Absolute joy!

Absolute joy!

I am so excited! Our first solo “away” run ( not home trails) with my Dax n’ Ahna team: two young dogs (19 months) no experienced leader, no other dogs to follow, no one out front. Dax and Ahna – my DNA team! (Nordiclight’s…

When confidence fails…

When confidence fails…

I’m looking for the right photo to post with this post. Reaching for my phone my eyes fall on the corkboard behind my desk, passes up and over the desktop screen, and moves across the wall. There are pictures of all my dogs here,…

To Blog or Not to Blog

To Blog or Not to Blog

Let me start by saying I really do not like the word “blog.” It is, well, loggy. It sounds like something you’d say by mistake when trying to talk while eating a peanut butter sandwich on whole grain bread without a lick of honey…

Kids and Dogs: Tantrums with Teeth!

Kids and Dogs: Tantrums with Teeth!

Puppies are coming! Next week in fact. Meanwhile, I am puppy-proofing. Because puppies like to chew, compulsively. New puppy owners despair. That cute puppy they brought home in their arms has become a compulsive toothsome monster, chewing, nipping, mouthing, a menace to civilized living….

Auguries

Auguries

I was drawn to Blake’s Auguries of Innocence one morning by this image, To see the World in a Grain of Sandand Heaven in a Wildflowerhold Infinity in the palm of your hand and Eternity in an Hour… Blake’s poem goes on for 128…