Hehehehe – I’d be worried about myself too! 😉

I was going to ask the same thing, but my internet is spotty. I had a tomcat named Cutie Pie, yes I was about 5 when he was named and he walked me to school everyday. By the time he was around 11 though his name didn’t exactly fit 😉

Ooh, that’s probably the best lesson of all. Learning to do our thing without guilt. I didn’t even think of that one.

I was wondering if someone was going to call me on that. Smarty pants! 🙂

A male dog gets the name Duchess when a five year old (me) gets to name him. And she’s just see the Disney movie The Aristocats (do you remember Duchess was the name of the mama cat?).

He didn’t seem to mind having a girl’s name.

A hike becomes a whole different experience when we watch our dogs to see what else there is to notice.

I’m so glad you weren’t so worried about keeping your heart rate up that you missed out on Blueberry’s heart-expanding experiences.

But if you start rolling in horse droppings, we will start to worry about you. 🙂

A year or two from now, you’ll be amazed at what a nice lady Bailie turns into. How could she not with you as her example?

As for rabbits, they make my mother as crazy as they make you and your sister. My mom has enclosed her yard in 12 foot high deer fencing which she has dug underground about 2 feet deep. The one time a bunny got inside the fence, he managed to scramble up the 12 foot fence once he saw my mom coming.

Apparently she’s as scary as a GBGV. 🙂

My past four dogs have all been female. And while I know that leg lifting is part of the bargain with most male dogs, I’ve gotten used to dogs in the “once and done” school of peeing.

I hate to think I’d only adopt female dogs for such a shallow reason. But maybe I really am that shallow. 🙂

I brought Through a Dog’s Eyes home from the library but I don’t think I got to read it.

I’ll take your recommendation to look it up again.

As for cats… If we understood them, we might find they’re not nearly as interesting as we thought. Some mysteries are good.

Separation anxiety is so hard. Isn’t it terrible to see our fuzzies feeling sad? Especially since we could easily solve the problem if we could take them with us everywhere we go.

Hope you’re able to work through this with Harley so you don’t have to learn too many life lessons from his behavior.

Yes, I want to make a poster of your swimming dogs to encourage Honey.

And yes, we can learn so much from our dogs about not letting limits hold us back.