Flying Poodles

Reading About Dogs…

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

I am reading a book called Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free-Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote. I'll be honest, these days I'd rather read about dogs than about many other things (my bedside reading piles include one pile for dog ...

More Proof that I am Procrastinating

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

Check out this video from Poodles Opposed to PomPoms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSFKCoT-NQE

Snow

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in Photos, poodles | Comments Off

After the cold weather over the weekend abated, we had a warm-ish (40s) Sunday afternoon... and then it snowed overnight last night. The traffic report this morning was full of spun cars and even two jackknifed articulated buses. Cheryl canceled ...

Ice

Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

My friend Bonny, who runs a pretty and fast standard poodle named Babe in agility, fell and broke her ankle in three places--and her middle finger on her left hand--in a fall on black ice on Saturday. Surgery to rebuild ...

Dancer’s New Rocker Board

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in training | Comments Off

Dancer hates the teeter. For a while, she did it, but she got slower and slower, then she scared herself and then she didn't do it at all. So I've spent the last few months going back to the bare ...

Recovery…

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in chondrosarcoma, knee rehab, training | Comments Off

At this point, I mostly try not to think too much about how my femur is recovering. Jay tells me I really limp only when I'm tired; it doesn't wake me up at night; I can sleep on either side ...

Hey, It Stopped Raining

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Photos, off topic | Comments Off

When it stops raining around here during the winter, the view can be astonishing. The air is clean and clear (and cold), and there's snow on all the distant mountains. This is the view from our back deck, through the ...

Knitted Neck Warmer

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 Posted in knitting | 2 Comments »

My friend Sue asked for the instructions for the neck warmer for the dogs, so here they are: Do a gauge swatch (see a good knitting book) to determine the number of stitches per inch you get with your wool and ...

There’s Rain, and then there’s Rain

Saturday, January 19th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

I was busy this morning, and so it was almost 3 this afternoon before I got out with the dogs, meaning that it was an hour and a half before it got too dark to walk... and I need my ...

Some Non-Poodle Things

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in Photos, off topic | Comments Off

I have a new computer. Parts of it are excellent and parts of it I'm still baffled by. I changed operating systems (XP to Vista, and it's definitely different, although I like it better) and I changed versions of Office. ...