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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! [...]
Book list for 2008, 2009 2010 (71) December (6) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* by JK Rowling Bad Luck and Trouble* by Lee Child Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* by JK Rowling Tripwire* by Lee Child Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* by JK Rowling Stranger in a Strange Land by [...]
I received my last two books today (no seriously, they are my last because I have no money left in the ‘buy books’ fund) and they are Turid Rugaas’ “On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals” and Brenda Aloff’s “Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide”. And I only bought them because they were both 50% [...]
I’m starting a new class with Maia. It’s a beginner clicker class, also taught by Dana (my agility instructor). I’ve been doing clicker stuff with Maia for a while now but I learn best by watching someone irl do stuff and then mimicking it. I know my timing can be better, and I want to [...]
I seem to have a problem. It involves books, and credit cards, and clicking stuff online that magically appears on my doorstep a few days later! Due to arrive shortly: Help For Your Fearful Dog by Nicole Wilde (especially because I will be going to see her in May) Try Tracking! by Carolyn Krause Mine! [...]
1. Do you snack while you read? If so, favourite reading snack? I snack while I read on the internet, but not while I read books. Usually popcorn with extra salt. 2. What is your favourite drink while reading? Tea or water. 3. Do you tend to mark your books as you read, or does [...]
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 now have two years worth of books read recorded here on my blog. The reason this is so cool, and will only continue to be more so the longer I keep track – tonight I was thinking about a book I read in 2008. I couldn’t remember the title or the author, but I [...]
My goal for 2009 is to read 130 books. 2009 (88) December (4) The Rich are Different* by Susan Howatch Funeral of Figaro by Ellis Peters Death Mask* by Ellis Peters The Knocker on Death’s Door by Ellis Peters November (5) The Black Tower by PD James The Dark Shore* by Susan Howatch The Death [...]
There is a used bookstore that specializes in mysteries down the street from my new house. I look at it every time I drive by, thinking I should go in there. Today I did, and I walked out with 6 books. Who is surprised? Not me! It’s such a classic used bookstore – the bookcases [...]