Dog Training….Unraveled
I came across a post over at the Dogster Dog Blog, the one about “A Shocking New Way to Walk Your Dog,” and I can only imagine that Maria meant to get her readers all whipped up and pissed off. I’m always stunned at how adamantly people react to anything that they don’t understand. I [...]
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by michelle
Filed under: The Naked Part, Training | 2 Comments »
I’m not even going to try to catch you up on the happenings of the last, oh however many months it has been. My brain would melt. Instead, I’m going to share Petunia’s story, because I need to. When Petunia came here, it had only been about a week since we had lost darling Hazel, [...]
Posted on February 25th, 2010 by michelle
Filed under: Foster dogs, My dogs, Random run ins, The Naked Part | 6 Comments »
A few months ago, I got this comment in my inbox: “You know you sound really unpleasant, right? I typed ‘ irritating dog lady ‘ into Google, and your blog came up. I think you were first. Try it. Also, you misspelled -assistant- when you described your husband. That’s all.” I was kind of entertained [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2009 by michelle
Filed under: Baby stories, Random run ins, The Naked Part | 4 Comments »
I’ve been meaning to get here for quite some time, but life, it is just so busy these days. The kid, she is mobile, sort of, and the dogs, they are many. There is so much to catch up on, but it’s late, and I’m tired, so for now – I’ll leave you with this [...]
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by michelle
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Poor little Hazel has been in and out of the hospital all week. They get her sedated enough to rest, get her breathing better, and then she comes home and deteriorates. I brought her home on Wednesday evening, after spending yet another night and day at the hospital, and she was doing ok. Not great, [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by michelle
Filed under: Foster dogs, My dogs, The Naked Part | 5 Comments »
Her story is like so many others, heartbreaking in it’s commonality. She spent several weeks at the shelter in L.A. No one really knows how she got there. Maybe she was dropped off, maybe she was a stray, the details sort of got lost in her travels. The details though, they don’t really matter. All [...]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by michelle
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My baby and I have had a very busy few weeks. Errands, simple things that take on gargantuan proportions when toting a six month old, activities, and all manner of stuff and things. Our weekends have been packed with baby showers in far flung places, play dates, endless mounds of paperwork and filing, and trying [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2009 by michelle
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And can I just add, while I’m on my rant today – I am so thrilled that our neighbors have gotten a new puppy. A poodle puppy that I can pretty much guarantee is not neutered yet, already looking like a matted disaster, and that they let run loose all over the neighborhood. If you [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2009 by michelle
Filed under: Not my dogs, Random run ins, The Naked Part | 3 Comments »
I have to say, some of the warmest, most kind and considerate people I have in my life have come to me through the dog world, my husband included. I also have to say that some of the most obnoxious, inconsiderate, selfish bastards I have ever met are also part of the dog world. I [...]
Posted on April 7th, 2009 by michelle
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So, Heather B. Armstrong, aka, Dooce, has been on a book tour for the past couple of weeks promoting her new book – “It Sucked and Then I Cried.” I haven’t read it yet, but since I now own it, I will be soon. I was going to go see her last year at a [...]
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by michelle
Filed under: Random run ins, The Naked Part | 3 Comments »