When Honey came to live with us as an eight week old puppy, we limited our puppy reading. We didn’t want to get overloaded. Our book of choice? Before and After Getting Your Puppy: The Positive Approach to Raising a Happy, Healthy, and Well-Behaved Dog by Ian Dunbar. Giving Your Puppy a Good Start Dunbar’s …
Fostering
A Two-Front War at the Train Your Dog Month Challenge
Honey is learning how tasty fun a bike trailer can be in celebration of Train Your Dog Month. My goal is for Honey to join me on a short jaunt in her Doggy Ride bike trailer by June. Front #1 – As slow as Honey dripping off a spoon When I announced my goal for Train …
What a Puppy Learns in a Week
Any of us who have raised a dog from puppyhood know how quickly they grow up. But when you only have a puppy for a week, every new thing he learns stands out as a big step. Here are the things our foster puppy Buster has learned since he arrived here Sunday afternoon, in order: …
Farewell, Scooter! Holiday Blogging Event for Pets in Need
It’s holiday time. When thoughts turn to Christmas balls, rum balls, and puppy balls. Or at least my thoughts do. Scooter gets a neuter. For nearly two weeks, I’ve been keeping a foster puppy from the Tompkins County SPCA. Our days have been exhausting, frustrating, and very, very fun. But tomorrow it comes to an …
It’s Scooter!
Soon to be Adoptable in Central NY – Scooter
A Day in the Life of a Foster Puppy
If you follow me on Facebook or stop here regularly, you may have heard I became an accidental foster parent to a puppy. For those of you with adult dogs who are experiencing puppy lust, I thought I’d share with you A foster puppy morning 5:00 a.m. Up and at’em. No one sleeps in at …
Honey Fulfills Her Destiny
Late Wednesday night, I saw something interesting on Facebook. No, none of my friends admitted to sleeping with Herman Cain. And no, Bank of America is not giving a foreclosed house to everyone who “likes” them. But my friend Beth was looking for a foster home for a puppy who had been seized by Animal …