My friend and pro writing colleague Allie Johnson, who is a world-class dog foster mom and animal welfare advocate not to mention the author of the awesome Pet
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Champion of My Heart Honored for Community Engagement
A couple of weeks ago, I got a funny voice-mail message from Kim Sporrer, who handles communication stuff for the Humane Society of Boulder Valley (where we adopted
Wordless Wednesday: Frosty Tips
Weird, weird winter upon us. No big snow “events” yet, but lots of little snows in quick succession, and several truly frigid episodes. Not just normal cold, between
Lilly Herding Lesson #1, The Poll
Now that you’ve seen all the videos, read my accounts of other herding lesson events, and considered my ideas on possible causes of Lilly’s relatively poor performance in
Lilly Herding Lesson #1, Reflections
Let’s resume our discussion of Lilly’s herding lesson with some reflections on the overall experience. As promised, I’ll also clue you into to a couple of details that
Lilly’s Herding Lesson #1, Part 5
The third and final time Lilly worked the goats during her one-hour herding lesson, we tried something different. Oh, I still played the role of newbie goatherd, but
Lilly’s Herding Lesson #1, Part 4
After taking a break, during which Lilly smiled and panted wildly but refused to drink any water, we took her back into the training pen. EXCEPT, this time
Lilly’s Herding Lesson #1, Part 3
In today’s goat herding lesson video, Lilly works the goats in the larger training pen. Again, I don’t want to influence your impressions of what you’ll see, so
Lilly’s Herding Lesson #1, Part 2
Our herding story continues this week with a video showing Lilly chasing and/or letting the goats go hither and yon. Yes, they ended up spread across three pens,
Lilly’s Herding Lesson #1, Part 1
Between bouts of silly cold and small-ish snowstorms every 1-3 days, we finally squeezed in Lilly’s second herding lesson on Friday. The weather was clear, with temps in