First Obedience Trial!

posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
Today Oliver and I were in our first Obedience trial. It was pre-novice so it wasn't for points or anything, just the experience. By the time they did pre novice Oliver was bored and just wasn' t interested. But he did betther than some. We DQ'd o...

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Women over 40

posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
In case you missed it on 60 Minutes, this is what Andy Rooney thinks about women over 40:

60 Minutes Correspondent Andy Rooney (CBS)

As I grow in age, I value women over 40 most of all. Here are just a few reasons why:

A woman over 40 will n...

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A Dogs Soul by Author Unknown

posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
A Dogs Soul by Author Unknown

Every dog must have a soul
Somewhere deep inside
Where all his hurts and grievances
Are buried with his pride.
Where he decides the good and bad,
The wrong way from the right,
And where his judgement carefully
Is hid...

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Recovering from grief

posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 days later | 1 comment
To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under the sun.
A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill and a time to heal ...
a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a...

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Life Ain't Always Beautiful

posted over 4 years ago, updated 23 days later | 0 comments
Life ain't always beautiful
Sometimes it's just plain hard
Life can knock you down, it can break your heart

Life ain't always beautiful
You think you're on your way
And it's just a dead end road at the end of the day

But the struggles make you s...

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The boys

posted over 4 years ago, updated 10 minutes later | 0 comments
Duke is my son's dog. We got him last September when he was 7 months old. At the time Matt was still living with me. Duke was a test dog, I wasn't sure if I was ready for a dog of my own. As my son's move got closer (he moved in April) I knew I wa...

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A Vent

posted over 4 years ago | 2 comments
It's just not fair! Ex never wanted kids, let alone a grandchild! Last year he went months without seeing our grandson, now he takes him every Wednesday, and they do "fun" stuff. Stuff I don't have time to do with him. Now that Zach lives here we ...

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My new passion

posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
This is Oliver. He is my baby. He's just seven months old. I haven't had a dog for 30 years. My ex hated animals, dogs in particular, so when we got married I knew I wouldn't have one. We have been divorced for a year (not related to having or not...

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