We finally made it to class on Sunday. We hadn’t been since the middle of March, and it showed. Lilly was relatively shut down at times. Gigi (our trainer) thought Lilly did well, considering it’d been so long and that there were so many new dogs. …
The relentless pace continues, so I have not a single shred of training news to share. All we did this week was kiss and cuddle because a writer *this* stressed out just needs her puppy-girl. But, I wanted to share a couple things that made me laugh. Considering I spent all of last weekend at the hospital (again) with my mom, getting even a giggle from me is a pretty big deal. …
When I reported the results from Lilly’s wellness exam, our training and blogging friend KB over at Romping and Rolling in the Rockies posted a comment that she knows someone involved with the rattlesnake vaccine. She offered to ask him some questions on our behalf. Here’s what we have to report from his answers. …
I find myself astounded that a work week with only four days can include what felt like TWO Mondays. It’s been that kind of week for a number of reasons (more on that next week). BUT, I have some training news and questions, so here it goes. …
I have one tremendous victory to report and two setbacks. …
Another odd week from top to bottom. We haven’t been doing much formal, training-session training, but Lilly did have some adventures, including a vaccine reaction from her veterinary exam on Monday. She’s fine, but she felt cruddy for bit. First, a little good news from our trip to town last Saturday. …
I want to tell you about a horrible, horrible pet essay that is causing a flood of complaints. The essay,
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I was away at college when my
family euthanized my childhood dog (Brandy, a cocker). They drew straws over
the holidays freshman year to decide who would tell me. I spent the following three years
sans canine companionship, but I swore someone – by golly – was getting me a dog
for graduation. My then-boyfriend, now-husband, obliged and in the spring of
1990, I adopted my first dog as an adult at the age of 22. She was a young
Dalmatian I named Penelope
Grace, and she provided lifelong adventures of both the veterinary and
behavioral variety.
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Even though this spring has been more like winter than winter was, I’m starting to see inklings of our summertime recall collapse, where suddenly Lilly acts like coming inside is a terrible-terrible thing in the late afternoon or evening. …
I’m swamped with work, so I didn’t get to do much scent work this week. I tried capturing some of our struggles on video, but it’s really hard to train and deal with the camera at the same time, so instead … you’ll find another trick video below. (Are you sick of me and the new camera yet?) BUT, you’ll also find a written recap of our scent work so far and photos of Katie’s latest visit for a play date …
