I have been reticent to buy dog treats due to the horrific stories of unsound and in some cases fatal ingredients. While my dogs love the liver bits, I wanted to surf the internet to find out what might be available to make. There's lots of 'tasty' recipes out there. Most are not grain...
August 29, 2014
August 28, 2014
August 25, 2014
Dexter Boot Camp or My Number 1 Tip for Losing Belly Fat
No, not boot camp for him; me! It has been a month since this guy bounded into our lives. Yesterday, I was able to introduce him to my sister who was visiting from Bedford. She drove out from our parent's home where she stays while in town. It was a glorious day, which in Virginia...
August 22, 2014
T + 26
With Dexter fully healed from his testicular snipping surgery, we are now able to allow him some more vigorous exercise. Each day we surmise what Dexter's previously life must have been like. Because he tires so easily from play, I don't think that he was well-exercised. Part of me thinks that...
August 19, 2014
Herman Sprenger Pressure Collar Humane Test
As I've mentioned previously, I find that the 'universe' of dog training writings (like any other 'thing' one researches on the internet) rife with all manner of opinions presented as facts (but lots...
August 18, 2014
Training | Day 2
I have been enjoying my Koehler Method book. I am particularly taken with the subtlety of the long line exercise. It is a method that I used with both of my rescued Setters upon bringing them home--but in name only. It wasn't an exercise so much as a physical tether to me. Using a...
August 16, 2014
Training - Day 1
With Dexter's neuter behind him, we can begin our training in earnest. For novices like me, the number of dog training methods are enough to make your head spin around and pop off into orbit. My Koehler Method book arrived. It is old school, but there are many things in there that...
August 14, 2014
August 10, 2014
August 9, 2014
Spice Girl Moves or Pas de deux, Angel and Dexter
My old girl, Angel Marie, a/k/a "Spice Girl" is showing off her moves with Dexter. Since bringing Dexter home, she has been acting like a flirty girl. He is enjoying this play with her. Daisey and Ella will have nothing to do with him.She is definitely reinvigorated, and she is...
August 7, 2014
Adventures with Dexter: Day 10
Here is also my first experiment with uploading a video. This is from my phone. No editing. Sorry.
I put a timer widget on the blog to mark time with Dexter. I cannot format it, so it is in somewhat truncated form but conveys the information. This morning was more settled. ...
August 6, 2014
Knick knack paddy whack, give a dog a bone
This old woman came rolling home with a bag full of bones from Belmont Butchery. Yes, I am awaiting my smoked bones from Northstar farms, but my household items cannot wait (nor can my arms) for...
August 5, 2014
Adventures with Dexter: Day 8
There are as many opinions about dog training as there are breeds of dogs. Like any human endeavor, we are always looking for the Holy Grail of (insert your interest here) when the simple fact of...
August 3, 2014
Time/Space Intersects in the Universe and My Adventures with the Allipython
Dexter
I try to keep my belief systems simple. I don't care about what someone believes, but how someone acts. You can believe that the universe is but what a dung beetle rolls,...
