Today we did another photo shoot. We originally were schedule to shoot last week. It was an outdoor shoot and the weather last week wasn’t desirable. It was postponed until today, the day after our big “dog party”. The weekend we have a bunch of dogs and people over for dog fun- this year we [...]
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Photo Shoot #2
Posted in dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, photography, tagged dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, pets on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Photo Shoot
Posted in dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, tagged dog training, dogs, Leonberger, pets on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I was asked to use one of my dogs for a photo shoot for a dog supply catalog. They wanted a large dog a small child could use as a pillow. Not a problem for most of my pack, so I agreed readily. I did ask how old the child was and if s/he [...]
Honor Ky Day
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, Uncategorized, tagged dog training, grief, Leonberger, life, pet loss on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Honor Ky Day Today marks a year since Ky left his broken earthly vessel. I can’t say the year has flown by, but neither has it dragged too excruciatingly slowly. In the beginning it was pretty difficult. I felt lost. It’s gotten easier to function without him next to me as time has passed. It [...]
Hips Revisited
Posted in dog training, Leonberger, life, pets, Uncategorized, tagged dogs, life, PennHip, pets on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tringa turned 2 last month. Traditionally, 2 years old would mark the milestone at which dog owners would have their dogs’ hips x-rayed to be evaluated by Orthopedic Foundation for Animals. Most people doing this would be those interesting in breeding their dog. Many breeders ask their puppy owners to do this even if they’re [...]
Six Months
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, Uncategorized, tagged death, dogs, Leonberger, life, pet loss, pets on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been just a tad over six months since Ky left us. I still miss him terribly. I feel his absence most in group classes. He had the anchoring energy even out of control dogs responded to. He could practically read my mind and I wouldn’t have to think twice about it. That allowed me [...]
PennHip Reinforced
Posted in dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, tagged dog training, dogs, Leonberger, life, PennHip on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Quig’s PennHip results came back yesterday. We figured he wasn’t as bad as Tringa. Tringa’s are really bad. We weren’t sure how he’d measure up to Mara, our GSD. I personally felt he’d be pretty close to Mara, but watching his movement, I’d have guessed he’s a little worse than Mara. See our post on [...]
Seven Days
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, tagged dogs, grief, Leonberger, life, pet loss on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s been seven days since Ky left us. Seven days of trying to find a new way without him by my side. Seven days of re-discovering exactly how deeply woven he was (and still is) into my life and livelihood. There is a famous saying “not all who wander are lost”. Right now my personal [...]
48 Hours
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, Uncategorized, tagged dogs, Leonberger, life on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Less than 48 hours after letting Ky go, Tringa & I were in the school parking lot. She was waiting for me to get her dream catcher and medicine bag attached to her collar. Her Dad, Cowboy, sent it to her via special messenger at Nationals. In other words, Cowboy’s mom, Dorothy couldn’t make it [...]
Celebrate Ky’s Life
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, Uncategorized, tagged death, dogs, euthanasia, grief, Leonberger, life, oesteosarcoma, pet loss on May 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
T.G.I.KyDay
Posted in dogs, Leonberger, life, pets, tagged Leonberger, life, pet loss, pets on April 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When Ky retired from his therapy visits at the end of March, I figured we’d be able to get a surprise visit or two in if we could get our schedule to work. We did a surprise visit before the kids went on spring break. The Friday before spring break, the instructor, Neil, told the [...]
