I had a point when I started to write this post. But it vanished.
This blog began in 2005 with a silly press release about my dingo, Maggie, and her nemesis, Monsieur Le Pew. In 2008, I rescued the cracker, Loki. I never had a high drive working dog so I did what every new dog owner does when they are in over their heads with a busy dog. I adopted a second dog, a husky, to "keep him busy." I know, Internet, I know. I didn't actually make my life easier. I just had more work. Life with the cracker and the criminal was filled with adventures and hard life lessons. Juno wrote masticated the book on crime and punishment, while the cracker policed her misdemeanors.
"I try not to over think these things." Their's is a relationship beyond me. On our walks, he takes control, pushing her aside when she finds a mole or bullying her into rejoining the pack when she's too far away. In the house, he wouldn't think to take away her toy, food or her bed, even if any of […]
Who are those two interlopers zooming up and down this farm trail?
It seems like yesterday that we arrived here in Switzerland, but it was already a year ago. Time flies when you're walking dogs in a beautiful country. The harvest is here. The kids are back in school. Last year at this time we were just beginning to explore the farms and though now they are so […]
Last week we celebrated Juno's 3rd anniversary of adoption and her 4th birthday! We were coming home from Istanbul so we delayed celebrations until the weekend.
"Princess, avert your eyes!" I don't know what it is, but there's a high degree of PDA in Switzerland. Not just among teenagers. I didn't notice the couple making out in back of the dogs until I processed the images on the computer. This was the least explicit photo of their activities. We may be […]
"Why yes, I'd be delighted to look pretty and walk while you hand me some treats." Mr. Wild Dingo and Juno head out for some tricks and training time. As usual, Juno is delighted for one-on-one time with him. But then the inevitable happens.