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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2010
I am vacation-fostering Rowan, one of the McDonough Red Hunter breeder dogs, while her regular foster is off on a trip. Rowan is totally sweet–very shy, the runt of the litter, and far more timid than her brother Finnegan. At nine months old she only weighs 38 pounds. But she has a brave soul, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 28th, 2010
Bella and Justin had their first spat-and-make-up, which I had expected as they work out their relationship. It began with the rawhide flip, which is a rare treat in my house. Justin loves them. In fact, while Justin is Theta Dog in almost all areas, there are two things he will fight seriously over: entry [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2010
Over the last few months poor Justin has been reacting less well to my fosters. It isn’t that he doesn’t welcome them — he welcomes them too much, and mourns them when they find their Forever Homes. He cried soft little whimpers after Nilla left, poor guy. I thought about a permanent foster, but the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2010
If you like wire, I’ve got wire today! If you like dogs, I have dogs today! And if you like a bit of anarchy, I have that too. In other words, I have a lot of small topics, none enough to make a full blog post. Let’s start with Ms. Nilla. It looks as if [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, dogs on Mar 1st, 2010
First off, Ms. Nilla is a flat-out wonderful dog. She has solved her housebreaking issues, and has proven herself non destructive, polite, sweet, loving, and relatively quiet. The min pin in the yard kitty corner to ours can get her going, but then I think that min pin has a potty mouth. Nilla loves to [...]