The month of July 2022 was a rough one for Blitzen. This month had some serious (temporary) escalations in his behaviors and also a bout of sickness. For the first couple of weeks after his MRI, we had him on memantine and pregabalin. You might recall from the last Bulletin that his MRI in June [...]
What do you do when your dog does not like being petted by visitors? Some dogs love visitors. Some do not. Some have bitten visitors. Some have not bitten. Yet. This is just one of those stories about a dog who had already bitten people. Not just one person. Several. Fortunately, the bites up to [...]
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my dogs. The Pet Me [...]
Zooka, Blitzen and I headed out on our afternoon walk as usual. They both stalk out the front door, past the garage, and past the chicken coop in hopes of catching a bunny off guard. Zooka goes to the north side of the garage/coop, and Blitzen and I take the south side. Zooka got ahead [...]
Zooka and Blitzen love parkour! This blog contains videos of Zooka and Blitzen practicing parkour on some of our obstacles. Dog Parkour is an adaptation of parkour for humans. Sometimes called urban agility, participants utilize their environment to navigate. That might includes walls, trees, logs, benches, or anything else in the environment to jump [...]
