I don’t do puppies. We got June at 6 months old, and never again will I get a dog that young. 9 months is the minimum, and 1-2 years old is ideal. For this, and other reasons, we prefer to get our dogs from shelters. I often don’t think of …
Before we could bring Larry home, we had to bring June up for a visit. Its fairly common up here for rescue organizations to require a new dog to meet resident dogs before finalizing the adoption. It helps ensure that a dog doesn’t come right back because he couldn’t get …
The next day, after doing our errands, C left it up to me whether we went back to Seattle Humane or not. There had been a number of dogs we were interested in, and we’d only met two. Granted, in the past, we’d always taken home the first dog we …
The drive home from the shelter was difficult. We both had tremendous amounts of guilt. Honestly, not as much about Tawny, as she truly, truly was not the right dog for us or for June, but quite a bit about being uncertain of Sasha. And that was me. I was …
The first shelter we stopped at, King County Animal Control in Kent, we didn’t really expect to find a dog for us. They usually don’t have very many, and from looking at their website, we knew they only had one young dog (which was the age we were targeting), and …
We were talking the other day and C mentioned that he was pretty ready to start looking for another dog. As much as we’d like to be the people who take our dog everywhere, we’re not. And Junebug really likes having other dogs around. However, her new found shyness at …
Trying to get back on track here. There were all sorts of little things I thought about during this hiatus, and I tried to take mental notes of what I wanted to write about, but when you take a break from something, even if the break is only a month …
This weekend was hard for me. I usually wake up hours before C does (because I go to bed hours before he does) and get up and head out to the living room so as not to disturb him. I watch TV or play video games. In the past, I …
Junebug is exhausted after a trip to the dog park. Its a little odd. She is now shy when we’re there, not willing to go very far from us, and sticking very close when the big dogs are around. When she was there with Smokey, she was fearless. Its the …
Can it be April already? This weekend we were unexpectedly forced to say goodbye to Luna, an adorably sweet, red merle Aussie who belonged to good friends of mine. She loved her family fiercely and was loved in return. I know its of no real comfort now, but hopefully her …
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