My sweet pal, Duncan has been on my mind lately so I decided I’d blog about him. Duncan came into my life about 15 years ago and little did I know how much he would change it. Don and I had been married a couple of years and we had just bought our first home. …
I recently spent time with family in Kentucky. We normally spend time there over the Christmas holiday and are usually so busy with all the festivities, we rarely spend any time relaxing and getting back in to the culture we were raised in. This recent trip was pretty busy, but we had more opportunity to …
I spent the weekend at Camp Dogwood. For those of us with dogs, we are used to being second-class citizens. We have to leave our best friends in the car (or at home) when we go out to eat, we are subject to huge “fines” when we bring our canine friends to a hotel (never …
I recently spent some time in Kentucky with my family and in particular, my 9 year old niece. She had broken her thumb while playing softball and had a cast put on. During my visit, she was scheduled to have her cast removed and she asked if I could go with her to the doctor. …
Today, my buddy, Satchmo turns 10 years old. Some of you have seen him performing flyball, agility or herding but you may not know much about him. So I thought it would be fun – today – to talk about the unsung hero, Satchie or officially known as “Satchmo Hits A High Note”. We don’t …
Most of us with performance animals have run into the standard issue “he’s just not listening.” This is usually followed by feelings of frustration, confusion and sometimes, down right anger. I was recently at a trial where the judge said something very quietly in his briefing. It has stuck with me and has had a …
I recently had some dental work done. It included the extraction of a wisdom tooth and a “root canal gone bad” tooth that had fallen apart. I haven’t been to the dentist in a while but I searched until I found one that approaches things from a holistic point of view. I found a fabulous …