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Using a Dog Coupler (Double Dog Leash) without a Leash

Posted on Jun 7, 2017 in Blog, Just for fun | Comments Off on Using a Dog Coupler (Double Dog Leash) without a Leash

Normally, we go on a lot of hikes…A LOT. With the weather now in the 90s during the day, we have cut back a little and tend to go...

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We have Two High Energy Dogs in a Tiny House

Posted on Jun 5, 2017 in Blog, Featured, Just for fun | Comments Off on We have Two High Energy Dogs in a Tiny House

The dogs and I have been absent for a few months because I have been writing a book about our recent (3 years ago) lifestyle change. Brian and I sold our big house in Connecticut, toured around the Southwest and finally built a ‘tiny house’. We have one full-sized piano, one parrot and two dogs in a tiny house.

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Purgatory Chasm, Gila National Forest

Posted on Apr 17, 2017 in Blog, Featured, Just for fun | Comments Off on Purgatory Chasm, Gila National Forest

After consuming a large Cinnabon cinnamon roll each, we felt an intense hike would be in our best interest. We loaded up the dog team and headed east.

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Ode to Dog Fun

Posted on Apr 2, 2017 in Blog, Just for fun | Comments Off on Ode to Dog Fun

We went on an adventure
To climb a great hill
Wanting some exercise
Boy, we’d get our fill

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Australian Shepherd Haircut – Shave Time!

Posted on Mar 29, 2017 in Blog, Pet care | 2 comments

Shortly after the Sydney (mis)adventure, I gave the dogs their Australian Shepherd haircut – aka the shave down. I decided to try to improve my technique and do a better job than when I created the Sydney Mistake.

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Sydney’s Scary River (mis)Adventure

Posted on Mar 24, 2017 in Behavior, Blog | Comments Off on Sydney’s Scary River (mis)Adventure

Sydney got swept away in a river recently and it was very scary. Here’s the story:

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The Shaved Australian Shepherd & Why it’s okay

Posted on Mar 21, 2017 in Blog, Featured, Pet care | 7 comments

I’ve written a lot about grooming lately. In my own angst about the shaved Australian Shepherd and undercoat chaos management, I have been doing a lot of reading and I just had to write about it again. In this post, we discuss our decision to shave the dogs.

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