Posted by in dogs We’re starting a day early, but December is going to be dog training month. Gracie and I have had invites to go sit with children reading, and at the last one we were asked to do some tricks, but we haven’t kept up on that much. We did what we could, but we can do…Read more »
Sorry to be quiet here but the last couple weeks have been a wild ride, one that I’m hoping is in the process of calming down!! A couple weeks ago I got my annual mammogram, and for the first time, they found something suspicious on it. Never what you want to hear. I only had…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Yes, that’s a new name here. Carly is an eight year old lab who will be joining us October 29th! She was found wandering the streets in Central PA and a local rescue was able to take her in, thankfully. She had a huge lipoma hanging from her abdomen, and that was removed when she…Read more »
Posted by in dogs I was shocked to see that it has been three months since I updated you on our foster fail, Ace. The good news is that he has made huge progress in that time. He was always a very nice dog, but he was scared of so many things when he arrived in May. Feet. hands,…Read more »
Posted by in dogs “Do you think we will be able to walk him?” Marley asked when I first proposed going to look at Bodhi (then named Buddy) to maybe adopt. We had never had a blind dog, knew nothing about it, but something about his story drew me. Bodhi’s original owner died suddenly, and the relatives didn’t want…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Today is Gracie’s 4th Gotcha Day. She’s four years and 3 months old, and still as gorgeous and gregarious as ever. She’s still enjoying therapy dog visits, and had a nice time at the Derry Township Police department last evening. She and Ace are going well too. They aren’t bosom buddies, but they co-exist easily,…Read more »
Hmmm…I’m not sure there is much semi about our semi-retirement so far. I need to work on that. Some re-evaluation may be in order. It was another busy week, in part because I spent a lot of it in the vet’s office! Some of it planned and some not. Ace has been shaking his head…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Castaway Critters is having its annual photo contest, featuring photos of all sorts of rescued pets. This year I’ve entered Bodhi in the contest. Enough votes and he might even grace the cover of the 2023 calendar, and there are also 12 whole pages for the other top 11 vote-getters. Votes are $1 each with…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Six years ago today we adopted Bodhi, who is one of the world’s very best dogs. We had never had a blind dog before, so Bodhi was our teacher in many ways, but since he was at least four years old at the time, and had been blind for life, he knew his way around…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Ace has been with us almost a month now, and as usually happens, he is a different dog than the one that arrived here. It takes dogs some period of time – some a couple weeks, some much longer – to start showing their true personalities, and we are beginning to see more of who…Read more »
The Blessing of Animal Companions 