Dog Training….Unraveled

Flat faced pets

This morning, when my pug decided to kiss my Persian cat on the face, their eyeballs nearly touched.

New kid on the block

Well, as my “official” retirement date draws nearer (July 1st), I find myself piling on the work. This is difficult, because I really don’t know how to not work. I have a dog here for two weeks of training, another two showed up today to board till Saturday, and yet another comes on Saturday for [...]

Goodbyes

When Redwood died I felt like someone had carved out my heart with a dull knife and then stomped what little was left of my soul into little tiny pieces. The emptiness was overwhelming. When Rowan died, it took me a full six months to come to terms with the fact that she really wasn’t [...]

To my dearest Kayleen,

My faithful reader, my best, and often only, commenter. Thank you thank you thank you!! You have no idea how helpful it is to know I am not the only one who rather shocked and somewhat disturbed by the “wonders of pregnancy.” You’re so right, it doesn’t matter what you think you know about baby [...]

Lumpy and smashed

There seem to be quite a lot of things no one tells you about being pregnant. The first is, well, it sucks. You have this great, romantic image in your head of how you’ll float through, glowing and thrilled, and your belly will be so cute and round. You will spend you days staring into [...]