December 31, 2007
- All
- Agility
- Alfa v.d. Wasserkruppe
- Alpha Del Vento Margio
- Alta-Tollhaus Aiden
- Alta-Tollhaus Ava
- Alta-Tollhaus O'Connor
- Alta-Tollhaus Telluride "Lia"
- Alta-Tollhaus Toronto "Henry"
- Alta-Tollhaus Ulfr - Steve
- Alta-Tollhaus Vecca IPO3 KKL
- Alta-Tollhaus Ziva
- Bailey - Alta-Tollhaus Bailey
- Bello - Alta-Tollhaus Kazmir
- Brags
- Canis Woofus Family
- Cats that Own Dogs
- Ciss vom Osterberger-Land
- Events
- Fama AHBD
- Favorite Things
- Flyball
- Friends
- Funny - Faye vom Kirschental
- Gavin - Alta-Tollhaus Gavin
- Good Shepherd Farm
- Hedi vom Kuckucksland
- Herding
- Hunter vom Nordteich
- IGP, IPO, SchH - Schutzhund
- Inga von den Amperauen
- Ivan - Alta-Tollhaus Ivan
- Judy vom Zisawinkel
- Juno - Alta-Tollhaus Juno
- K9 Health & K9 Nutrition
- K9 Nosework
- Karma von Trafalga
- Kayla - Alta-Tollhaus Kayla
- Kids and Dogs
- Kira - Quellie Kirschental
- Maika - Maikali Kirschental
- Mostosky, DVM
- Obedience
- Ola von Linde
- Pepe vom Leithawald
- Photography
- Potpourri
- Protection
- Puppy
- Quotes
- Reviews and Comments
- Service - Therapy Dogs
- Show
- Singer - Alta-Tollhaus Just a Singer
- Tracking
- Training
- Travel and Adventures
- Uncategorized
- Uschi vom Tönsbrock
- Weight-Pull
- X-Box dei Precision
- YoYo vom Lübzer Eldetal
- Zamp vom Thermodos
December 31, 2007
Just saw Jack Horkheimer's weekly astronomy
bit--Sirius, the Dog Star, will rise in the southeast
on New Year's Eve and hit its high point in the sky at
midnight--happens every year in each time zone
One of the neatest bits in the universe, so if any of
us are still awake at midnight we must remember to
check it out
As Jack always concludes, keep looking up!
December 31, 2007
Happy New Year--he did it again
The Rural Life: New Year's Eve
By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
There is something deeply gratifying about joining the horses in
their pasture a few minutes before the clock strikes 12 at the turn of a new year.
December 30, 2007
We took Glacier to the pet supply store to get his picture taken with Santa.
He was such a good boy!! Ford and I were very proud of him.
December 30, 2007
Winning:
"The will to prepare to win separates the achievers from the dreamers."
Losing:
"...I thank Baron for teaching me determination, how to win and more importantly, how to lose."
both quotes by Diane Allen
"The will to prepare to win separates the achievers from the dreamers."
Losing:
"...I thank Baron for teaching me determination, how to win and more importantly, how to lose."
both quotes by Diane Allen
December 30, 2007
MY ODE TO DEUCE 2007
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – eight bloody lacerations, seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – nine pregnant stuffed animals of the kids, eight bloody lacerations, seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – ten missing fingertips, nine pregnant stuffed animals of the kids, eight bloody lacerations, seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – eleven trips to the Vet (at least), ten missing fingertips, nine pregnant stuffed animals of the kids, eight bloody lacerations, seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – twelve times a day brushing/vacuuming, eleven trips to the Vet (at least), ten missing fingertips, nine pregnant stuffed animals of the kids, eight bloody lacerations, seven teenage boys a fleeing, six flunked obedience and agility classes, five wet craps on the new pontoon boat, four shredded kennel beds, three poopy kisses, two pissed off teenage daughters and one case of mange!
