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Long story short...I locked myself out of the house while walking the dogs this morning and had to climb the fence to get inside to grab the key (I leave the backdoor unlocked in case of such an emergency, but the back gate is locked to prevent idjits from accidentally letting the dogs out). The details...Perdita, my dobie x, is very aggressive … read more

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The pack and I are still alive and kicking even though I haven't been posting much in the past week or so. Life has just gotten complicated, yet again. Financially things are really bad, and I'm exploring some options right now. No, I'm not going to lose my house, fortunately. I'm trying to get my Ameriplan business off the ground, but it's not… read more

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Yes, it's a little egotistical for me to be posting about my own birthday, but it's a special time for me. I'm 31, and it's amazing to realize that I've shared my life with my dogs for 8 1/2 years with Suzuka and Miki, almost 8 for Akane, and 6 on and off with Perdita. I've volunteered with Charlyne's Pound Puppies for 8 years, and I will have vo… read more

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Early this morning around 6:15 one of my fellow dog owning neighbors actually dropped by my house to see if I'd lost any of my dogs during the hail and thunder storms last night. He and his family had discovered a little black dog (a cute little dachshundy looking mix with long legs)in the aftermath last night, and since we regularly saw each othe… read more

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I was on a conference call last night, and because I was working on eating dinner while on the call, I actually took it in the living room instead of going to hide in the computer room with the cats. I thought things would be okay since the "conference" calls are usually muted for everyone except the speaker most of the time. Of course, it just f… read more