Category: Our Pets
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Foggy Christmas Morning
Unlike most years, this Christmas morning was perfect for a visit to the dog park, and Banjo agreed!
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Puppy Rumpus Time Every Day!
The dogs like to tear apart our bedroom every day, playing and tumbling. But I don’t mind, because Babe has a best friend again!
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This is Babe. And This is Babe on Benzodiazepines.
Babe’s anxiety is treated with Xanax. Unfortunately that just sedates her. It doesn’t get rid of her fears.
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Shoe Shining with a Banjo
As I mentioned the other day, Ivan (the hubs) has been doing a lot of traveling lately to interview for residency positions. So the dogs and I have been spending a considerable amount of quality time together without their dad. When he’s home, Ivan is usually preparing for his next flight, or at the hospital.…
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How Terrifying to Live Next to a Bar
Living next to a bar wouldn’t be so bad, except that Babe is terrified of it!
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Outdoors in the Fall. Is there Anything Better?
As autumn slowly slips away, we’re helping the pups take advantage of the last golden days before winter.
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No Dogs in the Kitchen
When the dogs snatch food off of the kitchen floor, they’re not always prepared for the consequences.
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Pumpkin Everything!
The air is cool; the leaves are changing and pumpkins are everywhere! Now if I can just teach Banjo to stop trying to eat the decorative ones…
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A Puppy and a Dog Park
In an effort to keep Banjo as socialized as possible, we’ve been taking her to the dog park since we first got her in June. There are a lot of dog parks in Brooklyn… probably because there are so many dogs in Brooklyn. From our apartment, 2 are within reasonable walking distance. But we usually…
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When There’s No Time to Write, There Are Always Dog Pictures
My last post was over 2 months ago. Shameful, I know. In my defense, our little home did blow up with business as we prepared for Ivan’s residency applications. And, during that time, we were able to raised $10,000 to pay for the application process. That’s a big deal! But I also realized that writing…
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Lessons from a Boxer Puppy
Every puppy tooth I find on the floor I count as one less hole in my favorite shirt. We adopted a puppy and this is how we are managing.
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Funeral for The Porcupine Dog
Ajax won’t ever have a funeral. And even if he did, I could never make it as wonderful as he’d deserve. He was a singularly amazing dog and unparalleled friend. He created a little fairy tale for us, right in the middle of our own story.
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The Stop and Drop Phenomenon
Have I mentioned yet how stupendous it is to have a real, full kitchen? I say that primarily for two reasons: 1. I love cooking and 2. I spent January 2012 to December 2014 in Grenada where I had no proper stove (just a toaster oven), four cabinets in which to store my food and…
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Babe and the Viking Parade
On Sunday, Bay Ridge hosted a Norwegian parade. As it turns out, there is a large, proud Norwegian population in the area. Also, as we live on Third Avenue, a main route in Bay Ridge, the parade marched its honking, blaring, boisterous self right in front of our windows. But, given the usual traffic noise…
