One Writer Mom. One Teen Kid. One Brilliant Australian Shepherd. One Comical Border Collie Mix. One Dog in a Maine Coon Cat's Body. And Latest to the Party — One Cuddly Cavalier.
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Life on Feb 21st, 2010
There are a hundred reasons not to get a dog. And only one reason to get a dog. On the Don’t Get A Dog side, Reason #34 is:
Mud Season
Muddy Yard
Muddy Dog
Muddy Floor.
So don’t say I never warned you.
Oh, and the one and only reason to get a dog? If you can’t live a day without [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Nature on Feb 14th, 2010
Last call for the dogs at our house is usually around 11 pm. When first call starts at around 5 am, that makes for a very long day. So, at night, I always walk them out to ensure that they get down to business.
Since my sense of humor and patience had already left for bed [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Dogs in General, Life on Jan 24th, 2010
I always find it interesting how life events cluster together. Perhaps you’ve heard of this phenomenon known as “The Law of Threes.”
My little cluster at the moment has to do with healthcare. Within a few months of each other, my family doctor, dentist, and vet have retired. I’ve yet to find people to replace them. [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Life on Nov 29th, 2009
When my family gets together, there are a lot of us. One of the many things we’re thankful for is that we all enjoy each other. There’s always a buzz of activity and lots of laughter.
We got to share an unexpected moment of merriment when, after a long day of cooking, we finally all got [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Nature on Nov 8th, 2009
Graidy is my early bird; he likes to start the day around 5 AM-ish. Once he gets me up, it’s rare that I can get back to sleep. So we hang out and take in the early morning sights.
Once the sun came up, this is what we saw this morning.
There are actually five, all total, [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Dog Training, Dogs in General on Nov 1st, 2009
Over the years, many people have asked for help on how to pick the perfect dog. I’m always happy to assist when I can. I usually start by asking: How many dogs old are you?
Huh? you say. Are you asking me how old in dog years I am?
No, it’s not a sneaky way to calculate [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Life on Oct 18th, 2009
Lately, I’ve had to spend more time working at my “office” office, which means that I haven’t been able to work from my home office nearly as much.
Seeing these two faces at the door as I drive by is the pits. I hate it! I don’t know how mothers who have to leave their children [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Dogs in General on Aug 23rd, 2009
Cait’s little boy hasn’t been feeling so well. Feverish, tired and achy, all Wink wants to do is rest quietly. It’s sad to see this normally effervescent little guy so under the weather. (Though, in a day or so, he should be back to his normal self because he’s been started on Doxycycline, the antibiotic [...]
Posted in .Cait and Me, .My Dogs and Me, My Garden / Recipes, Nature on Aug 16th, 2009
Having recently gone through a growth spurt, Cait was in need of some new clothes. So off to the Mall we went. We always concentrate our efforts in this one particular store, because we always have good luck finding cloths that fit and that Cait will actually wear.
The tradition is to make our way around [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me on Aug 2nd, 2009
Early this morning, around 2 a.m., I was awoken by incessant barking coming from downstairs. Not an altogether unheard of occurrence at our house, with so many wild animals engendering great interest as they traipse through our ten-acre kingdom.
Boy, was I never so happy to be roused from a sound sleep! I got up [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life, Nature on Jun 14th, 2009
It’s in the air today, along with the gathering thunder clouds. Everyone around here is hunting for something.
Our Great Blue Heron is on the hunt for his lunch.
He seldom misses.
He’s snagged himself a nice fish.
Oh, there’s something else fishing there along the side of the pond!
Is it our Fisher (a weasel)?
Nope. I’d recognize that fluffy tail [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Dogs in General on May 17th, 2009
I picked up Kiera late yesterday afternoon and she had a tough night. She’s doing much better this morning.
The vet thinks the growth was a result of an abscessed tooth, which she removed with a section of the gum just to be safe. It looks like we dodged a bullet! Exhaling now…
While [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me on May 15th, 2009
Kiera is going in for surgery this morning to remove a growth on her gums.
Please send good thoughts for a speedy recovery and a benign biopsy.
Posted in .Cait and Me, .My Dogs and Me on May 10th, 2009
Time flies when you’re having fun. And Cait has been having loads of fun with her little boy. Hard to believe he’s one year old!
Our very first meeting.
Wink (then named Casey) was a little shy and oh so tiny.
First day home.
First bath.
First all animals together in the same room.
First free play with Kiera and Graidy.
First [...]
Posted in .My Dogs and Me, Life, On Writing on Apr 19th, 2009
I have the honor of guest blogging over at Paw-Talk today. If you’d like to take a peek at a typical day around here, head on over to get the scoop.
Even if you feel you already know quite enough about our gang, if you love animals, you’ll be in for a treat if you visit.
Paw-Talk [...]
