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Button sexes it up post de-sexing

I don’t buy into those little doggie jackets that every anthropomorphizing pet owner drools over. In fact, I’d say I’m outright hostile to the idea of breeding a dog to look like a toy and then playing dress-up with it. That said, I think I’ve stumbled on a goldmine: The Canine Call-girl Outfit® Is your …

September 9, 2009
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Living without trust

This is really a topic I’ve been thinking about since back in December/January when our dog Addie died. I wasn’t sure how to put to words my feelings about it and so have shelved it until now. I don’t know that I’m any closer to knowing how to verbalize it, but maybe this post will …

May 27, 2009
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Big-time Button

Just got a message via Flickr that a photo I took a couple weeks back of Button made it to Purina’s Pet Charts – a collection of pet stories, pictures and videos. She’s currently ranked #2 – help me get her to No. #1! Vote for the photo here: http://petcharts.purina.com/Default.aspx?day=2009-4-13 UPDATE 04/14: Button’s picture hit …

April 13, 2009
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Pupdate: Some new photos

Just a quickie to say that Button is doing great. I’ve started teaching her some basic commands, and she’s a quick study. She’s got sit, stay, come here, lie down, no and ok figured out. Today I’ll work on teaching her “roll over” and “spin”. It amazes me how easy goldens are to train – …

April 6, 2009
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Pupdate: Button the Brave

As mentioned, we recently got a new puppy named Button. Now having had a few days to get to know our newest family member, it’s neat to see her personality shining through. Addie was the first time I ever raised a puppy, and so everything was new. I had no way of knowing what was …

March 22, 2009
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Starting again

It’s been two and a half months now since our dog Addie died, and though it’s rare a day goes by that we don’t think of her and miss her terribly, we’ve started to feel there just wasn’t enough dog hair all over everything. So, about a week and a half ago we contacted the …

March 19, 2009
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