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Dealing with Dog Aggression

I’ve been thinking about aggression a lot lately. I have been reading a book by Stephen J. Joubert called Final Hope: Gaining Control of Your Aggressive Dog. I like this book because it is well organized. I also like how clear it is and how matter of fact it is. It has a section on […]

Letting Go

Today my son cried and cried at breakfast. He said through his sobs, “I don’t know why I am crying!” I think he is missing his puppies. No matter what I said though, he denied it but I’ve seen this before. He needs to grieve their leaving and I don’t blame him. I miss them […]

January 13, 2009 • Tags:  • Posted in: fostering dogs, Hermes, observations • 1 Comment

Our Fosters

We have taken in and cared for four groups of foster dogs (so far): Lollie, Babe & Paulie came to us four weeks old with no mother in late winter 2005     Bella arrived very pregnant in mid-2005, whelped 11 pups in our home, one of which we adopted (Hermes).  The other ten pups […]

November 22, 2008 • Posted in:  • No Comments

Our Dogs

We have four dogs in our family: Brandy – a lab/terrier/viszla mix purchased as a puppy from a pet store in September 1994. Read more on Brandy. Lollie – a pitbull mix with a beautiful brindle coat that came to us in our first foster litter in early 2005. Read more on Lollie. Bella – a […]

November 21, 2008 • Posted in:  • 4 Comments