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A wonderful weekend with my dogs

Posted in Dogs on April 6th, 2009 No Comments »

This weekend was spent with my dogs. This was a wonderful time either walking, playing fetch, rough housing or just lounging on the couch. I guess with my boys both grown I’m using these two dogs to fill in for them. Most of the time was spent with Sammie but Mattie got his share of [...]

Dog Tales

Posted in Dogs on February 21st, 2009 No Comments »

Sammie came into my life two years ago. My previous dog of fourteen years had been a Springer Spaniel. I had to put her down in the fall of 2001. Way too many things went wrong in that year. I swore I’d never get attached to another dog again, the pain was just too great.
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Dog Park Follies

Posted in Dogs on September 27th, 2008 2 Comments »

I took my dogs to the dog park this morning. Normally Sammie, the boxer, is the only dog I take but my wife was at a conference and I decided to take Mattie, the Bichon Frise, along with us. Mattie was really just wanting to be with me but Sammie loves playing at the dog [...]

Sammie

Posted in Dogs on July 22nd, 2008 No Comments »

I acquired Sammie about a year and a half ago. She’s about a five year old Boxer that I’m in love with. My wife has a Bichon Frise that I’m very fond of but Sammie is my dog and she sticks to me like glue.
There’s something about Boxers that have always attracted me to [...]

Gastric dilatation-volvulus

Posted in Dogs on July 14th, 2008 1 Comment »

A friend of mine had two dogs, a female Doberman and a male Doberman/Great Dane mix. This past weeks, after fourteen years of companionship, she had to put her Doberman to sleep. A mix of old age and arthritis had just dropped her quality of life too low for my friend to bear any more.
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