In the first eight months Deuce-r lived with me, he’s given me – All that I could have ever asked for, cause - "That’s my boy" -
To be released next:
"The wreck of the Edmund Fitz-Duece"
"Little Deuce Coupe, Four Paws on the Floor"
"Shake that Deuce for me"
December 30, 2007
I have never heard of William Kent Krueger or his Cork O'Connor Mysteries. I grabbed this book because I saw the title and picked it up thinking, Thunder Bay? The Thunder Bay up the North Shore? Yep the one and only. Well, how could I not enjoy this book, set in the Iron Range and the North Shore of Minnesota and Ontario. It was fun to hear the names of towns I haven't heard for so long, Aurora, Brandywine, Tofte, Grand Marias, and others. Readers were treated to a bit of Thunder Bay history a new name for two old towns Port Arthur and Fort William.
Aside from the sentimental attraction I had for the setting of this story, I really enjoyed this book. I found myself thinking about the story line when I wasn't reading and making time to get back to the book to find out the rest of the story.
Krueger did a great job capturing the personality of Northern Minnesotans and Chippewa/Ojibwa Indians. It was very real and not affected. I will be going back and catching up on the other Cork O'Connor mysteries. Ah yes that does bring up a point, a better name would have been, Lars Larson or Eric Nelson, Sven Johannsen, etc., many more Scandinavians then Irish up North. At least Cork's wife Jo is Scandinavian.
December 30, 2007
Over the past 8 years of training service dogs I have often been surprised at how much my puppies have helped strangers along the way. I expect that they will provide companionship and service
for one person, but they also provide stress relief and happiness to the people we come in contact with during training. I've seen crying children smile, senior citizens become engaged (when
they typically are percieved as unresponsive), and autistic children communicate through touch.
The last 7 weeks, Hugo has been going to the U of M hospital with me for IV infusions to treat my Muscular Dystrophy. He helps me relax, but more importantly he's relaxed the more seriously
ill patients who get infusions in the treatment room with me. Some have Cancer and get Chemotherapy, some are transplant patients, and others get medications such as I do. Typically,
service dogs are not to be petted while they are working because it distracts them from the job they have to do. For a blind person, for example, this can be dangerous if they aren't focused on
their job. So, when Hugo goes with me the nurses and patients often talk to him but aren't allowed to pet him.
Well, last week we met a German man, about 70 years old, who was getting Chemotherapy. we talked for an hour or so while we were both getting treatments ( they have 3 chairs side by side
). At the end he asked if he could pet Hugo because he said Hugo "is the best behaved dog I have ever seen." I decided to let him, so I removed Hugo's jacket (which says that he's a service dog
) and gave him a release command. Well, before I knew it the nurses were petting him too ! They said they were dying to pet him for all of these weeks because he's so cute. It was good
for him and great for everyone involved. When he turns 1 year old, he will be eligible to do pet therapy at the hospital, and visits such as these are "unofficial" but help prepare him for
therapy work.
I put Hugo's jacket back on and he understood that it was back to work.
Pam & Hugo
December 28, 2007
Prev page
123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159160161162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217218219220221222223224225226227228229230231232233234235236237238239240241242243244245246247248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264265266267268269270271272273274275276277278279280281282283284285286287288289290291292293294295296297298299300301302303304305306307308309310311312313314315316317318319320321322323324325326327328329330331332333334335336337338339340341342343344345346347348349350351352353354355356357358359360361362363364365366367368369370371372373374375376377378379380381382383384385386387388389390391392393394395396397398399400401402403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419420421422423424425426427428429430431432433434435436437438439440441442443444445446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460461462463464465466467468469470471472473474475476477478479480481482483484485486487488489490491492493494495496497498499500501502503504505506507508509510511512513514515516517518519520521522523524525526527528529530531532533534535536537538539540541542543544545546547548549550551552553554555556557558559560561562563564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585586587588589590591592593594595596597598599600601602603604605606607608609610611612613614615616617618619620621622623624625626627628629630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667668669670671672673674675676677678679680681682683684685686687688689690691692693694695696697698699700701702703704705706707708709710711712713714715716717718719720721722723724725726727728729730731732733734735736737738739740741742743744
Next page