August 23, 2014 This has been quite the week for A.J. I’m so proud of my boy. A.J. spent last weekend with Phyllis at Doodle Dogs while Greg and I went to visit Greg's brother and sister-in-law. It was really good that we didn’t bring him with us because they had thunderstorms just before we …
Author: ajthespringer
A.J. is my dog. One of the things I did while on an extended break from my career as a technical writer and editor was adopt this totally crazy and adorable dog. He's provided me with an incredible amount of frustration and entertainment. And as you can see, he's also provided me with a large amount of writing material. I'm back at work now, but plan to keep the stories coming - maybe just not as often.
A.J. Comes When Called
July 21, 2014 A.J. is doing such a great job on his recall. Last week I took him out a couple of times with his long leash. I’d let him snuffle around at the end of the leash, and when he got really busy I’d say “A.J. Come!” and he came running right back to …
A.J. and the Three Little Girls
June 25, 2014 Today didn’t start out as a great day, but it ended just about as good as it gets. We had to walk early this morning because today was a volunteer day. That means I had to get up at 6:30 to take A.J. out. He was pulling a lot on the leash. I …
A.J. Meets Gracie
June 15, 2014 Father’s Day. We had a great day today. We went on the same hike we did on Mother’s Day. Once again, A.J. was fabulous. He met all dogs, both on and off leash, calmly and nicely. When a couple of people stopped to pet him he just wiggled happily and let them …
Smart Boy
The other night we went out to dinner and left A.J. home in the house. We had some papers on the counter that we didn’t push back far enough, so while he was counter surfing he managed to knock them all down. Most of them were just scattered on the floor, but one of them …
A.J. Has a Very Long Weekend
June 9, 2014 A.J. had a very long, busy weekend. Greg's niece invited him to walk in the Relay for Life in Richland, WA Friday night/Saturday morning, and he really wanted to go. The relay is a walk around a track that goes all night, from about 7:00 PM to 8:00 AM. His niece said she’d …
A.J. Goes Hiking
May 11, 2014 We had a lot of good today, and some ickyness. Let’s start with the good. We decided to take A.J. on his first hike today. We went to an area that has a combination of on and off leash dog trails there. We decided we could start with on, see how he did, …
Back and Forth and Back and Forth, and a Bad Dream
May 8, 2014 I’d been making some really good progress with A.J. Two days after Jerry was here there was another track meet at the school. There were tons of people, kids, and dogs. A.J. walked through all of it right by my side. We stopped and he let a woman pet him. When we …
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A.J. is the Bestest Boy!
April 28, 2014 “I have the bestest dog in the whole world!” That’s what I said to Greg when A.J. and I got back from our walk this morning. A.J. spent most of the walk distracted by birds, and he still isn’t heeling well at all. But… We were walking down the street and a …
The Best Walk!
April 21, 2014 We had the best walk this morning! We reached the end of the street and turned the corner, and there was a man across the street walking his big yellow lab. We got closer and the man and I said “hello,” and…that was it. A.J. would take a quick look at the …
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