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One of the more amusing things on Facebook is the Halloween pics. My friends’ kids in costume. This is a list: Big brother was Joker and little brother was Robin. Big brother was Buzz Lightyear and little sister was Daphne from Scooby Doo (that… Continue Reading “A Very Facebook Halloween”
What? All the mommy bloggers do monthly updates! I took this picture yesterday, Sunday, around 1:30 in the afternoon. He looks sad because I would not take him to the dog park. I would not take him to the dog park because his doctor… Continue Reading “Seven Months”
I tossed that toy up on the bed on the way to the shower. This is how I found my dog when I got back.
When I adopted Gibbs from Wright-Way, his regular diet was Fromm’s puppy food. High quality stuff but pricey, and worse – not readily available in my local stores. I could buy it directly from Wright-Way, but that involves driving eight or ten miles and… Continue Reading “Choosing the Right Puppy Chow”
Almost from the day I adopted Gibbs, I have wanted to take him places. I want him to grow up to be a well-adjusted, well-socialized dog. It took forever before his immunizations were done, but then I started taking him to Doggie Do Rite,… Continue Reading “Community Bark West”
We almost have Gibbs into a routine. He is going to camp three days a week, which means that three days a week he is too tired to cause any trouble at all. He is still barking too much for me to be comfortable… Continue Reading “At Six Months”
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the Trio Animal Foundation, a group that raises funds to help homeless animals get the medical care they need. A week or so thereafter, I received a rather scathing comment about how terrible they are, how… Continue Reading “About Trio and Vitriol”
Heartland Animal Shelter in Northbrook was featured on WGNTV yesterday. I can’t seem to embed the clip, but you can find it here. And this is one of the puppies featured: As if I need to be seeing any more Border Collie puppies. I… Continue Reading “Heartland Animal Shelter”
Gibbs likes these: They are called Hide & Seek toys. His current favorite is actually from Martha Stewart, because it has some kind of crinkly plastic in it that makes a lot of noise. Of course, then he loses the little stuffed toys. As… Continue Reading “New Favorite Dog Toy”
And so is my dog. My observation is that he is like a greyhound – either going 80mph or sacked out like a total slug. But this amused me: http://img.widgets.video.s-msn.com/fl/customplayer/current/customplayer.swf