it's been over a month.....

wow this last few weeks have been so busy & telling...no blogs by me. megan & i have vowed to each publish a new blog at least once weekly. find megan’s blog here: http://tallydogs.wordpress.com/

i’ve been working behind the scenes on several projects:

mojo’s backyard is going to be on twitter & facebook (“they” say we have to keep up with social media - “they” being the advertising types) stand by for more on that. you’ll want to sign up - we’re going to do live action updates on the crazy happenings at the doggie daycare, send recipes, quotes and even coupons to discount daycare and products. we’re planning to have good stuff give-a-ways, too. it doesn’t get much better than a give-a-way!!!!

megan & i have been working for months on our plans to start our very own dog ranch. our intent is to offer a permanent home for dogs if their owners become incapacitated or die. much much more on the BFF DOG RANCH in future posts.

we want to be your best friend’s next best friend.

my husband, chris, and i have made a family decision -



ditto, our little tall skinny gorgeous jack russell terrier is going to train for some competitive agility. the real challenge is mine - can i keep up with this lanky bundle of flying fur? i guess i picked the right month to start running again.
ditto & i will be under the close guidance of shawn, our amazing & oh-so-patient agility instructor. our goal is to attend our first competition on thanksgiving weekend. the training begins this monday with “two-a-week’s.” [doesn’t that sound jock-like? translation: two practices per week for now]

find info on shawn’s awesome agility classes here:

http://capitalcanine.com/agility.html

mojo has been shedding her undercoat...the brushing, vacuuming, plucking, grooming, sweeping, shaving, & did i mention vacuuming?....it’s almost too much for my fuzzy girl to bear. thank goodness it’s almost over. AND she’s lost four pounds of fat (it turns out it wasn’t the fluff that was weighing her down!) her hips feel better (no more crying when she stands up). HOW glucosamine works may be a medical mystery, but the fact that it WORKS is not a question for mojo.

life is good.
(and if you haven’t checked out that website, you should!!)

the return of scat

i learned a new word recently.
wait.
not exactly true.
i was reminded of a word i already knew. the succinct & easy to spell synonym for excrement - scat.

i live with 5 dogs & own a doggie daycare where up to 40 dogs can be under the same roof at one time, hence i spend a lot of time worrying about crap (figuratively and in this case, literally). when i speak (& write) of all my worry, the synonyms run out very quickly. thank god scat has been revived.

i have a great book – very old [you know, like from the 1970’s old]– by rodale press called “the synonym finder.” what a gorgeous title; no mystery about its contents or purpose. i like that. about that book though – i never open it (a rabbit chewed on it once.) [that’s not why i don’t open it – the rabbit chew fact, that’s just a little side note. see photo.]


and as it turns out, just like exercise equipment, it’s not enough to simply have possession of a useful tool, one must actually use the thing to gain the intended benefit. whadda shame.

thank goodness my little memory has been refreshed. i now have scat back in my day-to-day vocab & can add still-yet-even-more dimension to my blog posts. i wonder if still-yet-even-more can be found in the synonym finder?