One of the benefits of having Violet in the house is that Leo and Anubis get to brush up on their obedience training as well ( Read more... )

Or maybe it should be said that a wonderful home found Marley.  My awesome LJ friend, therealocelot , informed me that her hubby was looking to add a second dog to the family.  We brought Marley to their house today, and it was very obvious to me that I couldn't ask for a better family to take my sweet girl.  Marley will have a wonderful yard to play in, a ( Read more... )

Anubis cries to tell me he must go potty. He steps outside. It's 34 degrees and pouring rain. The moment the icy rain touches his useless coat, he starts dancing. As we dance to the orchard for him to go potty, one foot enters a puddle ( Read more... )

My personal trainer, Anubis, decided that I was going to run a mile as fast as I could yesterday.  I didn't clock it, so I have no idea how fast I went, but Anubis actually had to gallop a few times instead of just carrying on with his meager trot.  I haven't run a mile for speed in a while since my knees had been giving me so much grief, but holy ( Read more... )

The weather report predicted 108 for my lovely little town today, which meant that the inside of my house would get to no less than 98.  Thus, I decided to take Kristine and dogs up to the mountains to hike around PinecrestLake and then take a dip in the icy, mountain water should we ever feel compelled to do so.  The lake is somewhere around 6000 ( Read more... )

It doesn't look like taking a job with the Vegas PD is a good idea.  The income to cost of living ratio there is fabulous... if you buy.  If you need to hole up somewhere to save money for a down, forget it.  It's cheaper to buy than for me, Kristine, a live-in nanny, and the zoo to rent a place.  So, I sit tight and wait for Arnold to give the Sac ( Read more... )

Anubis' recovery has been far longer than expected, but I think we are finally there.  His coat is getting softer, I haven't seen blood in his stool for a few days, and though he still isn't excited to eat his breakfast, he is back to loving dinner with great leaping enthusiasm.

Leo's dental work went wonderfully, and the poor boy must have been ( Read more... )

• Nooby seems to be slowly recovering.  I still have to make his breakfasts more enticing by adding an egg to get him to eat it, but he eats dinner ravenously.  His digestion appears mostly normal, but I suspect it will take a while for things to heal up completely.
• I finally got my blood sucked for the TSH test yesterday.  I am hopeful I'll have ( Read more... )

Anubis ate all his breakfast this morning... at breakfast time!  There was also no blood in his stool that was visible to the eye.  And he was an intolerable, bouncing bundle of joy.  Yay ( Read more... )

Last month, Kristine and I brought the dogs up to Auburn for a greyhound event with GFFL and to spend some time with my folks.  While there, Anubis spent some time in the newfie kennel, which has a dirt floor ( Read more... )