Letter to Clean Run Editor

In December 2007, Clean Run (an agility magazine for those of you not in the sport) published an article I wrote about agility etiquette. It was one of

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Body slam!

Way back when we were looking for a second dog, the prime concern was Ginko. His needs outranked anything. We needed a dog small enough not to re-injury

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Lilly and Ginko are Famous — Yahoo Group

I learned last week that the moderator of the Baggage Agility Group on Yahoo (which is for handlers of rescued dogs who do agility) picked a photo of

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Lilly grows thumbs

Tom swears that the pads on the back of Lilly’s forelegs are oversized — like thumbs. Since she *is* good at gripping things, opening things and general dexterity,

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Tom voted firefighter of the year (again)

Tom, my hubby and Lilly’s most excellent daddy, was voted 2007 firefighter of the year. Since he joined the fire department 5 years ago, he has won 3

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Accidentally spreading cheer

As she often does, Lilly went shopping with me on Saturday. Many of the little stores on our “main street” allow dogs, so while I cruised for a

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These are the contacts in our neighborhood

Sing along with me — ye, of the Mr. Rogers generation. These are the contacts in our neighborhood … in our neighborhood … in our neigh-bor-hood. One of

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News Flash – Lilly comes inside

As I’ve mentioned, Lilly’s recall at home has suffered of late, especially if she thinks she has to come inside. The problem got worse over the summer, but

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Home alone

After having a dalmatian that could not be trusted loose in the house alone until she was about 8 years old, I’ve alwasy been a little leery of

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Yes, I’m spatially challenged

Because I live in the boonies, my copy hasn’t come in the mail yet, but for those of you who get Clean Run, check out my article in

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