Thank goodness the weather is cooling down, and I know Lance is thinking the same.  The thought crossed my mind, about taking Lance for a walk tonight as we finally have a cooler night.  All I had to do is say, I think I should go for a W and guess who comes running at the sound of that letter, yep Lance!!  I had to talk myself into it, but Lance ended up staring me into it, with the head tilt and those big blue eyes staring at me, we are going, aren't we??   That is all I needed to say ok,…

Rollie has a blog where he tells about his adventures.  He hasn't been keeping up with his writing duties, however.

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Thanks to my MyCorgi.com friend, Jane Christiansen, we have adopted "Alun" from the St. James County Humane Society.  He is a 2 yr old Pembroke Corgi that was found wandering the halls of the local high school.  After spending 2 hot weeks at the shelter with no one claiming him, Gretzky now…

I just got two Pekin ducks as pets.  They are about half grown.  I got them partly for me as pets, partly (and luckily with good results so far) for Scout to have some mental stimulation and satisfy the herding instinct.  She follows them, gets them into a corner, backs up until they are away from it, then herds them into the next corner.

I'm actually surprised how quickly her herding (and not hunting) kicked in. She only nipped once, then I corrected her and she's fine with them. Of…

I realized today as I answered a discussion I have not updated you on what has happened here at the farm.  Two weeks ago we said goodbye to my sweet love, Emma Anne.  She turned 10 in March and was fighting thru DM.  About May she was only able to "seal walk" around the house and used her wheel-cart outside.  At first she would zip along to the barn, then she took to just barking from the front door of…

Well, its Wednesday already and the Foster Babies head back to the Rescue on Friday and then off to their forever homes.  I am hoping that the Mama will have a forever home as well.  The "kids" of course are into a routine, and they are just adorable.  Although my Lilly does not like the Mama dog.  It isnt over the puppies, it is over me.  So after 2 dog bites (broke the skin both times) and keeping everyone separated, and happy....I have to say it isnt gonna be as sad as I thought to take…

My boyfriend Derek and I have had our little Roscoe for almost two weeks. He just had his 2 month birthday (woot) and is too cute for words. We do have some questions though, we both know that it is never too early to train so we really want to get a head start!! So, here are the questions that we have encountered so far:

-- Leash training..?! We have tried many different techniques, but nothing seems to work! As soon as that leash snaps on, Roscoe isn't moving! He walks with us just…

I am planning to get a pup this coming spring out of a bitch from Australia.  Imagine my delight when I am helping at my AKC Club's Dog Show this past weekend and she is there!  Didn't even know she was in the states already and I got to watch her show for 3 days!  Even got my picture taken with her!!  Sooooo awesome!!!…

This past weekend we had our second yard sale of the summer. Pippy was a big help - she greeted everyone, and even stole some pats and belly rubs. It was during our yard sale, though, that I made an interesting discovery.

I've discovered that nothing is more exciting for Pippy then when people go through the front door. She always runs to greet whoever may be stopping in, and she always barks and bounces about as we depart for a walk. But this weekend we discovered it is just…

I am 1 years old today and Mum and Daddy say it is my birthday!  I try very hard but it is hard to remember when I lived Up North with my little Mother, handsome Father, one sister and two brothers.  One brother left before me and my Mother told me we would all go away to far off lands; which I did when I came here to live with Mum and Daddy and old Lily not far from the big…

Hi friends,

Anyone experiencing your dog scratching a lot? My Chloe just started this last month, it lasted a few days, then went away. Now it's back. We take her swimming at the beach, maybe salt water dries her skin?? She does not have fleas, I have combed & checked everywhere, often. I started giving her collodial oatmeal/aloe shampoo baths to heal her skin. Also, where she is red (no open areas) I put olive oil base with tea tree oil. I hope it's not a food allergy, from what…

So it has been 5-6 days since I got Bosco (almost 9weeks old now) and sometimes I get a little skin itch on wherever he licks. It almost looks like a small round mosquito bite bump with red surrounding it. I wash the skin and after 20mins or so it stops itching and begins to fade away.



I have owned an indoor persian cat for 12 years before and I've never experienced such itching.



Does anyone know if there's a way to grow out of this type of allergy? I don't want to give…

I went out of town to move my stuff into a new apartment for school.  I was gone from Wednesday to Friday, and Wednesday morning, I dropped Waffle off at my friends/his breeders' house.  He was not coming with us.  We tripped over him seven times while I was cooking in the kitchen.  I was not about to trip over him 70 times while carrying heavy furniture!  He was excited to be there, but looked very confused when I walked out the door without him.

I missed him so much!  When…

Every summer seems the same for me. A friend or family member is in need of help and I drop everything to try and make life easier for them.

During this time my husband and I decided to take in (yet another) foster dog. This time an Alaskan Malamute, and I would only be home on the weekends.



I can't tell you how proud I am of my husband right now. I had to beg him to adopt our first dog Roslyn, and he made me promise I would do everything for her. Now we have our second dog…

Last night I got three hours of sleep. Around 3ish, Dixie started whining and barking at me from her crate. I tried moving the night light around the room, I checked around her crate and pads for her prizes, and I even tried sleeping with my fingers through her crate bars. However, she kept crying and barking. I was afraid that any moment one of my neighbors would start pounding on my door.

So today, I am trying a little experiment with sleep cycling. We played at 7PM for…