Cynthia, the designated photographer in our home, was able to capture this picture with our 3 canine companions. Well, maybe it was me taking the picture. I look at it this way: if pictures look amazing, Cynthia took them; if pictures look terrible, then I took them. You be the judge of that since I…
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Manners, Manners, Manners, Please!
Yes, by the title of my post you probably can sense that I am a little bothered. No, let me rephrase that, I am angry. Why? I had a guy get quite bothered because I did not allow him to pet Bella. I was walking with Bella in a brand new area for her, and…
Dog ACL Injuries – Know Your Options
Lately, perhaps because the weather is warm, I’ve encountered a lot of people during our walks asking me about Alex’s brace, and I am more than happy to stop for a couple of minutes and chat with them. Do you know what I found surprising? Every single pet parent that asked me about Alex’s brace…
Dog Desensitization – Johns Hopkins Rd., In Crofton, MD
When I was walking Bella, the first week we got her from BARCS, I ended up flat on the ground because she did not know how to walk properly and because she was afraid of everything. I had to start desensitizing her so I, little by little, took her to new places to experience things…
Deck Restoration By All My Canine Companions – Part II
After we finished making our deck look decent, Alex decided to go and check it out. Yes, that is how she checked out our work and I’d venture to say that she was happy with the end product. Bella, on the other hand, decided to “inspect” very carefully our work before she paid us with…
Deck Restoration By All My Canine Companions – Part I
Cynthia and I have been meaning to do our deck for the last couple of weeks, but the weather and our schedule did not permit us to tackle this job until this weekend. We told the kids, Alex and Bella, about it and as you can see Bella was ready to help out, but Alex…
Desensitization And Dogs
As per Wikipedia, desensitization in psychology is defined as the diminished emotional responsiveness to a negative or aversive stimulus after repeated exposure to it. We got Alex when she was about 3 months old, and from the beginning she got exposed to different people, environment, dogs, etc., and that is why I am able to…
Memorial Day 2014
When Alex, my 12-year-old pit mix, was not able to walk because of her ACL injury last November, I told myself, “I’ll walk by myself while I enjoy listening to some music for a change.” Ha! Do you know how many times I went out walking by myself? Once. Yes, once. I hated it, and…
Too Hot To Walk?
The weather is starting to get hot so that means that I have to be up by 6am in order to walk my furry kids. Why? Well, some dogs, like Walter, the handsome Aussie, can easily overheat and burn his pads/paws, and even dogs like Bella and Alex with short white hair can get hurt….
Dogs And Good Manners
When Bella came to live with us a little over 4 months ago, she had absolutely no doggie manners: she’d step over Alex; bump into her; and this was the worst, while Alex was sunbathing by the sliding doors Bella would try to put part of her body on top of Alex. Manners is something…
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