November 23, 2014 I got back last night from a four day trip to California for a job interview. While I was gone Greg walked A.J. on some of the trails. Everything was covered in deep snow, which A.J. likes to occasionally pounce into. On at least one occasion during this time he came up …
Tag: cheatgrass
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 …
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 …
Working on Walking Calmly
Note: As I look back on this journal entry, I see that my future probably is not in dog psychology. A.J. is a very energetic Springer Spaniel who needs tons of exercise and interaction. So while some of what I was guessing at in this entry was probably accurate, a lot of it was just …
Frustrating Day
September 7, 2013 Today hasn’t been a great A.J. day. He was up around 6:30 and refused to settle down again. (Did I mention that today is Saturday?) I sent him out and went back to bed. About 5 minutes later he started to bark. I didn't want him to bother the neighbors that early in …
A.J. Goes Back to the Vet
August 19, 2013 Today we start A.J.’s third round of antibiotics since we adopted him three and a half weeks ago. Today we went to the vet again because he needed his parvo booster, plus his cheatgrass abscess wasn’t healing up very well. We saw Dr. Frost, the same vet we saw last time. He …
The Case of the Missing Sock
August 14, 2013 Sorry guys, but men really can be clueless sometimes. I put a sock on A.J.’s paw to cover up his cheatgrass wound before leaving for my volunteer work so he wouldn’t lick at it all day. Greg and I rode our bikes to town, then Greg came home to work while I worked …
Our First Thunderstorm
August 13, 2013 We had a little bit of a thunderstorm around 3 AM. A.J. did great. He woke me up, but I got up, petted him for a few minutes, went back to bed and we all slept through the rest of the storm. He insisted on getting up at 6:30 again. I was …
Another Terrible Walk
August 12, 2013 We’re still dealing with A.J.’s open wound from the cheatgrass. Cleaning it out and getting the sock on have been quite the challenge. He mouthed at me several times while I tried to put the sock on. The last couple of times he’s pretty much given up, finally. We had a terrible …
A.J. Meets Cheatgrass
August 10, 2013 Poor A.J., he’s had a rough couple of days. Yesterday was his first trip to the groomer. The first groomer I called never called back, so I chose this particular groomer in part because they’re nearby, but also because according to their website the owner had a dog who did therapy dog work and I …
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