Posted in Health & Wellness

Well the weekend is ending with a bang! Phoebe has gone into heat. I frantically called up my friend and asked her, "What did you do with your Giant when she went into heat?" My friend said she was told to use boy's underpants (the tail can fit through the slot) but she found girls' panties worked better, with a maxi pad inside. read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

I did something that I think is illegal, and boy was it fun! Well, it was fun until the police car pulled up alongside of me.... I guess I should explain.... I have two dogs with too much energy, and it seems like nothing I can do can tire them out. I've had Atlas pulling a cart, which he loves. I took a used CAR TIRE and had him … read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

My hubby decided last weekend to start our master plan of tiling the kitchen floor. Eventually we will pull ALL the carpet out on the main floor where the dogs are--- it just gets too gross! Anyway, last night he started work with the mortar and tiles. He did a good chunk of the kitchen, putting these little plastic X-shaped "… read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

We've been going for walks almost every evening, and Tinkerbell does great! She no longer has her little stubby tail plastered to her bottom. She's becoming more confident in the great outdoors. Today I've got to take her back to the vet to get her rabies shot. Last time, she and Phoebe went together and someone (probably Tinkerbe… read more

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Posted in Behavior & Training

Today we brought home a terrified, 13 lb. white mini schnauzer. She spent her first six years in a puppy mill in Missouri, where she was one of roughly 20 dogs kept in an outdoor pen, 24/7, filthy and matted and stinking, in the rain and snow and ice and summer heat. There were many other dogs there, too, in other nearby pens. The … read more

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