Barbara Mettler's Blog – June 2013 Archive (2)

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…

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…