Cooper is HappyCat’s best friend. It’s unusual I know, for a cat and dog to love each other. Perhaps more unusual for the love to be mostly one sided on the cat’s end. Cooper likes Happy enough, but Happy does not run when he chases or provide him with treats (beside allowing access to the [...]
Dogs
Dog mom’s guilt
As is common when starting a new job, my life has been hectic of late. Not only do I wake up too early, spend way too much time in my car or at work and have to do homework, but I also have responsibilities at home. A confession, some days I wish I didn’t have [...]
Dogs
Poodles – A Very Short (and inaccurate) History
Poodles were originally bred as a retriever. The Germans developed the breed and named them after Pudel, which means to splash in water. Well that might not have been a good trait for a water retriever. One must swim in order to get to bird the hunter just shot, not just splash around in the [...]
Animals
10 Reasons I’m a Bad Pet Mom
Recently I started been reading a blog called 1000 Reasons I’m a Crap Mom. It is adorable. Being constantly bombarded by parenting tips she is constantly reminded of her failings as a mother. I don’t have children. I have pets. And even as a pet owner I have my failings. So its probably best that [...]
Dogs
Cameras and dogs
Dear dog, I know you have spent your life from 8 weeks of age on with a high quality, fancy lens, high speed shutter camera in your face. How about an example: So when I’m trying to take a picture of you with a low pixel, built in lens, takes forever, cell phone camera can [...]
Dogs
Booties
I think Cooper misses his winter hiking booties. I mean, why else would he avoid perfectly good rocks to walk right through the swamp. I guess the booties are stylish and all. And that he’s a pretty noticeable fellow with them on. But wouldn’t it be preferable for him to not have stinky muck on [...]
Dogs
Missing collar
Cooper has always been incredibly easy on toys. He still has a stuffed teddy bear that my friend Dawn picked out for him the day I picked him up. That was over a year ago. He plays with it regularly and it still looks great. He prefers to shred things he finds in the trash. [...]
Dogs
Life with a Naked Poodle
It was hot for New Hampshire during most of the month of May. Because Cooper was clearly being affected by the heat we had him sheared down from his normal teddy bear appearance. (Notice, he’s being bad. He’s sitting on the top of the back of the couch to look out that window in that [...]
Dogs
Dog Training and Real Life
I have spent considerable amount of time and money training my poodle. We have completed 4 courses now, Basic I, Basic II, Canine Good Citizen, and Rally-O novice level. We continue to train because I would like to do some competitive obedience with him, but also because we want to keep him safe no matter [...]
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