idle musings

Did you know that if you leave raw bones in the fridge, they go mouldy? Yeah, I so didn’t think about that. I just got home from taking the dogs for a two hour walk and all I wanted to do was give them each a bone and then ignore them for the rest of [...]

I dunno if it’s the change from daylight savings or the fact that it has started raining or that I had to get up before 4am the past three days to go to work (that’s not unusual – it’s the weekly routine) but I am exhausted. I have been going to bed before 9pm and [...]

Productive day so far! I have: cleaned off the counters in the kitchen ran the dishwasher taken out two full bags of garbage swept the floors vacuumed the area rug and the couch Next up is taking Maia for a run. It’s unexpectedly sunny today which means we can make up for yesterday when it [...]

Homework for clicker class is ten hard hand touches in 30 seconds. Maia already has a good ‘touch’ on my hand but she doesn’t smoosh her nose into my hand; she brushes it lightly. Because she is the type of dog who really wants to be right, and I’m worried about her shutting down, I [...]

Sign outside a Christian* church in my neighbourhood: Gay, lesbian, bi or transgendered – God loves you and you are welcome I’m atheist but I am all about understanding and acceptance and I thought that this should be highlighted. *I don’t know the denomination – I’ve never paid attention

Maia and I had our first clicker class tonight. I decided to do a beginner clicker class with Dana, my agility instructor, because I am a perfectionist and like to learn from the beginner. *grin* We started by clicking for eye contact when we said the dog’s name – Maia just stares at me when [...]