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Home again

Home again, jiggity jigg! Home to write new posts about dog training! Home to start agility training with Dax and Zappa. Home to condition Corbie, who got really fat while I was gone! Special order braided leashes will finally get done. And, the K9FUN Store will be restocked and go back on the road! If [...]

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Desert Wind Schutzhund Trial

Warren’s flying in tomorrow to judge the Desert Wind Schutzhund Trial. The weather forcast is for snow down to 1000 feet, and below freezing temperatures. Funny, leaving Montana and coming to sunny southern California! I’d love to be able to throw Lexi in for a SchH2, but no matter how I looked at it, it [...]

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Baley’s new home

Baley Boo went to a new home – thanks to everyone who helped her on her journey to Arizona! Here’s a pic of her with her new family!

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Good weekend

Got in some great training Friday night, Saturday, and then went tracking down near the border on Sunday. I guess I can’t complain too loudly, since the last time I tracked was at the SchH trial in Boise at the beginning of October… but it wasn’t an auspicious start for the new year, at least [...]

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Letters from the past (that devilish whiskey)

Letters my mother saved. Mrs Oquinn must be her mother, Alma Pearce O’Quinn? c/o J.R. Prine Haines City, fla Jan. 9, 1927 My dear Mrs Oquinn: I received your nice little present the 27- and it was the one bright cheerful thing that came my way that day. I surely did appreciate the little apron [...]

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What happened to common sense?

My mom was discharged from hospital four weeks ago with a med list: in addition to warfarin, she’s taking Lipitor, 81mg aspirin, and Senekot, a laxative, two times per day for constipation and Colase, a stool softener,  two times per day. Both of these are over the counter drugs, and both should be used only [...]

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Taking the dogs for a drag

One nice thing about being here is that the dogs and I take a long walk every evening, up and down the dirt alleys and quiet neighbourhoods in the dark. The smells bring back memories of childhood: anise growing along the edges of alleys, and jasmine, even in November. My mother’s house is on a [...]

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The medical benefits of being a dog

Short story: You already knew this: when it comes to emergency medical care, it’s better to be a dog. Long story: I just got a disturbing phone call:  my mother’s good friend Betty went to the emergency room last Friday afternoon with increasingly severe stomach pains. She had complained of nausea, and had several times [...]

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Pharmacies don’t stock prescription drugs?

Short story: I went to CVS Pharmacy to fill a prescription for Percoset, and the woman behind the counter said “We don’t have that. That’s a controlled substance.” Long story: I got a call from the assisted living place saying Mom was in a lot of pain, and had been since the nurse got on [...]

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More scheduling

Friday Today my mom moves into St Paul’s assisted living on a trial basis. While I’m there, I get a somewhat frantic call from the Home Health nurse. “Your mother missed her blood draw on Monday the 8th. She was supposed to have it done at Scripps Clinic.” “Hmm. I don’t know about that, I [...]

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