Terrible Twos Tori Style
Welcome to the Terrible Twos! The amazing and silly Tori Autumn Hawn turns 2 on Saturday, July 1, 2017. We picked that day by counting back 12 weeks from when we adopted her. As has…
Category Archives: Dog Video Gallery
Dog Birthday Party Clover’s Big 03
Saturday, May 27, is Clover's third birthday. Already! So how is a Dog Mom supposed to celebrate our amazing birthday dog? With dog birthday party cupcakes, an exciting new present (woot!), and with another dog…
Start of Clover’s Dog Agility Career (maybe)
When Clover was around 7 months old, I put her on a waiting list to get into a dog agility foundations class with a trainer my experienced agility friends recommended. A full SEVEN MONTHS LATER…
Loose Leash Boot Camp for Dogs
Over the holidays, I went back to walking Clover and Tori separately. Since cold temps and icy roads kept us home, we mostly worked on our own driveway -- with some short stints up to…
Strength and Flexibility Therapy for an Agility Dog
In the last 9 months or so, we've seen a couple things in Clover's body that we wanted to address right away. We're doing physical therapy or canine rehabilitation (under the direction of our rehab…
Where We Are Now in Raising and Training the Puppy-Girls
Everything is a bit of a blur when you're raising two puppies at the same time, especially two border collie puppies who are just 13 months apart. In the ideal world, I would have had…
Happy Birthday Tribute Video – Tori Turns 1
I'm not sure if I can keep up this tradition of making tribute videos for the puppy-girl's birthdays for all the years to come, but here is the latest video that celebrates Tori's first birthday.…
So This Happened … Again. Welcome Home, Tori Autumn Hawn
Whirlwind of a week, so I'll have to tell the full story later when I'm not so tired and preoccupied with having TWO puppies in the house. Yeah, you read that right. Here is the…
Happy Gotcha Day to the Best Puppy on the Planet, Clover Lee Hawn
Sunday, September 13, we'll celebrate the first anniversary of Clover's adoption from Blue Ridge Border Collie Rescue. It took fate and many major feats to get her from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to…
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 highlights (and bloopers) below, but let's just…
10 Must-Have Dog Photos and Videos
It took me close to two solid days to gather and officially archive 9 years of photos and video of Lilly. I’m so grateful – now that she is gone – to have countless images…
Champion of My Heart Tribute Video
Sharing a lifetime of photos and video of Lilly, our dearly departed canine heroine. Approximately 5-minute tribute video for my Heart Dog -- my canine soul mate -- Lilly Elizabeth Hawn.
Lilly Video Update – Feeling Better
We threw together a quick 90-second video, showing how Lilly is doing 2 weeks since her most recent setback and 5 days since the ER run to find out why she was feeling so lethargic.…
500 Days and Counting – Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction
Friday, June 7, 2013, marks 500 days since Lilly received the ill-fated rabies vaccine that has forever changed all of our lives. Her widespread brain and spinal cord inflammation remains and requires numerous daily medications…
Video Update on Lilly’s Brain Inflammation
I don't much remember what life with Lilly was like before she got so sick with an adverse rabies vaccine reaction called meningoencephalomyelitis in January 2012. Taking care of her fills my days. Our world…
Canine Acupuncture, Physical Therapy, and Underwater Treadmills: Oh, My
It has been a ridiculous week in Lilly Town. Here is a quick recap of our efforts to help Lilly recover from a terrible bladder infection. It stems from her symptoms and treatment for rabies…
Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction: The Year in Pictures, Part 3
Over three days in early August 2012, Lilly went from a good, steady recovery to near death. Tired one day. Wobbly the next. Bordering on coma the next. Her adverse rabies vaccine reaction (massive brain…
Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction: The Year in Pictures, Part 2
In part 2 of our year in review, you can see how well and how quickly Lilly's first recovery went. Remember, at this point we assume Lilly will get better steadily and fully recover. Check…
Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction: The Year in Pictures, Part 1
Wednesday, January 23, 2013, marks the one year anniversary of the rabies vaccine that nearly killed Lilly, our canine heroine. This whole week, we will review the year in pictures (and video). It's a great…
Adverse Vaccine Reaction Relapse Recovery – Sept 2012
You have our apologies for the lack of blog posts this week. Just too-too-too much going on with Lilly, with work, with my mom (who is terminally ill). Here is a little VIDEO recap of…
Update August 10 – Adverse Rabies Vaccine Reaction Relapse
Again, I’m mostly too tired to be coherent, but here is the top news about Lilly’s massive adverse rabies vaccine reaction relapse.
Adverse Dog Vaccine Reaction Setback and New Symptoms
If you'd asked me last Thursday night about Lilly, I would have extolled her recovery virtues. Friday morning, however, Lilly suffered another major setback in her quest to heal from vaccine-induced meningoencephalomyelitis / meningoencephalitis (inflammation…
Border Collie Puppy Up for Adoption – Colorado!
This is Oreo -- the border collie puppy who went missing for 8 days in our canyon recently. She is currently being fostered by one of our neighbors and is up for adoption from Charlie's…
Squee Alert – Video – Border Collie Puppies
These tri-color, smooth coat border collie puppies were born at Valdemar Farm in Fort Lupton, Colorado (where we take herding lessons). The litter is jokingly known as "Big Head Todd and the Monsters."
Adverse Vaccine Reactions – Dog With Butter Butt Syndrome
Next up in our gallery of changes since Lilly developed meningoencephalomyelitis / meningoencephalitis (inflammation of the brain and lining of the brain and spinal cord) after an adverse vaccine reaction to a rabies vaccine is…