Dog Musings

I’m toying with the idea of transitioning (at least in part) to feeding the dogs from activity feeders (what we call “food toys”) rather than from bowls. The dogs have always eaten from bowls (two meals a day), so the transition isn’t easy. …

Saturday morning I got up and out of the house somewhat early for a meeting about a friend’s upcoming city council run for office, so I did NOT have time for photos. But, as I began throwing everything I needed for the meeting and a much-needed day of errands, including all of Lilly’s stuff, into the car, I found all manner of fast food stuff strewn across my backseat. My first thought was to blame my darling husband, but then I realized I’d likely tossed the bag of wrappers and condiment packets (full) into the rear and forgot them. What, …

Lilly and I spent the better part of the weekend hanging out together outside. Even a border collie as intense as Lilly, eventually loses her sense of self consciousness when we’re just bumming around for hours on end. You see, having one of us around outside can be a novelty at first, but as time goes by, Lilly resorts to her natural behavior. And, I LOVE watching her just be herself. Sometimes, it’s super sweet to see her poking around. Other times, I realize just how smart she really is. …