animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

sick kitty

At the end of last week, we noticed that Ariel’s eye looked funny. I called the vet and they said to watch it and see if the problem resolved on its own. It did not, so Brian took the cat to see the vet yesterday. We are waiting for the …

buster: the good dog

I’m not sure what is going on with Buster, but he’s been sleeping in the living room for the past few weeks (previously he slept in our bedroom) and he hasn’t been hanging out with me in the home office on the days I telecommute. Perhaps we can chalk this …

sled dogs

We went to this sled dog event with the Millers today at Prince Gallitzin State Park. I froze my ass off, but all of the boys enjoyed themselves. There wasn’t any snow on the ground so the dogs were harnessed to a sled-like thing that had wheels on it. After …

alpha

The dog trainer came for another session this week. As soon as Buster saw her, he cowered in the corner with his ears back. Nice. We could barely even get him to bark while she was here, which was the behavior we wanted to work on that day. Still, we …