Obedience Lessons

Dani and I had adventures this morning.  I wanted to take her out in the front seat of the car, so I dug through my drawer of dog paraphernalia and found a doggie harness that works with a seat belt.  So with Dani properly belted in and riding shotgun, we went to the...

Our house is no longer empty.

If you follow this blog, you know that we lost both of our senior adult mastiffs within a few weeks of each other.  Then Dani arrived, and we embarked again on the thrilling adventures of house breaking and puppy biting.  Ouch! As wonderful as Dani is–and she is...

Two farewells is too many

This morning we had to say good-bye to Babe, our almost nine-year-old mastiff.  Saying goodbye was hard, especially since we had just said good-bye to Charley at the end of November. Babe was suffering from an auto-immune disease that we discovered about a week ago....
Love Hurts

Love Hurts

The last photo I took of Charley, a few days ago. Charley and Babe Charley couldn’t climb on our bed, so he’d stick his two front paws on the mattress and just hang there . . . especially if it was thundering. Charley with my friend Nancy Rue This morning...
Where does the time go?

Where does the time go?

Might as well ask where our life goes–we spend it a little at a time, here, there, everywhere! I can’t believe it’s been about three weeks since I last posted!  (Hint: If you require more frequent updates from me–ha!–check my facebook...