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Posted on May 21, 2018May 22, 2018

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…

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Posted on July 5, 2017July 2, 2018

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…

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Posted on June 29, 2017April 23, 2018

Am I Still My Dog’s Person?

I’ve gone through a lot with Rufus. We started with the puppy months with indoor peeing, 2 am vomiting, and non-stop chewing , followed by the barely-there fully grown months…

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Posted on June 5, 2017April 23, 2018

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…

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Posted on May 31, 2017April 23, 2018

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…

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Posted on May 28, 2017April 23, 2018

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…

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Posted on May 12, 2017April 23, 2018

Nancy Drew and the Mystery of the Pooped Out Balloon

The other morning, after our deluge of hail from the heavens, I tended to the ultra glamorous tasks of cleaning out the gutters and picking up dog poop. The latter…

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Posted on April 20, 2017April 24, 2018

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…

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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 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 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 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 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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Posted on January 13, 2017January 14, 2017

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…

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