Still getting used to a dog
September 12, 2007
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I am still getting used to having a dog in the house. I’ve grown to love it - it’s very fun to come home to a dog with a tail that wags with excitement. We’ve also experienced a breakthrough this week. One night as we were getting ready for bed, [...]
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Where’s the paxil?
August 30, 2007
Now that is one sad dog. Seriously, anyone know where we can pick up some Paxil for Sadie? Ever since we brought her home from staying with Sarah’s parents, she hasn’t been the same dog. She mopes around, sleeps in her crate most of the time and doesn’t really want to play with us. She [...]
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Sadie Experiences Momentary Freedom (multiple times)
July 21, 2007
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The photo above is of our patio. We tend to enjoy sitting out there with Sadie, reading, talking with neighbors and just hanging out. Sadie also enjoyed walking out there, sitting down, watching the squirrels, and just getting some fresh air. A few weeks [...] Tags: Dog-Disipline, Dog-Training, Dogs
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Helicopter (Dog) Parents
July 17, 2007
Sarah always gets a good laugh at me at the dog parks. When we go, she takes a book, sits on the bench and reads. Occasionally she’ll call for Sadie, but it’s rare. Then there’s me. I tend to follow Sadie around. At first, I think it was because she was new to dog parks, [...]
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(Dog) Hips Don’t Lie (Either)
June 26, 2007
So I had a little free time and thought I’d share with you one of the funnier things Sadie likes to do - video here. Hope you enjoy. Also, a question. Since I might be adding a few more videos on here every now and then - what are people’s thoughts about embedding the video [...]
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A Day at the Dog Park
June 23, 2007
Yesterday after work, Sarah and I took Sadie to her favorite dog park at Veterans Memorial Park in Hamilton, NJ. She had a couple of friends to play with and she ran and ran and ran. Sadie is damn fast. Very fast. Anyway - it was fun to see her playing with the other dogs [...]
Tags: Dog-Allergies, Dog-Parks, Dogs, Lab, Lab-Pit-Bull-Mix, Pit-Bull Posted in General | 6 Comments »
Sad Day
June 13, 2007
The picture does not do the situation justice, but Sadie is sad. Today was her big day - she got spayed. She was pretty knocked out and feeling pretty nervous today, peeing all over the vet’s office. Sarah picked her up and I had to come out to the car and carry her in because [...]
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Living with a Dog
June 12, 2007
My family had one dog growing up - Ginger. Basically, my sister and I talked my parents into getting her for us through all the normal manners of manipulation and false promises: “We’ll walk her everyday and take really good care of her! PLEASE PLEASE!” During Ginger’s time with the our family, she had two [...]
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Expanding my Vocabulary
June 6, 2007
While Sarah sits at her desk writing flashcards to learn vocabulary for the GREs, you’d think the vocabulary in our house would be increasing. Yet, I think having a dog cancels out the possibility for more enlightened vocab and discussion in our home. For example:
“Go to the bathroom. Sadie. Sadie. No. No, Sadie. Bathroom. Sadie, [...]
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Sadie
June 1, 2007
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We have a new member of the Walker Cleaveland household - Sadie Walker Cleaveland. We picked her up at SAVE, a wonderful animal shelter in Princeton. She is about a year old, and is a Lab Pit Bull mix. I never would have pictured myself owning anything with any Pit Bull mix [...]
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