Canine Bloat: Learning the Hard Way
Do not worry. Everyone at our house is fine, but we are devastated to report the loss of one of our dear, sweet Great Dane friends, Belle, whose tummy twisted last week. She was only 6. RIP, darling Belle.
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Champion of My Heart Wins!
Well, kids … thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Without all your nominations and votes, this would not be possible. Champion of My Heart won the DogTime Best Dog Blog Award at BlogPaws West in Denver today. I am humbled and shocked and excited. I promise to write more later, as soon as photos and video, etc. are available. But, I just wanted to let you know as soon as I could. Stay tuned for real details. M’wah! M’wah! M’wah!
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And the winner is …
I have no clue! We find out at lunch today if we won that DogTime Best Dog Blog Award. Honestly, we don’t expect to win because one of our fellow nominees has a HUGE online and social media presence (and a bazillion followers). Still, they told all of us to prepare a little acceptance speech, and we had to sign video waivers because the whole thing will be filmed. So we’ll see.
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Ginko and Grandma
I’ll be at BlogPaws West all day today, so here is a quick photo recap of Ginko’s most recent lovefests with his Grandma.
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Animal Intelligence
BlogPaws West begins today, and I have a million and one things I need to get done, so just a quick post about this TIME magazine article about the minds of animals. Did you see it? It. Is. Fascinating!
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Day 2: Never Shock a Puppy
This second week in our Never Shock a Puppy campaign, we’re talking about the Top 5 Reasons People Turn to Shock Collars. It’s the last of our foundation posts before we begin addressing each situation in turn and offering alternative training ideas.
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Ginko & The Giant Pile of Peach Pits
You’ve surely heard the tale of James and the Giant Peach. Well, today let me tell the the story of Ginko and the Giant Pile of Peach Pits.
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Weekly Dog Training Update (Sept 3)
Imagine my excitement to learn that someone is offering Treibball classes at the county fairgrounds, not hideously far from us. We mentioned this new ball herding sport briefly a while back. Goodness knows we have zero time for something new, but I had hopes.
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Dosage Drama
Remember, my quest to get written prescriptions with plenty of refills so that getting Lilly her medications wasn’t such a hassle? Remember how it took two visits to get the prescriptions because of another emergency at the hospital? Well, imagine my frustration to find that the prescription was wrong — all wrong — when we…
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Day 1: Never Shock a Puppy
Today, we officially launch our Be the Change campaign and service project over at Never Shock a Puppy. Each Wednesday, between Sept 1 and Oct 20, we’ll be blogging here and over there on the the topic of the week. For the big kickoff, let’s start with the big picture — the philosophy, the mindset — behind our Never Shock a Puppy efforts.