Kiera, Graidy, Wink and Me
Wink has been having health issues. I stuck this on the door so I wouldn’t forget to take it to the vet for our appointment.
Andrew’s comment when he saw it taped there? “Starting on Holiday decorations already?”
Never a dull moment around here…… Read more
Because both Wink and Finn need to take (multiple) pills twice a day every day, and opening their mouths (especially Finn’s) to get said pills down their throats is a nightmare, I’ve resorted to hiding the pills in whatever (safe) people food is left from our meals. I know. I know. Slippery slope. Yes, I now have two merciless beggars.
I cannot lie; Wink was already world-class. He learned it from Kiera, my Aussie who I had to retrain and … Read more
I’ve been hard at work trying to make it so Wink can continue our walks even in cold, snowy weather. It’s been a process, to say the least. But I’m determined.
The latest problem to solve has been how to keep Wink’s feet protected.
Here’s … Read more
Without Graidy as Wink’s point person, he has become even more attached to me, if that’s possible. Which means he doesn’t do well when I’m not in his immediate orbit.
So I stopped going for walks because Wink, at 12 1/2 years old, can’t walk as far as I like to go. Then I thought–that’s silly, there must be a solution. And sure enough…
I found this No-Zip Expedition Zipperless Entry Pet Stroller on Amazon
I worried that Wink would go into a deep depression without his best bud. And he did for a little while. But he seems to have rebounded.
In part, because he gets to do something now that rarely happened when Graidy was alive. He gets to come on walks with me now.
No matter … Read more
The first day I met Graidy at Glen Highland Farm Rescue.
Whenever I think of Graidy, this is the pose I think of him in the most. Facing out, looking off into the distance. In fact, this is the first vision I had of him before I even met him. I wrote this story as fiction because it’s pretty fantastical about how he found me. But every word of it is true.
This is my favorite photo of him. … Read more
Wilson is a dead ringer for Kiera in looks and work ethic. Meanwhile, my couch potatoes are waiting for their first unemployment check.
Check out Wilson on #AussiesDoingThings on Instagram.… Read more
