This absolutely broke my heart.   If you'll all excuse me, I'm going to go have a little cry and cuddle my dogs now.

Hero Dog Mistakenly Euthanized at AZ Animal Shelter

Some recent pics of my pupperdoodles. :)  (For newer folks, Darwin is the red merle, and Sydney is the black tri-colored.)

WARNING: NOT EVEN REMOTELY SAFE FOR DIAL-UP.  IN FACT, LOOKING IN THIS POST'S GENERAL DIRECTION WHILE ON A DIAL-UP CONNECTION COULD AFFECT INTARWEBZ SPEEDS.  YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

( Pups behind cut! )

...Okay, so they're saying there might be snow flurries in Jacksonville.  At some point this week, we can expect a low of 19 degrees ( Read more... )

This is the fourth year that my favorite Australian Shepherd community has been doing its yearly calendar, and it's the FIRST year that the calendar is going to be available to the public! ALL proceeds go to the Australian Shepherd Health & Genetics Institute, Inc. to support research into canine epilepsy. It's a beautiful calendar -- I buy three ( Read more... )

ARGH.

I have been in contact with a woman who has been TRYING to get her adoption application processed for ARPH (an Aussie rescue organization). She has been getting the fucking run-around since JANUARY. JANUARY. I know the FL chapter of ARPH has been going through some crap (the main rep stepped down, and I have no idea if anyone's replaced ( Read more... )

While I myself am not a huge fan of the breed, it's more to do with aesthetics than reputation (I prefer dogs of the shaggy and floppy variety). All the same, I saw this video on the
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I am a firm believer that dogs are a girl's best friend.  It is a by now well-known fact that petting your dog (or cat; let's not discriminate here) can lower your blood pressure.  And this is a good thing ( Read more... )

1.  Agility class = awesome ( Read more... )

This morning was not shaping up to be my morning. Sydney was more interested in the garbage men than actually pottying, and Darwin caught the scent of the neighborhood cat in our yard, so he was more interested in THAT than pottying. I was physically incapable of opening a can of tunafish, and when I went to throw it away, I discovered the trash ( Read more... )

Been thinking about trying Sydney out with agility, since it would be scads more convenient to book an hour lesson for both dogs, rather than set up a whole 'nother day for a herding lesson. Vickie said it'd be fine if I took Syd out to the course just to see how she took to some of the equipment. A sort of "test drive," if you will, before I ( Read more... )