy some consistent relief.

31/01/2025

This is B's Resting 'Do I Look Like I Care?' Face. It's very similar to his Resting 'Don't Even Think About Booping My Nose' Face. Context is everything. 🤷🏽‍♀️

20/01/2025

Don't worry Murph, it may be Sunday night but Mama has tomorrow off. 🎉 Hooray for federal holidays!

25/12/2024

We went to Auntie Christel's house today to supervise her holiday preparations. We pbly should've taken more pictures of the actual food (it was gorgeous) but... 🤷🏽‍♀️ Merry Christmas Eve everybody!!

07/05/2024

It's been four years.

Four years of getting the stink ear daily.
Four years of those massive murder mittens dragging in every lizard, cricket, and bird they can get their toe beans on.
Four years of chewing through absolutely every thin cord in the house (or straw, or plastic, or chip bag).

AND

It's been four years of gratitude for the love and attention he gave Romeo before he passed.
Four years of laughter when he violently head bunts Enzo and Sonny as they wait patiently for dinner.
And four years of love bite reminders to stay in the moment... and give more pets!

Happy Birthday B!! 🥰

19/04/2024

Liv turned 11 today. ELEVEN!! We celebrated by chasing the sunset. 🥰 It seems like just yesterday that she and her sister Sparkle were brought into , huddled in the back of a cat carrier, eyes as big as saucers. They were too too skinny, matted, and covered in tiny seed ticks. Within a week I took them both to foster, and frankly the rest is history! Aside from tiring faster on walks/hikes (me too girl), and a little more gray on her face, you'd never guess she was solidly into her senior years. I don't know how many years we have left, but I'll cherish every moment until then. We're looking forward to celebrating with Sparkle & soon!

04/04/2024

This is for our AZ Furrriends, anybody in the market for a sweet, house-trained, adorable pup? Or able to foster? Or help get him into a rescue? A friend found him in their neighborhood (Germann/Higley) a couple of days ago and they've been keeping him safe, but their resident pup isn't wild about having another pup in the house. No chip, no collar, and they've posted in loads of Facebook groups but no luck so far. Vet estimates him to be 3ish yrs old, with no obvious health concerns. Comment if you have any ideas or have a lead on somebody that can help! If not, please share and send him some positive juju for a soft furever landing. ❤️ 🐾 🏠 🙏

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We LOVE our furry family, we want to live our best life together, and we can’t help but share what we learn and love with others.

Tami (Mom) is the human that was rescued by this adorable herd of furries. She’s a rescue advocate, entrepreneur, dreamer, and photographer- and has a passion for all things dog & cat. Her full-time side hustle is insurance. :)

Seven rescues make up the Crazy...

Murphy - 7yo white shihtzu: finicky, bossy, friendly, has a human foot-fetish (haha!) Sonny - 7’ish yo one-eyed cream/white shihtzu: very vocal, snuggly, excitable Olivia - 6yo brown morkie’ish mutt: sweet, cooperative, independent, trooper Enzo - 5yo blue-eyed lhasa mutt: tentative, prefers dogs to people (unless they have food)