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Rose’s Dog Blog

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:57:21 +0000

It was a beautiful July day, and my three sisters and I were anticipating a long hike along the Appalachian Trail. Just the four of us. No kids, no responsibilities–just the mountains, the sky, and each other’s company. And the dogs, of course.

I called the dogs and we hopped into my husband’s car–an old Mercedes

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Hamlet and Yorick Jump Off Rocks

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:15:24 +0000

These pictures were taken on June 6, 2010. Hamlet is getting to be an old man, and turned nine on June 28. He can still run with the best of them, and doesn’t let Yorick push him around! Yorick is almost one year old in these photos (his birthday is July 24).

Yorick is a bright

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Yorick Comes Home

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:56:34 +0000

This album illustrates Yorick’s first six months in Virginia. To read the captions while you are watching the slideshow, click on Show Info in the top right corner.

Yorick Comes Home

Yorick’s Beginnings

admin — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:36:59 +0000

This photo album chronicles Yorick’s puppy hood in Altforst, The Netherlands. He was bred by Roel Steenhuis. The album identifies Yorick’s mother and father, and gives an introduction to the kennel he came from. To read the captions while you are watching the slideshow, click on Show Info in the top right corner.

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Puppy Blog: Puppies Leaving

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:03:32 +0000

Hello, and good-bye

The party is over, the house is empty, the farewells have been said and the tears have been cried. The laundry room is empty: no more ragged old towels litter the floor, the puppy toys are stashed, the bowls washed and the washing machine and dryer silent after their heroic efforts to

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Puppy Blog: Puppy Play

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:44:58 +0000

Cecily -- clean, for once

Water is not only for drinking. Bianca’s puppies have discovered that bit of knowledge in the past couple of days and have had no end of fun doing so. Unfortunately water-play in the house is quite messy and when you add food (which is not simply eaten but is sort

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Puppy Blog: Puppy “Leavings”

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:09:31 +0000

... like Christmas wrapping paper

In the past I have shared pictures and stories about how Bianca’s puppies have changed my house and my life. As you know, over the weeks the puppy command center has morphed from a large plastic tub in my office to free range of the laundry room floor, and my

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Puppy Blog: Happy New Year!

admin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:29:58 +0000

Home Crate

When one chooses to love, one also chooses by default, to let go. That is the inconvenient detail, the fine print that seems so inconsequential in the beginning and so ominous in the end. It is almost time for me to let go; Bianca’s puppies have reached six weeks of age and in

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Puppy Blog: Christmas

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:19:29 +0000

Puppy eyes

The house still carries the afterglow of a wonderful Christmas spent with friends. A tiny tree all sparkled with lights and silver ribbons sits on the fireplace mantel, the dining table is set with candles in brass holders and an evergreen swag welcomes visitors at the front door. I chose a simple celebration

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Puppy blog: on the move

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:39:01 +0000

Hello!

One of the delights of my childhood was being snowbound. I grew up in northern Ohio in a tiny village of lake cottages that hugged the shore of Lake Erie. Winters were long and snowy and it was an unusual winter indeed that did not produce at least one snowbound episode to delight

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