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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 ...

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 ...

Tracking

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

Sometime between when I took the dogs out for their evening pee (9:30 PM) and now (2:30 AM), a coyote (judging by footprint size) trotted down our street, stopped for a drink at the pond, and then trotted down into ...

Extreme Agility Team NADAC Trial January 12 and 13

Monday, January 14th, 2008 Posted in poodles, trials | Comments Off

I took both curly girlies to Argus Ranch for the EAT NADAC trial this weekend. We collectively made it through one and half days before a) my knee got annoying, b) Dancer's puppy brain fried, and c) Elly slowed down ...

Our Cat Kari 1992-2008

Friday, January 11th, 2008 Posted in Photos, off topic, poodles | 1 Comment »

My daughter's cat Kari, named after her best friend's mom Karen when my daughter was 7, died yesterday at age 15 1/2. She was a sweet, affectionate cat, who could curl into a tiny ball and then purr loudly enough ...

Among the Reasons I Love My Husband….

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

Monday was our wedding anniversary and Jay left his cell phone at home when we went out to dinner. Today, I had jury duty (could they make it more boring? AND I didn't get on a jury and have to go ...

Poodles

Friday, January 4th, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

Supposedly, Annie Clark, who was a poodle breeder and a judge and an aficionado and all that, said this about poodles: "They are Labradors with a college education. After a day of retrieving, your Lab wants to curl up and ...

Elly Catches ANOTHER Vole

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 Posted in poodles | Comments Off

She has taken a liking to raw food, apparently. Watching her eat an entire vole gives a whole new depth of meaning to "whole foods" and "eating raw, natural foods" or whatever kind of dog diet you like to encourage. Anyway, ...

Who’s running the house?

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008 Posted in poodles, training | 1 Comment »

Every so often I run into someone who tells me "oh, my dog is so badly behaved" or "my dog used to be crate trained but he doesn't like it so now he isn't." It makes me crazy. Who has ...

Elly finally catches a rodent

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007 Posted in Photos, dog park days, poodles | Comments Off

I took Elly and Dancer to the puppy park today. Elly loves to dig holes, trying desperately to catch the rodents that live in them. I'm pretty sure they're voles, but it's hard to tell. Today she got especially involved ...