It occurs to me that the title to this post is slightly inaccurate, since I don’t actually know when moving day is. But, it’s sometime in the next couple of weeks. It better be, since I have to be out of here for August 1. So I’m moving in with Dan, which is pretty awesome. [...]
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What is WRONG with people?
June 24th, 2011
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So I have this foster dog, right? Bran is super cute. He’s about a year and a half old, around 55lbs, and just an all around pretty blonde pitbull with an everlasting grin and a super sweet personality. However, he’s still a pitbull, and still a foster, and part of the rules of a foster [...]
Touchy
March 28th, 2011
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So, my dog has this anxiety problem, right? One of the manifestations is an irrational fear of my breadmaker. I can’t blame her, it’s weird, it makes unpredictable noises, and because the feet are slightly imbalanced, it shakes around considerably if I don’t jam a piece of cardboard under the wonky foot. It makes the [...]
Fostering
February 1st, 2011
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So one of the things I’ve wanted to do for a long time is help out more with dog rescue. I have a rescue dog, and I honestly can’t imagine ever buying a dog from a breeder. My disinterest in raising puppies may have something to do with that (although you can get rescue puppies, [...]
Best Dog Ever.
January 13th, 2011
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You know, I get that my dog is an asshole. And yet, she really is the worlds greatest dog. I don’t know what I’d have done the last couple of months without her. Even the times I want to throttle her. So one of the things I’m happy about with her is that she has [...]
I finally got the hang of Thursdays
September 16th, 2010
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Unlike Arthur Dent, Thursdays have been pretty good for me. Oddly, as a kid, Thursday was my “favorite day of the week”. I don’t know why. Probably because there was some TV show I liked on that day or something. It’s why 12 was (ok, is) my favorite number: Channel 12 when I was 8 [...]
My Little Corehound
July 22nd, 2010
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So, I play warcraft, right? And someone created a thread on our guild forums to show off pictures of our wee ones — both 2 and 4 legged. They refer to their 2-legged creature as the Whelpling (a toddler who likes to run around Borean Tundra and farm gold for mummy — good boy! Also [...]
No Actual Fathers Were Mentioned In This Father’s Day Post
June 20th, 2010
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Okay, okay, I know this doesn’t count. But Nick has been a supremely awesome co-dog-parent with me for the last two years, and he deserves some props for that. There is no Puppy-Parent-Day, and so I’m co-opting Father’s Day a little. As you can see, she clearly worships him. And he’s pretty fond of her [...]
Giant Puppy is Giant
June 3rd, 2010
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donnamatrix says: Jasper is heavier than Carol Ann. Vince says: what’re you feeding that dog, children? donnamatrix says: smaller puppies. as he absorbs them, he gains their powers. Jasper is now 7 months old, and 70lbs. He’s also starting to learn manners, but usually gives up and starts nomming on your ear, or hair, or [...]
Sometimes I just want to put on my bunny suit and scream
May 20th, 2010
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I get the feeling that the above subject is how Justice feels a good deal of the time. So, we all know this, I have a dog with a crazy amount of anxiety. This expresses itself in leash reactivity, mostly toward dogs, and taking “normal moments that are a bit anxiety-ridden” and turning them into [...]