The Great Internal Kate Debate
My lovely friend Kate was coming up to spend time here over the weekend, just for an afternoon. The issue, of course, was what to do with my terrible teen…
Category: Rescue challenges
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…
A few resolutions
Rufus will be trained. Rufus will get to a place where he is less afraid of others Rufus and I will be able to run a few miles together without being goofy…
The Dog Park issue
Rufus is a year old. He has a ton of energy. I know that. I get that. And he doesn’t start fights. He barks at strangers as well as those…
One
The puppy is one year old. This should be a seminal date in his maturation process. But he’s a puppy with a puppy brain so of course it means nothing…
Exquisite corpse of an orange thing
What is this? This orange thing in the foreground is a thing that Rufus chewed. I *think* it might have been a part of a broom that he took apart…
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…
Chew on this
This is a growing list I started in May of the chew damage done by the adorable shithead doodle bug, some of it occurring directly in front of me. The computer…
Animal Control
In that first week, I posted Rufus’ picture on my neighborhood Facebook page and checked in with local shelters. I also looked around for “lost animal” notices pinned to trees…
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.…
The Rufus Files 