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  April 6, 2019

  Trick Dog Training: Roll Yourself in a Blanket

  One of my goals for 2019 was to work with my dog, Copernicus (or Copper for short), on earning various levels of Trick Dog Titles. I did not know that Trick Dog Titles were a thing until recently and when I found out, I knew it was the perfect winter activity for Copper and me…

• January 26, 2017

  Grief and Joy: Part Two

  In part one of this blog series I focused mostly on the grief side, with the loss of our first dog, Happy Gilmore. While we are still sad and miss him dearly, we’ve also been able to experience new joys with the new dog we adopted a couple of weeks ago. Meet Copernicus — or,…

• January 25, 2017

  Grief and Joy: Part 1

  This past Christmas was a hard one for us. We had to say goodbye to one of our best friends and companions — our dog, Happy Gilmore. It was all the harder because it was a sudden and unexpected death. Happy was a well trained and good mannered dog. He wasn’t a bolter by nature,…

• October 24, 2016

  Trick AND Treat! Dog Tricks & a Dog Treat Review

  Halloween is just around the corner! Our dog, Happy Gilmore, has been known to dress in costume and get into the Halloween spirit, but he has one complaint about the holiday. Why does it have to be Trick OR Treat? Shouldn’t it be Trick AND Treat? Happy was Thor for Halloween last year… Lucky for…

• May 3, 2016

  Happy Birthday Happy

  I thought focusing on this verse this week would be appropriate since we are celebrating our dog Happy’s third birthday. I think it’s interesting how one’s attitude and actions toward animals is indicative of his actions towards people — but this proverb turns it around from the way I usually think of it. You often…

• February 22, 2016

  Could the Groundhog be Right?

  I’ve said it before — I take issue with Punxatawney Phil and his shadowy predictions. This Groundhog Day I was too busy with Rheumatoid Awareness Day to pay much attention to Phil, but I did hear that he didn’t see his shadow. In theory that means that spring is just around the corner. Well, judging…

• June 18, 2014

  Happy Puppy OR A Dog and His Dinh

  It’s true. I’ve been slacking on the blog. Part of it may or may not be due to the fact that we got our first family pet a few months ago. Tom and I had discussed getting a dog over the years, but somehow this winter it suddenly became a reality. We found a ~10…