Yesterday, Larry was the absolute best dog he could be. C was very sick with food poisoning and that combined with some other things going on prevented us from being able to take the dogs to the dog park or even for anything longer than the 10 minutes walk I …
I’ve written before, in talking about Larry and June’s exercise needs that you can’t jog with a Beagle. I must admit, that’s not quite true. You can jog with a Beagle- kind of. In the mornings, I take the dogs for a walk before I head out to work. It …
I spent the last weekend visiting my mother. She graciously let me sleep in her bed so that the dogs could sleep with me.My mom doesn’t usually let the dogs sleep with her because they’re bed hogs. Since I share a bed with C and our two dogs, I’m kind …
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, …
We went away for just one night. We had a new dog sitter come stay at our house, as J (our normal dog sitter) was out of town himself. I was very proud of myself for not calling to check on them.
We do not have a fenced yard. Instead, the way the dogs go out to do their business is that they get put on extendable leashes and let in to the back yard. Especially in the winter when it is very wet, we can stand inside the back sliding glass …
We’ve been blessed with a lovely 6 weeks or so of weather. Summer seemed to arrive late here this year, but when it came, it came. Yesterday was the first day of rain since sometime in July, and it was just lovely. However, after all those weeks of warmth and …
Being woken up by Moree licking my nose Smokey resting his head in my lap Junebug crawling on to my chest for a nap Larry curling up behind my legs to sleep at night There are a million other moments when my pets have brought me comfort and joy, but …
Our pets change us, and we change with our pets. It seems silly to say that I am a different person now than I was even 2 years ago because I have different dogs, and yet, I am. We changed after Moree died, and we had regrets about not taking …
Larry has settled in well, and we’re doing pretty well at being the alphas he needs. However, he has decided that my cousin, K, who has been staying with is for the summer does not count as one of his bosses. She is a pack member, but one he plays …
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