animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

teenager

Today is Buster’s 13th birthday! To celebrate, he’s going to sleep on the couch all day. Happy Birthday, Buster! Enjoy your nap.

dog weekend

My weekend was heavy on dog activities. As usual, I went to the pack walk at the shelter on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, Jake and I met up with Jen (from work) and her dog Ruby at the Windber Rec dog park. There were like 10 dogs there! I …

play date

Ralphie and I met up at the Windber Rec dog park with one of my coworkers/employees and her dog yesterday. They ran around like a bunch of loonies for about two hours. They had met before at the office, so we knew they’d play nicely together. When we were getting …

it’s always something

Sylvia had been throwing up for most of a week, so I called the vet and they wanted me to bring her in. The vet could not find anything wrong with her, so he gave her an anti-nausea shot. She did much better after this, but then started throwing up …

supermutt

I had Ralphie’s DNA tested through Wisdom Panel and his results were rather surprising: 25% Australian Shepherd 12.5% Basset Hound 12.5% Bulldog 12.5% Golden Retriever 12.5% Labrador Retriever 12.5% Mastiff 12.5% Siberian Husky I was guessing German Shepherd/Beagle mix. Maybe with some Collie thrown in. But that wasn’t even close.