Posted in Behavior & Training

Yesterday, Wednesday February 18th, they had the judging of the Cherokee County Science Fair. Most of you know my daughter Nikki did her science fair project on the effects of therapy dogs on people in nursing homes. She used her dog Zoey for this project. Well she got first place at Grandview School in her division of behavioral science. Yesterday… read more

Posted in Entertainment

We took the dogs out on a hike at the river on Valentines day. Hiking with the dogs is a lot of fun. Ginger is easy to hike with. She pretty much pulls me up the hills and she don't try to drag me down hill either and I was glad of that. At 80 pounds now and 8 months old she could drag me down easily. Zoey did really good on the walk except she wan… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

Well I took Zoey to the vet for her testing on her heartworm condition. I just now have the money to get the treatment done. After the vet did x-rays and blood work and other tests she said the worms are not in an advanced stage. Her heart rate is a little higher than it should be and there is some inflammation in the heart. The heartworm treatmen… read more

Posted in Current Events

Nikki got 1st place in her division at the science fair at her school! I am so proud of her. For her project, she had trained her dog Zoey and took her to take the therapy dog test. Zoey passed the test with flying colors. So her project was over the effect of therapy dogs on the elderly. She started this project in July of 2008 way before school e… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

It is a busy weekend for me. Nikki's science fair project is due on Tuesday and we are trying to get it all done this weekend. We have all the stuff we need and just gotta get it all on her board. I sure hope she does well at the judging on Tuesday. She has really put a lot into this project this year. She has been working on it since July and it h… read more