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Archive for the 'Dogs' Category

The virginity chat

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

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 [...]

Ought to be an interesting night

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

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 [...]

Item #5

Friday, November 17th, 2006

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 [...]

The lion lies down with the lamb

Friday, October 20th, 2006

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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Their only fault, really

Thursday, September 28th, 2006

It’s our nature to take things for granted. We get distracted. We have other things to do. We simply can’t pay close attention all the time.
But this morning I took the time to really notice the dog who was leaving. He’s been around nearly 14 years–my entire married life. He [...]

Sometimes I don’t want to be in charge

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

Found out today that the reason why the elder dog is having all those breathing problems is he has this baseball-sized tumor pressing against his trachea. Yeah, not so much fun. Sorry.
So now because I’m the human and he’s the dog, I get to decide when is the exact right time for him [...]

This explains a lot

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

You may remember me complaining a while ago about my elder dog Blue’s respiratory problems.
Once again, Laila comes through with an explanation. Thank you for the excellent research, Laila.
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Why dogs bite humans

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Thank you, Laila, for bringing this serious problem to our attention:

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The cow channel

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

It’s a mark of how relaxing a backpacking trip can be when you spend two hours sitting in camp watching the cow channel.
That was what was on last night as we sat across from a hillside coated with about a hundred head of cattle. We had soup and ate trail mix and peanut butter [...]

A wedding, a funeral, and Publisher’s Weekly

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

On our way backpacking up to Yule Lakes yesterday to camp overnight, we ran into a wedding party. We didn’t know they were a wedding party until we noticed the wildflower wreath on the back of one of the women’s packs. We asked, they confessed. There were eight or nine people, and [...]