Rant: 3 Reasons This Joke About Adverse Dog Vaccine Reactions Makes Me Livid

Imagine your Canine Soul Mate died from an adverse rabies vaccine reaction a bit more than 18 months ago. You fake it really, really well when you have

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My #MeetPurina Adventure – 7 Things I Learned — #sponsored

Yes, this is a #sponsored post about my FREE trip to the Purina HQ in St. Louis for the #MeetPurina event in late June. Here’s a recap of the

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A Newbie’s Guide to Puberty in a Female Dog

Prior to Clover, the female dogs in my life got spayed early — before or after adoption. That means I didn’t really know what I was getting into

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Border Collie Herding Instinct Test — Clover Meets Goats

A couple of weeks ago, I drove Clover out to Valdemar Farm for her herding instinct test with our herding instructor Cathy Balliu. You can see the video

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Heart Dog Print Version Now on Sale Too

Thanks for your patience with the split release of the e-book and printed book versions of Heart Dog: Surviving the Loss of Your Canine Soul Mate. The print

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Heart Dog e-Book Now for Sale

I’m still trying to solve some printing issues with the print version of Heart Dog: Surviving the Loss of Your Canine Soul Mate, but the e-book version (Amazon

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Look Before You Leap – Dangers to Enthusiastic Dogs

Now that Clover is a year old and demonstrating more maturity, we’re giving her a bit more SUPERVISED independence — like letting her run around a little bit

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Happy 1st Birthday, Clover

Even though we adopted Clover out of rescue, thanks to her Origin Story, we know today is her 1st birthday. Her actual birthday — not just a day we

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Check Out Puppyhood.com (Yes, this is #sponsored.)

When our new border collie puppy Clover arrived in September 2014, we hadn’t had a true puppy-puppy in the house since Ginko … way back in summer 2000. A

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Happy 15th Birthday, Ginko!

For a large breed dog, 15 is downright ancient. It has always been our goal for Ginko, though. He is officially the oldest dog I’ve ever had. With

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