June 2013 Blog Posts (57)

Gracie is a mountain dog.  She was born in Colorado in the spring of 2012 and has lived through all 4 seasons with us at 8200 feet.  Shortly after we brought her home, Mother Nature blessed us with a big dump of snow in early June.  It only took seconds for Gracie to fall in love with the white stuff…

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I think just about everyone knows about our journey with Murphy...the training and behavior therapy to help him manage through his reactiveness and aggression.  Well I think we're through the outward manifastation of his fear and insecurities....no more horrible barking, lunging and "freaking out" on walks when he sees other people or dogs.  Over the past few weeks we've been seeing some new behaviors that make me feel almost worse.  Murphy has now been trained to know not to "react" to…

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This morning, Charlotte crawled right up to Peri and pulled her tail.  I had turned my back for two seconds. Peri gave an annoyed grunt and walked away. I told Charlotte "NO, you must be gentle" - I am trying to teach that but am dealing with an 8 month old and pretty sure they don't understand that yet :)  Anyway, after that I think Peri felt bad and started following Charlotte everywhere.  Literally everywhere.  I think I have told y'all before, but Peri is such a good doodle sister. She…

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He still has his puppiness - and still chews up stuffies, steals socks and drags in sticks from the yard, but he has grown up some too!  His routines are set and he accepts the not so fun time willingly and with good grace.  His energy at the dog park is boundless and he will do "sit pretty" for any audience as  many times as asked as long as a treat is at hand.  He bounces up onto our bed to lick me awake every morning as if it is the best morning ever! and he makes it so!  

He has…

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Spuds still does not like to be put into his crate with the door closed. SIGH!!  I have put food in the crate and he will go inside and eat the food. He will go inside the crate and get a toy out too. But, if he is put into the crate and the door is closed he goes into a panic attack. It doesn't matter if he can see me or if I leave the house, he barks, and drools.

We were practicing yesterday.  I had a bag of treats and said "cage" that is the universal term around my house.  I…

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As most of you know, I am the recent recipient of the "I love Intercourse,Pa" t shirt. However, it will be with me for a bit longer before I will get the time to get the pictures I need. I apologize for taking so long to get it all together and start a new contest. My life is normally pretty busy and actually, I don't know how I even have time to work, but now I am preparing for an exam that will actually cause me to loose my job if I don't pass it. And I love my job!

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If you are old enough to remember the Calgon commercial from the 70’s, then I guess you are old enough.  No matter what was happening in your life, according to that commercial, one bath in Calgon would make all your problems go away and transport you to a calmer place.  I would like to say my mom kept a lot of Calgon on hand, but by…

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Summer is in full swing, especially now that I am out of school, and everyday is a Momma and Milton day!  We are beginning to get into our daily routine of waking up, saying goodbye to Daddy Dog, and then taking a nice long walk or run.  Upon return, Milt naps most of the late morning and afternoon, periodically waking to play ball, while Momma sneaks off to yoga class.  We take another little evening walk while we wait for Daddy to come home.  It's…

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But Lacey, a 14-year old. 4-pound Foster Maltese has found a new home.  Her owner passed away and she had no one to take care of her.  A wonderful family has adopted her and will care for her for the rest of her life.  They have a older mother living with them who had just lost her dog.  Lacey and the mom will make a great pair.  This is a win-win situation.  And if Lacey…

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I love the blogs on here that I have of different phases in Jack's life because it is like his "baby book" 

Jack is doing very well at four years old.. This year instead of titers like we did for three years before, we did the three year vaccine... Mostly for money reason but also, I am okay with a vaccine booster three years later or I am telling myself that because I didn't really have a choice. :)

Jack also had to get his Rabies Vaccine.. We actually leave in…

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Milt and I played a little ball yesterday (like everyday!), and it seemed as if after every couple of tosses, all he wanted to do was lie down in our flowerbed.  That's what 90+ degree heat will do to you, I guess.…

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When I tell you Saturday was hot – I mean it was hot! I’m talking “Africa” hot – Tarzan would have limited his “vine” swinging by mid afternoon – for sure!

Several weeks ago I promised some anipals, who were hosting and sponsoring Springfield Days, that The Boys would come out for the Pet Fest activities. Due to the high temperature, DH and I had a mini summit meeting before leaving and decided to bring lots of water, remain in the shade, and not…

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This past Friday, Milt and I took a little jaunt to Petco to use one of  his birthday gift cards.  Of course, we left late afternoon, and we got bogged down in typical Dallas traffic.  That aside, we first went to the wrong pet store, PetSmart, and we were forced to redirect to the other side of town.  No problem.



We walked into Petco, and I immediately stepped, with my bare footed flip-flop, into a big puddle of doggie…

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Something is happening to Fudge and Vern!  They have been getting into all kinds of trouble lately and driving me nuts.  Yesterday, I tried to sell them to our neighbors for $1.00 each and they declined and when I dropped the price to two for a dollar, they still said no deal.  With the weather…

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Well, it seems everyone has 15 minutes of fame.

 

Last weekend when friends and I went to a large horse show and country fair.  Finnegan happily tagged along.  We go every year, but this time it was really crowded and I think Finn found it stressful to be lost in a sea of knees, Jack Russell Terriers and Labrador Retrievers.  A number of people…

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Gracie loves Tinker, the cat.  Tinker does not love Gracie.  Therein lies the dilemma.

We introduced Gracie into our household about a year ago.  Gracie was instantly curious about Tinker, and Tinker wanted nothing to do with this foreign, noisy, big-nosed intruder.

Tinker did not help her cause. She has a nasty habit of exercising her claws on our furniture.  Before…

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