When we first met Dexter, a handsome boxer mix, I thought that he was a high energy dog, but I was wrong. Dexter is actually a medium-level energy dog. Why am I talking about this? Because your level of energy and that of your future or current dog is very important in order to make…
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Hanging Out On My Deck With My Canine Companions
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…
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…
Windy Wednesday
I still cannot believe that we are at the end of March and yesterday, Wednesday, was so windy and cold, but to my surprise when we went to the deck it was pretty nice so I went ahead and cleaned all “my” furry kids and asked Cynthia to take some pictures. I like my home…
Basic Training Part I
Years ago, I took Casey, our first dog, and Alex, our current dog for basic training, and I truly enjoyed the classes and the time I spent with my dogs doing our “homework.” I think that living with a dog should be an enjoyable, enriching, learning experience, but we, humans, must do our part. How? …
Introducing Bella To Alex
Well, it was time to introduce Bella to Alex today and this is how I introduce new dogs to my pack. Cynthia, Alex, Bella, and I went for a walk together. At the beginning of the walk, Alex was on my left side while Bella was on Cynthia’s right side. We stopped for a couple…
Introducing Bella, Our First Foster Dog
The above beautiful specimen is Candie, our very first foster dog. We changed her name to Bella since she is truly beautiful and we thought this named suited her better. Let me start by saying that I’ve been reading other blogs of people who are fostering dogs and many of them have had set backs…
A New Year And New Beginnings – 2014
Every year, just like many other people, I make a list of my new year’s resolution to tackle, but this year, surprisingly even to me, I failed to do so. Instead, I decided to do things I’ve been meaning to do for a while and unlike past years, 2014, although today is only January 4th,…
Happy Holidays – 2013
On Christmas eve, it started to snow, but it stopped after about 1/2 hour and it melted as soon as it made contact with the ground. Even like that, I was happy because I had Cynthia and Alex at home with me. On Christmas day, Chrissy, Alex’s cousin, arrived with family and spent a couple…
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