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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…

Imagine our surprise when Gracie was invited this past winter to be an amateur therapy dog for our Nordic skiing students with autism.  On a good day, Gracie will obey the sit command and, with proper treats, will do a variety of cute tricks.  On most days, it is highly unlikely that she will sit, stay and come if there are more interesting people, animals, or…

We have had Gracie for a year now, and she is a true delight - albeit a very expensive one.

We have had many visits and calls to our vet, Dr. Sue, in the last year - about everything from after-effects of eating a rotten rodent to sunblock ingestion (most of which shot into her ear when she first bit the container).   Dr. Sue has a…