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Best Finds For a New Puppy
Jump to Recommendations I recently broke my own rule and made the semi-impulsive decision to adopt a puppy. The rule against having a puppy stems from recognizing that being in my early 50’s means sleep is incredibly important. As an empty-nester, however, I knew that my college-aged youngest and I wanted to add a new…
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Dipping Our Toes In The Pool
Today, Lily the Lab had an adventure at a local facility that provides dogs with pool time & training to eventually learn to dock dive if the dog chooses. The trainer reminded us that anything Lily did today was good, and I agreed with her. Of course, in my mind I imagined Lily would…
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Our Baby Turns One
When we brought Lily the Lab home last fall, I thought it would be fun to create a photo album on Facebook and do weekly photos of her like the new moms on my friends list did monthly with their infants. When my girls were small, we didn’t have all the Pinterest-inspired ideas to try.…
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Christmas Eve Shenanigans
Christmas Eve is usually culminates in some sort of meltdown on my part. Today, crisis averted because my husband made the trip to the zoo of a grocery store, my girls wrapped presents [oldest wrapped the youngest’s and vice versa], and I had help doing things that normally would have taken hours and hours. I’m…
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Seeing Is Believing
Puppies are the ultimate bait and switch. You know they are going to grow, but even when you see it with your own eyes, it’s hard to believe it. Lily was 12.1 pounds at her first vet appointment at 8 weeks. Just six short weeks later, she was pushing 30 pounds and looking much more…
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Future Olympian
I have two pretty talented human kids. Not to be outdone by her non-canine sisters, Lily has been practicing all kinds of talents. One of her favorites is chasing and attacking her own tail. When she does this, she occasionally somersaults. When she chases her tail, she is lost in concentration and almost seems to…