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Snoods are Good

By katie, on January 30th, 2012%

Since was all serious business and ranting around here last week I thought I’d let the Monkey’s lighten the mood by FINALLY posting thank you pics of them in their Embee Cavaliers’ snoods.

We think snoods are just an evil conspiracy to humiliate all Cavaliers!

Snoods may not be good, but the foods you get wearing a snood is liplickin' goooood!

When I first saw snoods I though I would never use such a humiliating torture device on my Cav’s.Then I actually got a Cav and learned how much grooming is involved and now I’m very thankful Mary Beth was generous enough to give each of my pups . . . → Read More: Snoods are Good

My Dogs Are My Family

By katie, on January 29th, 2012%

My dogs are my family. When you indicate I should find more “real” friends, you might as well say my mom, my sisters, my brothers and cousins, the kids I don’t have, my FAMILY are not good enough company and I need to find “real” friends to replace them. My dogs are my moms, sisters, brothers, kids and cousins. They are my family. They are my constant companions. They love me at 3am when I’m sick or sad. When you’re asleep in your bed, they’re asleep in mine, snuggling me. They lick away my tears and lay their soft warmth on my sore joints. . . . → Read More: My Dogs Are My Family

The Road to Success is not Paved with Intolerance

By katie, on January 28th, 2012%

Our basic obedience class is called C.H.A.R.M. School. It stands for changing habits and reinforcing manners. The first week we have everyone leave their dogs home for orientation. It’s an hours worth of positive reinforcement theory and method and a dish best digested free of dog distractions.

I’ve been co-teaching and assisting in classes but my first C.H.A.R.M. class starts next week so to get some practice I covered the orientation two weeks ago. It was my first one and I could never have predicted how it went.

Anyone who knows me knows talking about dogs and clicker training for an hour is not hard for me. . . . → Read More: The Road to Success is not Paved with Intolerance

Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Magnus and the Mean

By katie, on January 25th, 2012%

Can’t go totally wordless on this one since this is a sight I’ve never seen and it sorta made me all warm and snuggly inside. I’ve shared before how Nellie is an evil spawn. Mehusbandy is the only person on earth she likes at all and she’s still a brat to him sometimes. So when she was laying in the only spot of sunshine and Magnus decided he needed to share her space for his daily sunny nap I thought he was asking for trouble. It was a pleasant surprise when instead of trying to slit his throat she let him snuggle up with her. I . . . → Read More: Nearly Wordless Wednesday: Magnus and the Mean