Lest you think I made it up. . .

 Every single time she leaves the kitchen now. . . Oddly enough, the turnaround happens after she walks past the scary spot, but in the act of planning her turnaround, she doesn't even notice she's already crossed the imaginary line. Here's the backstory. … [Continue reading...]

Bass Ackwards: A Stella Story

Stella has conquered a long list of fears and is generally a happy pup now, but she's still terrified of a spot on the kitchen floor. She's been afraid of the scary spot since she came to live with us.  There's not much to distinguish the scary spot from any other span of floorspace.  At certain … [Continue reading...]

More cute than annoying

If I wear flip flops in the house, Stella feels it's her job to follow me around and step on the backs of them while I walk. When it's raining or snowing, Argo likes to bug me to let him outside, but then he'll come right back in, because he likes being dried off with big fluffy towel we keep by … [Continue reading...]

Junior, an 11yo German Shepherd in Rochester

I saw a posting about Junior on a friend's Facebook page this morning.  This could so easily be a picture of Argo, and it's breaking my heart.  Stella would have a fit if I brought another dog home, and it wouldn't be good for anyone involved.  But I wanted to at least help get the word out on … [Continue reading...]

Book Fairs and German Shepherds and Bigfoot, oh my!

Well, I didn't mean to vlog and disappear like that!I've spent the past week playing catch up on all the things that didn't get done while I was away. I'm starting to think that I need to find a way to be comfortable in the realm of not caught up, because I am always falling short of grabbing the … [Continue reading...]

Things that make me happy

I think I've got a little case of the winters. We had a little thaw out time and I jogged outside with the dogs and got to leave the house without six layers of clothing and it was awesome. Then it got crazy cold and we got more snow. That little reminder of what life is like in other seasons made … [Continue reading...]

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