I am a rescue volunteer – one who seldom comes into direct contact with the dogs I work to help. Most of the work I do is with people online – opening, reading, responding to and forwarding emails. This last weekend was pretty typical. I read three – or maybe ten – emails from people wanting to surrender their extremely sweet, very intelligent, gentle and loving Mini Aussie because: they couldn’t afford their medications, they didn’t have the time the […]
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Feb
16
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And Then I Cried
It’s different these days, how we communicate with one another about significant events in our lives. Five or ten years ago we would be re-connecting with an old friend over the phone, and – in answer to an innocent question – find that our friend had lost a parent, or a pet, or – God forbid – a child. Our innocent question would, in our mind, bring the pain of the loss to the surface again and we felt terrible […]
Feb
16
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Run, Finn, Run
Wednesday evenings in February have found Finn and I at the All Dogs Gym training facility in Manchester, NH. We are taking Beginner’s Agility, Level 2 for the second time. This is not a bad thing – we had to take eight months off for my foot to heal after surgery and it just seemed like we would be better served to refresh our memory a bit before moving up to Intermediate. It’s a small class – three teams (and […]
Feb
4
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Fight! Fight!
Several times a day, each and every day, Finn challenges Indy to a fight. Dropping into an “I mean business” stance he learned from some Border Collie, he stares at Indy, boring holes big enough to drive a sheep through, until his challenge is accepted. Indy slowly turns his head in Finn’s direction, signalling Game On! and Finn morphs his little body into a standing Grizzly, as Indy does the same. Slam. Slam. Twirl in circles. Slam. Down Indy goes […]
Feb
3
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Let’s Get Started
I’ve thought about this blog for months now – what it would look like, what I would label my categories, how much I would expose of my real thoughts on certain topics – and here I am with my blog all dressed up and ready to go – and I can’t think of a thing to say. I’m not generally tongue-tied and I love to write about my dogs, and the MARS (Mini Aussie Rescue & Support) dogs that I’m […]
