Last week a good friend of mine, S., who lives in TX called to chat, mentioning she’d be traveling to NYC for the week with her adult daughter. Miracles of miracles, her trip north coincided with the one free weekend,…
Gem of Today
Lyft driver: “You have a dog. I can’t take you. I just had my car cleaned. Your dog is going to pee in my car.” Me rolling my eyes, getting into his car as he’s talking cuz give me a…
2 Steps Forward, 3 Steps Back
I’ve been mulling over this since the news of Delta Airlines new service dog policy broke. Reading people’s comments, organizations responses. Thinking. Saddened. Frustrated. Really. On Sunday, when getting my husband an ice cream in a shop we’d never before…
Generalizing Skills
Zora and I have been making good progress on a number of our foundation obedience behaviors. Specifically working hard on consistency with correct front and sit at heel positions, grip on retrieve objects, position signals, and kick back stand from…
Just Wanna Have Fun
We woke up to a balmy 22’F out today, so a walk was in order! Tom was so so so so so so so (did I mention so) excited that as I put his leash on he couldn’t contain himself…
Please can I have some more?
Tuesday evening, as usual I fed the dogs their supper. As I often can’t tell by touch which food dish is whose once I scoop in each dogs ration, especially boarding dogs, I have a system where we keep the…
Unobtrusive
Last night hubby and I went out for my belated birthday dinner. I’ve been sick with a bad cold for over a week and last week I was in no shape to be going out. But last night the lure…
Shoes
I rarely wear shoes in the house. Shoes are for going out. Slippers are for in the house. Or bare feet. For no reason other than my feet really hate shoes. This afternoon I had a couple of appointments so…
Rearranging Furniture
You’ve all rearranged furniture because it makes your dog happier? Right? I’m not the only one? Tom prefers to position himself in various rooms of the house so that he can easily see me. He will occasionally go sleep in…
New Cues
Tom has recently learned 2 new cues. It makes me happy he is happy and learning new things. Cue 1: the bling sound the Lyft app makes I’m rather late to the Lyft and Uber game, but a short time…