We switch to daylight savings time in just over two weeks. For the first time in my life, I am looking forward to the switch. Not only am I happy it’s happening, I’m happy it’s happening this early in the year. The reason I usually don’t like the switch to …
I think when you get a dog, or maybe when you get your dog licensed, you should have to sit through a talk on poop. I’m serious. Picking up poop is one of the major duties involved in being a dog owner, and no one talks about it. No one …
In case you’re wondering why Howie sometimes has a leash on, it’s because our dog park has a small small/shy dogs area where we can let Howie off leash. However, when we move in to the main part of the park, due to him being deaf (or partially deaf), he …
Do you see it? Do you see the shiny new badge on the right, the one called Bloggers Give Back? This is a movement started by a friend and fellow personal finance blogger (my personal finance blog is The Dog Ate My Wallet) Jana at Daily Money $hot. Bloggers tend …
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 …
We’ve been blessed with a number of sunny days to start December. Combined with me flexing my work schedule a bit, we were able to get the dogs to the dog park 5 days in a row. The first 4 days, we went to our favorite park, Grandview. But on …
We were at the West Seattle dog park this weekend, and Larry finally found a dog that he was willing to admit was bigger than him. It was a Mastiff, an 11 month old Mastiff “puppy” to be exact. While it wasn’t quite as tall as some of the Great …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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