Helen on January 15th, 2012

Raven had her 5th birthday this week on the 11th.  Happy birthday Little Big Pants! Today was a good day for learning about tug and toys.  I watched a very good video on teaching a dog to tug earlier today and picked up a lot of good tips on that.  I have found out why [...]

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Helen on August 15th, 2011

I put my bag of dog supplies together for Raven’s class tomorrow night. The only thing I forgot to do is zip it up. That was bad. I heard someone ripping a toy apart earlier, but I thought it was a toy they’ve been working on regularly for days. One of those Tuffies toys. So [...]

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Helen on August 6th, 2011

Luigi loves his toys. When he walks around the backyard with a favorite, he keeps it close by. Today the Goughnut is his favorite toy (in the planter). Look out behind you, Luigi! Goughnut Stalkers! Safe!  And in a new place. “Now I want it here!” Another Goughnut Stalker! “Ha!  Foiled your evil plot ag’in!  [...]

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Helen on January 22nd, 2011

HMS My Bahamian Baby I was looking for some pictures of the Tuffies o-ring in use, and ran across our 2010 Jan 22 photo folder. On this day a year ago, I was taking pictures of my Baby, 12 years old, getting stuck once again behind the buckets near the fence. I don’t know why, [...]

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Helen on August 5th, 2010

I bought a Kong Wobbler from an on-line retailer.  I thought it would be a good thing to help keep my Aussie in shape mentally.  Instead of handing her food in the morning, I put it in the Wobbler and let her work for it.  It’s a lot bigger than I imagined it would be.   [...]

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Helen on July 30th, 2010

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Helen on July 22nd, 2010

I forgot where I hid Leissl’s yellow ISqueak Bowling Pin. She only got to play with it once, but loved it. I put it away because Dudley was ready to grab it and do bad things to it as in chew it up. I hope to find it in the future, but a red one [...]

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Helen on January 16th, 2010

I won the middle tug toy at Tracy Hanna’s Christmas party.  She made it.  So I did some investigating and unwinding, and made my own.  Then I found the directions on-line on how to make this braid.  It’s called a Crown Sinnet – click to see how it’s done. And click to see how to [...]

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