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This morning, my veterinarian’s office posted on Twitter that they will be co-hosting a Canine Cancer Walk on October 1. I hope that by then, Gibbs will be well enough trained and socialized to participate. But that reminded me of several other pet-related fundraising… Continue Reading “Several Chicagoland Fundraisers for Pets”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B0049EMXW6&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrThis is the Happy Moppy. Knotted in a ball on top. Just a bit of stuffing. The ribbons are mostly durable and different textures. This can be a tug toy, a fetch toy or a chew toy. I don’t have to do much more… Continue Reading “Best Dog Toy Ever”
If you count Sigmund the Foster Grey (more on him later), there are four pets in my house: Dog, cat, two African Greys. And they need stuff. Food, treats, meds, toys, various supplies. I have no one source for all of my needs, so… Continue Reading “Petango”
Me: I’m going to take the dog and get some ice cream. What do you want?Her: No, you’re not.Me: Yes. I am.Her: You’re going to leave him in the car?Me: No. I’m going to drive through Dunkin’ Donuts (it has a Baskin Robbins).Her:… Continue Reading “Conversation about the Dog”
My entire house looks like this: This is nothing new. As I’ve mentioned, we’ve had a lot of dogs in my family. When my friend Austin suggested that Gibbs has been playing with Ghosts of Dogs Past in my house, we started making the… Continue Reading “Ghosts of Dogs Past”
Back when I was researching adoptable dogs, I came across one that I thought was a good fit. But when I read the adoption application for that particular rescue group, it asked some questions that irritated me. One was something like: “How much money… Continue Reading “What Would You Pay?”
This week, we learned that Gibbs is ok with the storms. After that first incident, we had another one come through Thursday night. Because he had gone potty before it started, he pretty well slept through it. However, he had gotten up onto my… Continue Reading “Gibbs at 15 Weeks”
3 a.m. I am awakened by a thunder storm. I have four problems: 1. Said storm also awakened Gibbs, age 14 weeks.2. Gibbs has outgrown his puppy crate and is sleeping on a fleece bed on my bedroom floor.3. Gibbs did not wake me… Continue Reading “House Training and Thunderstorms”
Last Friday, I took Alex and Ainslie to the library. I pushed Ainslie in the stroller and Alex rode his scooter. He lost his control going down a hill and wiped out. He knew he was going to wipe out and managed to… Continue Reading “Weekend in Review”
I may have mentioned that when we adopted Gibbs, my friend Karen (who has three dogs in the five to ten pound range) gave us about a million toys that her dogs weren’t using. Today, she gave me some more. In the pile was… Continue Reading “I Dare Not Hope”
The Next Dark Age 