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Well, okay, she's a 50 pound lab/heeler cross who hit the 2 year mark at the end of September, so Krista isn't exactly little. With her shyness and undersocialization issues, it seems easier to me to think she's still a baby. I'm not as sad about her limitations then. Krista has really come a long way though. In the past week, she's even begu… read more

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Gabriel is in a very odd mood this morning. I don't know if he's possessed by a need to make me think he's crazy or just wound up because of the cooler temps and the noise from the neighbor's garage sale (I hope it's just someone testing a boombox or something). He was his typical vocal self when I first came in and began messing with the compute… read more

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It's interesting to see and hear about the relationships my personal dogs and foster dogs create with each other. I usually expect the fosters to be leery of Akane (she's not really the friendliest girl to new dogs) and end up acknowledging Perdy's dominance over them, but the way things play out with Suzuka and Miki can be odd. Miki is the domin… read more

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No, Akane does not actually DO yoga, although I should probably consider trying to teach her calming techniques since they could improve her temperament. I try to do yoga once or twice a week along with one of my DVDs, and because I do it in my bedroom while Perdy is out and Akane is up, it's sort of become Akane and mommy time. I tried once to… read more

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I know that Perdita is a beautiful dog. She's got a white mask on her face now, but her coat is still the chocolatey brown with the gold brindling that really draws people's eyes to her. So we're used to constantly hearing that she's a gorgeous dog. Friday morning though we ran into a neighbor who was also out early walking his young GSD or GS… read more