More funny leashes
Stemming from my mini-rant last week, I went looking online for that funny leash about
being a B****. Apparently there are many more in that product line. Some are suggestive, so browse at your own risk. …
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More things I’m loving
I get a bunch of dog stuff catalogs. Here are some new t-shirts in the latest In The Company of Dogs catalog that really cracked me up. The links below take you to the ordering page, if
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Weekly Training Update (Feb 22)
It snowed a LOT on Sunday, so we did not go to class. Maybe it’s the long winter. Maybe it’s because Tom was traveling last week, so I had a whole week of single puppy-mom-hood. But,
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One of us is a B—-
Last week, while walking Lilly in town, a poodle crossed our path in a bad way. We came through the encounter just fine, but it made me worry about how many people truly have no clue
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Gambling mood
Sometimes I still pretend like Lilly and I will compete someday. I know it’s rather unlikely, but I have a good imagination. Heck sometimes I play whole scenarios in my head, where
Lilly earns some huge title. My friends are there. Everyone is cheering. Lilly gets a big ribbon. And, I get to say, “See, I knew she could do it.” I’m like the Walter Mitty of handling. I admit it.
But, the make-believe keeps me going. So, here’s my latest idea …
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Weekly Training Update (Feb 15)
Lilly and I had our first training date this weekend with another team using Leslie McDevitt’s “Control Unleashed” book as a training strategy. Here’s how it went. …
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The first time I saw her face
Do you remember that moment? The first time you saw your dog. Do you remember what it was that made you think, “That’s the one”?
I wish I could tell you what it was exactly that attracted me to Lilly. I look and look and look at this photo the humane society posted online. And, I try to remember that moment, but I can’t. …
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Just what I need
Typically, I’m quiet while I write. When things go well, time recedes, and I find myself in a whole other mental world. I regain my senses hours later. When things go not so well, I
must do something different. I don’t detect it, but Lilly does. Maybe my breathing changes. Maybe my body posture shifts. I’m not sure, but she’ll seek me out in these moments and try to crawl in my
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The promise I would not make
I believe that in marriage everyone cuts their own deal. We agree to things. We put up with things. We accept things. That’s all part of love. I believe it’s true with all
relationships, really, including those with our dogs. That’s why when someone I “know” from another online community posted a note about a promise she made, I realized it was something I would not
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Weekly Training Update (Feb 8)
We ventured to a new pedestrian- and super-dog-friendly shopping district for this week’s class. Let’s just say it was an exercise in constant Sudden Environmental Changes (visual,
auditory, and otherwise).
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