I’m still on indefinite blackout, but I read your comments from today on the last post, and yes, here I am, and I might as well tell you I’m in Colorado right now, getting ready to do a school visit on Thursday, and it was supposed to be this fun time with husband and dogs, […]
So here’s a treat I wish I’d given myself about two years ago, but better late than never: yesterday I hired the local dog whisperer, April the Magnificent (who trained our old dog Blue), to come over and spend three hours with Bear and me, finally addressing some of those annoying mother-dog issues like […]
Just got back from our snake-breaking class tonight, where the instructor’s motto is “We traumatize your dogs for life.”
Which is why one poor Lab who passed her final retest–known as “snake-in-a-bag”–demonstrated her relief with explosive diarrhea.
But I’m ahead of myself.
There were a dozen dogs in class, most of them Labradors, for some reason. But […]
Other than the fact that as soon as we came down the mountain from our hike this afternoon we had to walk straight to the grocery store to buy anti-bacterial dish soap, rubber gloves, and paper towels, then ask the hotel if we could use their hose and maybe borrow a wad of rags, then […]
A non-fiction week for me. Teaching People Teaching Dogs by Dani Weinberg because Bear and I need to talk. That special lunging thing he does every time he sees a cat is fine most times because I usually see the cat, too, and can work on my biceps by holding him back, but […]
Talk about earning your kibble.
Thanks, Heather, for the link.
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I’m home! Little Bear (who, remember, is not little anymore, though he can’t seem to remember that) keeps coming into my office, like right now, and trying to climb onto my lap, he’s so happy to see me. Eighty-five pounds of Lab maneuvering onto my chair. And he brings me little chips […]
Shows you how much things can change in just two minutes.
I was rushing through dinner because we got into Gunnison much later than I expected, and I still haven’t studied ONE BIT for my Wilderness First Responder recertification class that starts tomorrow morning, and they give you a multiple choice test coming in, and if […]
You may recall from this list a few days ago (and by the way, I greatly enjoyed your lists–what fun) that Item #5 was “Go play in the outdoors at least once a month.”
So, since I wrote it down, now I feel committed. Which is why I’m heading into the wilderness in about an […]
Now if this isn’t a picture of perfect world peace I don’t know what is. I wish the outcome were happier, but the effort itself is purely amazing.
Thanks, Barry, for the tip.
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