Adina P's Blog – October 2009 Archive (3)

Rosco's Nursery Torture

Our nursery is half way done. The doods are very curious, but mostly about the sudden emergence of a million stuffed animals that they don't have free access to. "What is up Mom? Don't you know stuffing is a suffocation hazard for infants? I want to help, give 'em all to me and I'll make them safe!"

Yesterday I sat in the glider with my laptop and listened to Rosco's quiet whine,… Continue

Added by Adina P on October 27, 2009 at 7:22am — 27 Comments

I hope Rosco listened carefully and took notes!

This weekend I got the chance to attend a dog training seminar. I couldn't go both day 1 and 2, only day 2 but am thrilled that I went even for that. The night before class 2 I got to have dinner with 7 other trainers and a couple others and I was just in heaven ... heehee.

The class was geared more towards trainers and based on a specific method (that Rosco and I did) and I learned a TON! Most everyone there had a dog (or more) with them so they could do some practice with their dog… Continue

Added by Adina P on October 12, 2009 at 3:26pm — 7 Comments

2 Doods and a Weimaraner

My dogs were in the yard when I began to wonder what they were making such a commotion about. I stepped out to find a friend of mine who'd popped in to visit us so we could meet his Weimaraner. So this Weim is 'sorta' his dog. He and his wife rent a place that doesn't allow dogs but he's always wanted a Weim so he's 'adopted' Jake who lives with someone he knows. He borrows Jake every other day and takes him for runs, hikes, hunting, etc.

Jake spent the first 2 years of his life in a… Continue

Added by Adina P on October 1, 2009 at 9:26pm — 14 Comments