Archives: September2008

• Grateful for Today

  A couple unexpected things have happened to close friends of mine lately that really made me do some self examination. Life can change so quickly! Things that we take for granted can be gone before we know it. I really think that the world that we live in makes is difficult to be content and grateful for what we have. I hate to even admit it, but I think that it’s even true in how I view my dogs. Especially [...]

• Getting Ready for Winter

  I know I haven’t been posting alot lately. The weather cooled down a bit and I’ve been in a bit of a panic to finish up projects around the place that need to be done before winter. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been spending a good portion of most days outside trying to get a coat of stain on the log siding. So far I’ve got the cat’s building, the new trellis type thing over the swing in [...]

• Control Unleashed Seminar

  For months now we’ve been signed up for the Control Unleashed Seminar that is coming to Utah. Now it’s almost here! I bought and read this book shortly after it was released and I really was intrigued by the training methods that it presented. It is a training program designed to give you tools to help your reactive dog. (I hate to mention any names…Rogue). LOL I find the ideas in the book fascinating, but sometimes I learn more quickly [...]

• Wordless Wednesday 09-24-08

  Silly Lucy’s always trying to fit into beds that are too small! Our friend Cynthia took this picture of her while she was visiting. Think she might be responsible for the edges of the basket being broken….

• Training…what training?

  I don’t know what has happened to our training routine around here this last couple of weeks, but ever since Zoe finished her MACH and Twist finished his CD, I’ve slacked off in training everybody. LOL I think that part of the problem is that we’ve worked so long to reach those goals, I haven’t really looked ahead to what we’d do when those were accomplished. I just went to a convention this weekend and one of the talks was [...]

• It was a long weekend!

  It was a long weekend. I had every intention of posting something when I got home Friday night with the new car, but we didn’t get home till midnight and then I still had to pack and get ready to leave at 6 am Sat. morning for a convention. Sorry!!! Needless to say, I’m beat. Thank goodness I had a chance to sleep in a bit this morning. The really good news is that I love the new car! I [...]

• I’m going to get a Fit

  No…it’s not a typo in the title of the post. Even though I’m terribly out of shape, overweight, and need to get “fit” myself, that’s not what I was referring to. Instead, my husband and I are going to go pick up our new Honda Fit today! For probably the first time in my life I’m a little excited about buying a car. I usually HATE car shopping, buying, the whole experience. It always makes me feel like I’ve been [...]

• Zack is Back!

  I got a call on Monday from a family that adopted a Sheltie from me a year or two ago. They had just had to put their other old dog to sleep and they needed to get away from the house and all the memories for a couple of days. So, when they asked if I’d watch Zack while they took a short trip, I jumped at the chance to see the old boy again. When I told my husband [...]

• Wordless Wednesday 09-17-08

  More old pictures. This is Raven and her sister Hannah when they first came to us. What a pair!

• ATV Jamboree

  It’s definitely September in Sevier County. If there was any doubt all you would have to do is look at the road that runs in front of our house. You would see a steady stream of ATV’s driving by on their way to the trails. Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I have anything against ATV’s in general and I certainly think that people have a right to enjoy to scenery around here…as long as they don’t trash it. [...]