Four paintings and an attack
Tara Choate To paraphrase Victor Hugo, some weeks’ function is to serve as a bad example. This was one of those weeks. By Friday, stick a fork in me because I was…
Pets
The best (and the worst)
Sometimes (most times) I feel like Facebook doesn’t give a very even picture of an actual event. For example, this weekend… Friday, Key and I loaded up in the car…
Owner of the “Fastest Tongue in the West”
Before you start wondering, this is not a kinky post; it’s a dog post. Specifically, about my dog. Today Key and I got up VERY early and headed over to…
Humbled
If you walk up to any person who regularly works with animals and ask them, “Do you know about ?” they will almost inevitably demur with something that sounds like,…
Progress Report
I’m tempted to start off this blog post with an apology for the length of time since my last post, but I’m afraid I can’t really be sorry. So much…
Remember to say “Finish”!
This weekend Key and I went down to Grants Pass for a nosework trial. This will be his fourth trial this year, plus the ORT in January. This time he…
A nose work tale
As I told you back in January, I have been training Key in the noble game of K9 Nose Work®. In January, Key successfully navigated his Odor Recognition Trial (ORT)…
Goodbye, Bob
Today I said goodbye to my cat, Bob. I got Bob from the Oregon Humane Society in the fall of 2001 as a shop cat for my business, Pawsitively Clean…
Birch, Anise, and Clove
Yesterday I told you all where we went, but today I plan to talk about WHY we went there. Since March of last year, Key and I have been taking…