When Your Dog Wakes Up With the Sun
Are you like me? Do you often say to yourself, “How can I get even less sleep?” If you find that you are spending far too much time in your…
Category: Adorable dog stuff
Kansas City Swag and Swagger: Roadtripping with a 50+ pound pooch
Last week Sophie and I scrubbed ourselves up and headed off to BlogPaws 2018 in Kansas City. As a proud double-nominee for The Rufus Files, we needed to make sure…
The Meaning of Sacrifice in a World of Chew Toys
Are my dogs spiritual pups? I’d like to think that in between the wrestling and barking, they pause for reflection. Are we being good dogs? What does it truly mean…
Trying to beat the heat
We’ve had a string of some very hot days out here. The dogs are not thrilled but can survive it. Rufus wants to play “Chase” – our game with the…
Rescue Dog Challenges: Stranger Danger
Back to basics: For anyone new to the blog – this is what we are all about Rufus is my second rescue dog. The first is Sophie, and she has…
Testing out the Swag, Part I
We have all emerged exhausted but pretty much in tact after our adventurous weekends. I went to Myrtle Beach, SC for the annual BlogPaws Convention while Sophie and Rufus chose…
Suitcases
I am headed out for a few days of beautiful South Carolina weather to attend the 2017 BlogPaws Conference. It coincides perfectly with the oncoming snow Denver is supposed to…
Ten Things I’ve Learned From Being a Dog-Owner
Nearly four years ago, I reactivated my membership in the dog-owners of America with the adoption of Sophie. Then this past year I enrolled in The Partially-Insane Dog People by…
71.5 Pounds of Love
Yesterday gave us one of our many vet visits. My hands were full holding Rufus and giving him treats to keep him distracted. The vet is a terrifying place for him…
Happy Gotcha Day
A year ago today I found this urchin in an alley, hungry and probably wondering why his people weren’t coming back to get him. I chased him through the neighborhood,…
The Madness of March and Calmness of Rufus
How do you make life difficult for a sleeping dog? You watch the Wisconsin-Florida Sweet Sixteen game, of course! This was a late game starting at 8pm Mountain Time and…
We Are Who We Are
Let’s update the “What Have We Been Chewing?” list Dustpan Kitchen compost bin $20 bill This all happened on the same night. My book club came over for dinner, and…
The darkest and stormiest of nights…
There are times while I’m sitting in a movie theater that I just get angry. I have paid a good eleven or twelve dollars, plus money for a soda and…
Revolting children
It is entirely possible that I have spoiled my dogs, just a bit. But allow me to become defensive for a moment. These are dogs, not children. They are not…
A good week!
Rufus has been tearing it up with walking at heel and playing with the toy on the flirt pole. Good stuff. First, on Wednesday we had a lesson with Eric.…
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