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Erin Shanendoah

The Decision to Foster

Things you should know: 1)      Our retirement goal is to run our own dog rescue- buy some land out in Grays Harbor County, build ourselves a house and a kennel area and off to the races we go. (Once proper permits and tax filing status have been obtained.) 2)      We …

Does Larry Need a Rain Coat?

I want to start by saying that I gew up with a Viszla that slept outside in her kennel in Montana winters. It was as well insulated as we could make it, but still, Montana winter nights get COLD. And she did fine. It wasn’t an issue. So I know …

Guess the Breed

So this guy hangs out at our dog park: (Not the best picture, but the best one I had of him). I was pretty certain he was a Giant Schnauzer C thought he was a Bouvier de Flandres Given how one is much more common than the other, I was …

Beagle Eating Hill 1 – us 0

Junebug has discovered bunnies on the Beagle Eating Hill. So last night she went up and spent probably close to an hour running through the underbrush chasing at least two different bunnies. She has a special bark that we only hear when she comes across one.On some level its cute, …

It’s called a DOG Park for a reason…

Dogs often move faster than their owners, so I’m pretty usedto being unsure who that new dog over there at the dog park belongs to. But, itusually doesn’t take too long to figure it out. And unless the dog is behavinginappropriately, its not a big deal. With small children at …

Vignettes

June has always liked having a “pacifier”. For the most part, she likes soft things as her pacifier- blankets and pillows, preferably the pillows we sleep on. While we were gone, the dogs slept in the guest room with the dog sitter. Without our pillows and blankets in the room, …