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I'm sure most people in the states know, but perhaps those outside of the states don't know, earlier this week there was an earthquake in the eastern US. This is a very atypical place for earthquakes (I've live in this part of the country for 25 years and had never...
read moredropped the ball… but I make it up to you!
Alright, so last night was a crazy night. I finished my training classes and was on my way home at 9:18pm--my ride is normally 20-25 minutes long which has me arriving home around 9:45. I grab a bite to eat and generally sit down to start my blog post for the...
read moreIf my dogs could only learn 4 behaviors…
Sit, down, stand, spin, other (other direction spin), bow, relax (lay on hip), here!, shake, touch, pretty, get-that, roll over, scoot, weave, backwards weaves, go to your mark, take off my socks, but said socks in the laundry basket, open your crate, go in your...
read moreSOMEONE didn't read my dog-bite-prevention series…
This past weekend I went to this huge canine event. There were dogs and people and kids and golf carts all over the place. I would say the vast, vast majority of dogs were being walked on prong collars or choke chains. I'd say about half of the dogs were pretty...
read moreGood Citizen? Yep… apparently so!
Yep you heard that right! I know I mentioned it in July that Shayne was going for her CGC... well I was a bad dog-mom and missed the sign up date. I had planned on waiting until the next test at that facility in October but an event I went to this weekend decided to...
read moreWhy I'm glad I'm one of THOSE dog people
Okay, I admit it (as if I even have to admit to this, I know you all already suspected), I am one of those dog people whose car is a glorified canine cab. I drive a Ford Focus ZX5 (the 4 door hatchback)... it was the ideal dog car when I lived in NY. It was big...
read moreBlog Roll Updates!
Alright, I was looking at my blog roll and realized that ... wow, I haven't updated that since I started blogging. Now that I've discovered and been introduced some amazing blogs I figured it was time to update it... and what better way to draw attention to the...
read more"Sometimes Even Friendly Dogs Turn Bad"…Really? PT. 2
Just in case some of you missed it yesterday, we are discussing a commercial that has really come to bother me in the recent months. I always had issues with it but now I get irritated to the point that I give the lawyer in the commercial some colorful back-talk (ie:...
read more"Sometimes even friendly dogs turn bad"…. Really?
So, I have seen this commercial many, many times over the last... I don't know, 3 years, and it has continued to bother me and really just rub me the wrong way. The implication in this commercial is extremely frustrating and somewhat fear-mongering. I think my...
read moreBeautiful Day
I feel like I've posted this over and over again... dogs playing at the pond... Shayne jumping off the rocks, Rio swimming with toys, Bandit coated in mud. You'll have to tolerate one more post like this (at least). On Friday we took the dogs to the pond and it was...
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