It’s been a quiet weekend here. Suffice to say, I much prefer quiet to running myself over with my car. In fact I’m oh so happy to report that I have driven myself some independently this week and have managed to keep all 4 car doors on my husband’s car. Hopefully I will continue to have as much success with my car when I get it back early this week. The worst thing to happen to me all weekend was…
One year ago, my little fur family got turned upsidown when my springer spaniel, Eliot, attacked our elderly Boston Terrier, BT. As a result of the attack, BT had several puncture wounds in her head and damage to her eye. Though we worked closely with an emergency vet and our regular vet, after a week we decided it was in BT’s best interest to have her eye removed. The incident was heart breaking. I’ve written about my feelings during and…
I have a question to pose to y’all today. In its simplest form… do you let your dog(s) sleep in the bed with you? Before you answer, let me give you background. When I was a kid, our family dog was primarily an outdoor dog. She slept in the garage with a dog bed, and when it was especially cold outside my parents let her sleep in my house. On those rare nights, she slept at the foot of my…
As of today, I’m back in my normal schedule of work plus barn plus life. Even though I’ve enjoyed my time off, I mostly like my job and am okay getting back in the routine. See, since December 23rd I’ve been very much out of any routine. My company closes every year between Christmas and New Years and the way the dates fell this year, I didn’t have to go back in the office until today. Usually all of this extra…
Once upon a time, Eliot was an only dog. In fact, for several Halloweens he was an only dog, which meant we did really silly things that you do with your first dog. The first year, I took Eliot to a PetSmart Halloween costume party. There was a costume contest, and a $50 PetSmart gift card on the table. In case you haven’t guessed, I’m a tad competitive. I also love musicals. So my mom (who is a sewing genius) helped…
Last year I had puppy fever in the worst way. I needed another dog like a whole in my head… but I needed a puppy. We casually looked at a few for adoption, but decided it wasn’t a great time. I tried to put my puppy fever in a box and close it, but then my trainer put this photo on facebook. I melted. Even though I wanted this puppy, I knew I didn’t need a puppy so I told my…
With all the rain we’ve been getting lately, I planned a decidedly un-horsey Saturday while my barn dried out from the monsoon. Most of the day was spent with me cleaning my house like a crazy person. If you’re a South Park fan, do you remember that episode where Butters’ mom finds out his dad is gay, and goes on a psychotic cleaning spree around the house? “Cleeeeean! Clean. Everything must be cleeeeeeeeean.” That was pretty much me, only less…
This post could also be titled “I feel compelled to always jump at least one animal competitively over fences.” There’s only been one extended period of time in my adult life when I didn’t ride. I filled some of that time with model horses and the other bulk of it was spent learning agility with Eliot, my springer spaniel. When I first got Eliot, I wanted to do therapy dog work with him. Of course since that was the plan, Eliot…