I'm not someone who believes that everything happens for a reason.We can debate that over a glass of wine sometime, but I truly think the world is full of chance and randomness.I do, however, believe that there is a purpose to every single thing that happens. In most … [Read more...]
Caturday Catch Up
Two years ago this week, the boys and I arrived in Louisiana. So, we've been back to Indiana just a bit shy of a year. My, how time flies.Anyway, two years ago right now, I was obsessing over how to get the dogs and Newt integrated. I wrote this whole post about the Newt … [Read more...]
Lennie
Well, it happened. Newt maimed one of the boys. (OK. OK. Not maimed. Scratched.)And, of course, it was Lucas.We don't know what happened. Everyone was hanging out, there was a scuffle, then his ear was bleeding. Frankly, I'm astounded that it took this long for it to … [Read more...]
Finding your why
At some point during Emmett's road trip, someone asked me in a totally offhanded way why I write a dog blog.My response was something like: ...... um..... it's fun?But, laying it all out, that isn't entirely true.Don't get me wrong. Some days are super fun.But … [Read more...]
Turns out, positive reinforcement works
Which we all know, of course, but we had a HUGE reminder of just how well positive reinforcement works earlier this week.But first - flash back to last summer. I had just moved to Louisiana with the three dogs. We worried about them (Cooper, in particular) meeting Newt. … [Read more...]