Our back yard is arse deep in snow and has been for what seems like MONTHS but has probably only been for weeks.  But definitely weeks, so, there hasn't been much walking paths with dogs.  What we do instead is I go and stand as far out as I can- which is only about seven feet from the house and dogs play around me.  I feel a bit like a primary ( Read more... )

Because you're just asking for trouble.  Like ( Read more... )

 I don't think I want to know how long it's been since I last posted.  A loong time and so much has happened in the meantime.

The new book is moving along well.  It will be called The King's Eagle.  The last book, The Shining City, third and final book in The Warriors of Estavia series will be out in April. (I just handed in the galleys.)  And I ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I posted due to computer issues.  I can't possibly catch up so if I missed anything important from anyone, apologies, and here's me starting anew.

When last we left our doggie heroes they were-I believe- puking in the car. Yes? Yes.  Nothing much has changed there but a great deal else has changed.  Almost overnight doggie heros ( Read more... )

We are witnessing the birth of a new mixed martial art in our back yard.  Nascar Racing mixed with wrestling mixed with hurtling if the hurtlers were hurtling each other.

Doggies love to be outside in all kinds of weather at all times of day, racing around like crazy puppies, knocking each other over, flying over each other and spinning around in ( Read more... )

Well, we are home from "The Big Snip."  And doggies are doing good, we just have to keep an eye on them so that they don't lick too much.  (As I write this I am hearing a rhythmic sound that means... of course, licking.)

The day began as usual with our regular 30-40 minute walk up the side road.  No dogs out and no rabbits today and the wind was ( Read more... )

Actually the answer is pretty self-explanatory all on it's own, but let's do the math, shall we?

Tripe + Barf + Car + Summer = EEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!

Add leashes dragged through it and you have double ew.  (Maybe even triple ew)

Still, today have been one triumph after another so we won't dwell in it, but next time, chicken.  Chicken puke is so much less ( Read more... )

Sometimes it's so hard to put my feelings into words when I write about these two magnificent little canines.  They began their lives here so fearfully and little by little, tiny emotional inch by emotional inch, they have eased and calmed and blossomed so wonderfully.  It was so hard to be patient and wait for them to come to me instead of ( Read more... )

What a lovely morning for walking with Doggies.  A nice breeze, cows snuffling about doing... cow things, and very few bugs.  This is great news because doggies have discovered they have NOSES, and while there is nothing cuter (really-not even kittens) than two dogs with their heads buried up to their necks in great swathes of birds-foot-tree-foil ( Read more... )

I remember seeing this cartoon once of a cat pushing a roast off a counter into the open jaws of a dog.  The caption read something about how much more dangerous it is when they get along.  This is one of those examples of a True Moment, a moment that many of us can get behind.  Not just the dog eating the roast which many, many, many of us have ( Read more... )