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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Teaching Davy his place...

Davy is getting the message about where to be when, for instance, I sit down in the living room for a meal in front of the tv. He was jumping up, wanting my attention, wanting to be on the couch, wanting a hand-out... He'd get all exuberant and start with the teeth and paws (and claws). Now, when I sit down, I direct him to the place next to the couch and give him a rawhide chew-treat and he stays content with that while I eat my chew treats. If he doesn't calm down, if teeth keep connecting... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Davy, Down! Dog people... trainers... This one is for you:

How would you teach a puppy to keep his sharp little teeth off human skin... and pants cuffs...? One book I have says that some trainings are not going to be absorbed until at least 4 months of age, and our Davy is just coming up on 10 weeks. This is a thing he does when he is excited-- a play behavior, and a herding behavior. Is the goal here to teach him to contain his excitement? Is that how I should be looking at it? Do we whisk him off to a time-out with every playful snap and nip? Cesare... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Shots for puppy...

This is the day! He gets his boosters today, and that means--Freedom! Now he will be safe to visit other dogs, and I can take him to the parks and on longer walks and places other dogs walk... This means I will not be, perforce, at home, and our walkies not restricted to our yard and long driveway. Last week I observed the eruption and growth of a cluster of fungi in the yard near the line where he can run up and down. He found them quite, quite interesting, and so I cordoned them off to see... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Davy wakes up so happy!

He is just purely delighted to go bounding into the world each day, to greet each of us with huge grins, merry enthusiasm, invitations to play... So, we have to clean up the wet, nasty newspapers from the floor, and hustle him out for his first official walk of the day... We have to delay our breakfasts to play a while, and curb the happy puppy teeth from nipping our hands and heels... We have to turn away when he jumps up on us... We have to trade actual toys for plastic bags, odd socks, shoes,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Davy Diary, or The Dog Blog

Davy will be 9 weeks old on Sunday, and he has been with us now three weeks. Reviewing for anyone who has not read of it yet, Black Jack Davy is a border collie pup. He is very smart, but still a baby, and as hard as he tries to learn things, he forgets: he nips at heels and pant cuffs... he jumps and snaps at hands... he grabs Unsuitable Things for toys... he is far from continent in the house... But he is learning. Every day he gets it and retains it better, whichever lesson it is... He has... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

New Flowers for the Sally Garden!

Who knows what this one is? This is a green primrose! Or primula, I believe, across the Atlantic... And here is one for the Fourth o' July! Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Another side-trip to Middle-earth

Recently wrote a little poem to add to my tribute to Tolkien writings.. The Courting of Goldberry There--! Among the reeds I see you! Part of the River, part of the land... I hear your laughter and your singing... I offer you my strong brown hand: Come with me. fair Lady springing from the heart of the River-- Come live on the land! Come sing with me, and with me dance-- Oh, sweet fair Lady, take the chance! Oh, Lady, come, I'm a lovely fellow in my happy blue hat and my boots of yellow-- I'm... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Oh what a clever girl am I!

Over the past two months, since the lad was home from college and I had his muscles and good nature to assist, there's a room in the back of the house that has been cleared out (mostly) of years' accumulation of stuff. Much of it was on top of an old mattress and boxspring that rested on top of a rather nice futon couch frame. The futon itself was long ago expelled from the house... "Launch futon torpedo!" We pulled and dragged and wedged and maneuvered until the frame was in view of the TV, and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Here's an idea...

I just posted this notion to Blogitstaff, but I also want to run it by you, and see if anyone agrees with me that it's a good idea: I would like to give gift subscriptions-- perhaps read-only--to a number of people. One month samples, so to speak. Can I open accounts for others? Do we have a read-only option at all? What if you let us have a few free invites for maybe a more limited trial-read, to possibly boost membership? Maybe a two-week invite, with a 'coupon' for a discounted first-time,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

Movies! Your recommendations...?

pbitter brought up the subject of comedies... What are your favorite comedies? Are there some you can watch over and over again? Maybe it wasn't a comedy-genre movie, but just one with a lot of laughs... LAKE PLACID comes to mind as one of my favorites: technically, the genre might be monster-movie spoof, but it's spoofiness is intelligent and clever, and is not presented 'spoofily.' In fact, there is nothing like laughter to set in the hooks of a horror movie--One of the best ever for that is... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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