idle musings

So flippin’ cute. The Boston is like, “I play bitey-face!” and the cat is like, “No, I wash your face. Stay still!”

I was so productive today! I slept in I cleaned my bathroom from top to bottom I swept, vacuumed, and swiffered all the floors in my house, including the stairs I took the dogs for a two hour wander on the dykes I did four loads of laundry I ran the dishwasher, cleaned off the [...]

There were coyotes out in the forest tonight. Maia was acting extremely anxious – walking in heel, bonking my hand with her nose, jumping up on me – and I couldn’t figure out the source until we stopped and I heard them barking and howling. I learned that playing stick fetch calms Maia’s anxiety though! [...]

Tonight was the last clicker class that I am taking Bosco to for the next while. Unfortunately it is too expensive to continue doing the class. If Dana taught independently (and closer, while I’m dreaming) then I would do it in a heartbeat. She is, however, going to be teaching beginners Rally-O, and I will [...]

I have finally figured out ‘stand’ with Maia. I was using ‘touch’ with my hand but I didn’t want her to mess up the signals so I have made ‘stand’ to be my middle and index finger pointing out to the side. She still reads it as a ‘touch’ but I click and treat as [...]