Posted in Entertainment

Amazingly, the dogs were all wonderfully well-behaved last night despite the excitement of the weekend. Then again they'd probably gotten out some of their fussiness as excitement when Paul visited Saturday night. They were even able to have rawhides out as a group when I went to bed without trying to start problems with each other. Akane got th… read more

Posted in General

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

Posted in General

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

Posted in Health & Wellness

One of the most difficult things in the annual vet visits for my pets is the request to bring in a fresh fecal sample. When you have five dogs and three cats, you have to SEE the poop come from the source to be sure which animal it's from. It's relatively easy for me to get fecal samples from the dogs, provided I remember the little sample contai… read more

Posted in Health & Wellness

Miki ended up tagging along for Akane's vet visit, mainly because I couldn't get her out from underneath my bed until I put a leash on him. Unfortunately, Miki decided to wig out a little once we got to the vet clinic, which didn't help Akane's state of mind at all. Amazingly, she didn't snap at the clinic cat who dared to saunter by as we checke… read more