Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer

Me and my exceptionally healthy dogs

This post was supposed to be about my volunteer orientation at the Humane Society, but I had a crazy sore throat on Friday, and had to sleep all day Saturday (missing the orientation for this month) to rid myself of the cold demon. It worked, but made for a bummer of a weekend, especially sinceContinue reading “Me and my exceptionally healthy dogs”

Mia the secret destroyer

We’ve had Mia since June 2011. We believe she is nine years old. For the first two years we had her, she did not do a single thing wrong. The only things she tore apart were her own toys. She did display a few anxious tendencies: An occasional shrill whine we dubbed “squeak squeak whistleContinue reading “Mia the secret destroyer”

Tell me again, why did I quit nose work?

Oh, readers, I know you don’t know, since I can’t even remember. I know why I quit the nose work class. I didn’t want to do another dog class without Rob and the only class that worked with our schedule was 8-9 pm Thursdays. It was a lot of money and a long way toContinue reading “Tell me again, why did I quit nose work?”

Three new friends

Today I signed up to volunteer at the Humane Society of Skagit Valley. I’ve always wanted to walk shelter dogs, but have never done so before, because it seemed like I ought to be walking my own dogs. Well, why not do both? Truth be told, I found myself on the HSSV website yesterday fantasizingContinue reading “Three new friends”

Cookies! (Just one)

Just one cookie. That’s all I’ll eat. Just to taste to make sure Rob will like it. Just one cookie. All I need is for one cookie to look remotely like the NinjaBread Men on the cookie cutter packaging. Well, they taste good anyway. Made some for the doggies, too, and they seem to like them.Continue reading “Cookies! (Just one)”