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Posted on April 7, 2017April 24, 2018

Goodbye, Elk Meadows

    On Monday, Sophie and I said goodbye to our favorite dog park which is closing for three years. Elk Meadows, located in Evergreen, CO with a few hundred acres of…

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Posted on March 26, 2017April 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on March 23, 2017April 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on March 16, 2017April 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on February 28, 2017April 24, 2018

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…

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Posted on February 23, 2017February 27, 2017

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…

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Posted on February 15, 2017February 15, 2017

One, two, three: Get Loose Now!

Happy post Valentine’s Day, or as I like to say, Happy 50% Off Candy Day! My valentine is loose leash walking. I ♥ loose-leash walking. We are becoming a thing. Rufus and…

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Posted on February 7, 2017

A nice long soak…not so much

After a weekend out of town (me) and/or in a boarding kennel (Sophie and Rufus), we were pretty tuckered out. I managed to get some writing done yesterday and submitted it…

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Posted on January 30, 2017January 31, 2017

Animal Rights Ethics and Running Around like a goof

Deep thinky stuff today. Today I heard a lecture at the University of Denver by Martha Nussbaum, philosopher and professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, on…

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Posted on January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

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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Posted on January 24, 2017January 25, 2017

Making Progress

Rufus is making progress! He is not El Pero Perfecto yet but we’re slowly making strides and he is responding well. The first big thing is that my friend Kate…

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Posted on January 17, 2017January 17, 2017

The Eyes Have It (Or: How to Behave at the Vet)

Today’s post is being hijacked by Sophie who gets the star treatment today because once again she has…pink eye! Sophie has this grossness. I noticed some redness last night, and…

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Posted on January 16, 2017January 16, 2017

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…

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Posted on January 14, 2017January 14, 2017

First World Washing Machine Problems

About three weeks ago I got my new WhirlPool washing machine.  For some reason this has always been my favorite appliance. Front loaders look like space capsules and that’s awesome.The…

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Posted on January 13, 2017January 14, 2017

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…

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