animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

tilly

Jake got a new dog about two weeks ago. The short version of the story is that the mom of one of his friends was looking to rehome the dog. Anyway, her name is Tilly and she’s a Golden Retriever. She’s a pretty sweet dog and after a few questionable …

r.i.p. buster

On Monday morning, I heard Buster scrambling around on the laminate floors. He has trouble getting his footing on them sometimes, so I helped him to his bed. Usually this is a fleeting problem, but it persisted into the afternoon, so I called the vet’s office to make an appointment. …

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 …