Snowmageddon 2016 has come (and by now, I sincerely hope) gone. Yeah, once again I’m writing this blog a few days before it will publish, but that’s okay. Here and now, it is just after noon on Sunday, January 24th and there are about thirty inches of snow on…
Meet Venna Albert. She is just about six months old. She has been spayed, she is about 95% house-trained, she usually sits on command, and she is a whiny teenaged puppy going through her rebellious stage. Oh yeah. She hit imaginary puberty and she hit it…
“Venna, sit. Good girl!” “Venna, down. Venna, down. Doooooown. Venna, do- Good girl.” Down, she hasn’t quite mastered. Sit, she’s got down fairly well, as long as I have her full attention. I think the biggest challenge for training this little fuzzy, floppy,…
There are things you think about, when preparing to bring a dog into your family. Things you consider and wonder about, things you prepare yourself for. Dangling participle notwithstanding, the responsible, conscientious dog lover has lots to think about before bringing that little beastie home. …and…
March 16th, 2013. A day that shall live on in infamy. Or not. That is the day Mark & I got our first puppy. Yesterday, when Mark got home from a late night at work, I headed off to the…