idle musings

On a whim I entered Maia for the trial to become a Canine Good Neighbour (similar to the American Canine Good Citizen). I was already at the trial with one of my friends and Maia was behaving beautifully. This in and of itself was amazing, as I have been working on her human reactivity since [...]

I am so proud of Maia! Tonight my brother came over for dinner and the evening ended with Maia cuddling with him on the couch. My brother and I don’t spend that much time together and whenever we do see each other it’s usually at the parents’ house – where Maia is not allowed inside [...]

First instalment of my birthday gift to myself came in the mail today! How to be the Leader of the Pack by Patricia McConnell For The Love of a Dog by Patricia McConnell Feeling Outnumbered? by Karen London and Patricia McConnell Don’t Shoot the Dog! by Karen Pryor a Sudoku variations book I’m so excited [...]

I almost didn’t go to agility tonight because I was so tired but I hauled my ass off the couch and drove the 45 minutes. And I was so glad I went because we had an awesome class. Tonight we did the A-frame for the first time! And Maia did it! We didn’t have it [...]

The only way that rape stops is if we start educating about enthusiastic consent, that it is important to ensure you have consent before undertaking sexual contact with another person, and that anyone has the right to withdraw consent at any time, for any reason. I want a world with no more victim blaming in [...]

There was a gang rape of a 16 year old girl in Pitt Meadows this week. Not only was she drugged and raped, pictures were taken and uploaded to Facebook and elsewhere on the internet. The RCMP went to talk to the high school students in Maple Meadows today about child pornography and the dangers [...]

Maia started limping really badly last night. She refused to do any ‘business’ in the back yard so I leashed her up and we slowly made our way out of the complex and down the street. She kept stopping and just looking at me with this pitiful look on her face. I ended up picking [...]

Finished one scarf tonight and started another. I have this idea of selling them on Etsy and donating the profits to my favourite charities, as I’m not making enough money right now to support them outright. I guess it will depend on whether anyone actually wants to buy them, though.

My body is mine. All mine. It is my domain into which none may enter without my explicit and enthusiastic consent. … My sexuality is mine, and the things that attract and excite me. My desire is mine—who I want to fuck and how often, whether I want to fuck in the first place, and [...]

I just brought Maia home from daycare and noticed that the largest pad on both her back feet is ripped. The skin of the pad is hanging off on each one. She’s not bleeding, and I didn’t notice her limping, but I’m concerned. Is there anything I should do to help her heal? I am [...]