Posted in Shelter Makeover

I'm gone for the rest of the day so this is my last chance to earn a few ZooToo points. I hope we can maintain ourselves in the top ten. I think there will be a lot of tired ZooToo-ers ready to do something else for a while. I'll be out of town and will, unfortunately, miss the ZooToo party at the shelter tomorrow. I hope everyone has a great t… read more

Posted in Current Events

The lure coursing event coming up at DogBoy's sounds really fun. I'd love to see if Skipper would go after a lure. They're clocking speeds with a radar gun. And for a good cause too. Proceeds go to help find homes for retired racing greyhounds and to a spay/neuter program. read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

I did some T-Touch on Skipper this afternoon. He accepted it and relaxed, as long as I stayed away from his muzzle and his rear end. Later, he climbed onto the couch with me and laid down with his rear end toward me. Remembering that Francine said she works on the part that the dog offers, I began to do circular touches on his rear end and he acc… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Skipper needed a good long walk today. With the rain, he hasn't been out as much as usual and he was driving me crazy. I loaded him up and took him over to Town Lake. I figured that it would be dry enough on the trail to walk without getting muddy. We were out there about 1-1/4 hours, doing lots of training for a loose leash and to avoid chargi… read more

Posted in General

I came home from running some errands with a new sun visor. I sunburn easily and I thought I'd wear it to the shelter when I'm doing some dog walking in the sun. I put the groceries away, put the sun visor on the counter and went outside with my hubby for a few minutes to check the progress of our renovation project, leaving the dogs loose inside… read more