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…
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Rufus (partially) Conquers Mt Bierstadt
My friend Morriah invited me on a hike today and after much hemming and hawing on my part, I agreed to go. Initially we were to hike Square Top Mountain. Morriah…
Leashes: Choose one & use one
Last week I took Rufus to City Park for a training stroll. It was a gorgeous Sunday so of course much of Denver showed up as well. This was ideal. I…
Taking Your Dog On A Hike
I count myself among the extremely fortunate for having so many beautiful hiking trails nearby. From Denver I can drive a mere thirty minutes away and find myself near the…
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…
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…
What shiny teeth you have
Money has sprung up as an issue while I attempt to live off of writing, so a few items must be put on hold. Since my car has become kind of…
Training progress
I applied some of our new training methods today. Rufus seems to be taking to them well. Even Sophie, a notorious puller on the leash walked lovely at heal, so…
A Terrible Teen
I saw Eric the trainer today with Rufus. It occurred in the afternoon of an already stressful dog day. The day began when Rufus began his wake up ritual, and…
The Quick Death of Toys
Toys don’t last long with Rufus. He destroys them in under twenty minutes. Mr. Dinosaur experienced this in about ten minutes of his relationship with Rufus. First a…
Hot lava floor
The dogs love playing hot lava floor in the sense that they’ll sleep on anything but the floor. Usually if I’m in my favorite reading chair upstairs with the ottoman,…
Gross carpet stain
When I tried cleaning Rufus’ pee stain on the carpet I think I mis-used the Bac-Out by Biokleen. The directions say to saturate the stain with this, and instead I…
I always tell him he’d look good in anything
It’s less than fifteen degrees out, and the doodle-bug is having a blast running around the back yard, coat-free. I think I’ll take his respectable Republican cloth coat back to the…
The first night, part 2
Jumping back to April… The crate was not working that first night since Mr Whiny Pants (not his real name) didn’t like it, and I needed to get some sleep.…
Coat update
The first coat I got Rufus was pretty bad-ass looking, as dog coats go. It sort of had a tough-guy thing going. Sadly, it was too big and Rufus also…
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