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Erin Shanendoah

Pictures Past and Present

I’m going to be taking a bit of a break this week, recharge the batteries and all, but I still want something to go up when it’s supposed to go up, so today you’re getting past and present photos. The past picture is, I think, the very last picture we …

Guest Blog

I have a guest blog up over at That Mutt. Lindsay is one of my favorite bloggers, so I was thrilled to write the post when she asked me to. Head on over and check it out.

Dog Park Review: Genesee Off-Leash

Do you know how many blackberries there are in theSeattlearea? Especially inSeattlearea dog parks? I know it’s a native species, but oh am I sick of those things. After Larry’s constant escapes from Grandviewpark, we went back to Westcrest for the next few outings. And while WestCrest is smaller than …

In Defense of Buying a Dog

I grew up in a rural neighborhood in eastern Montana. No one’s yard had a fence (except for the horse pastures);there were no leash laws, and the dogs tended to follow the kids where ever they went. Sound like this should have been a mecca for mutts, but it wasn’t. …

Links and a Request

I love it when other blogs post round-ups of what they’ve been reading because it gives me a chance to discover new blogs. So now, I’m hoping to pass it forward, so to speak. Here’s some of what I’m reading.   Lindsay at ThatMutt is sponsoring Dex, a big black …

Paranoia = Action

C has lost a bit of faith in our veterinary clinic considering everything we have read since getting the definitive diagnosis on June- swollen salivary glands. Add to that the stress he’s been under at school (just finished up the quarter last week) and that I have at work (hiring …