Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward Leo would love to climb this ladder, but I doubt he ever will. He doesn’t seem to understand the nuances of his hind legs. Not that he’s disabled in any way. He can run and jump just fine. He is capable of jumping or climbing on the furniture, but half theContinue reading “Leo’s metaphoric ladder of success”
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Weekly Writing Challenge: Character
I’ve gotten some feedback recently that I don’t describe people as well as I describe dogs. No huge surprise, since I don’t like people as much as I like dogs. But I would like my readers to be able to “see” the human characters, or at least, that’s what they keep telling me they wantContinue reading “Weekly Writing Challenge: Character”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
At my friend Jolene’s suggestion, here’s my contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Last night I revised the prologue to my memoir to include a description of this photo of Isis. Maybe it’s not unique under the larger category of dogs running on beaches, but as I wrote about the photo, I tried to findContinue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique”
Appropriate dog park behavior or party foul?
We haven’t been to the off-leash park in a while, so we thought we’d go Sunday during the Super Bowl, when we’d have it mostly to ourselves. Our favorite park isn’t fully fenced, but the play area is between a really steep hill and a waste treatment facility. One trail leads down the steep hill,Continue reading “Appropriate dog park behavior or party foul?”
The Accidental Teacher Dog
Mia and I helped socialize an 11-month-old Great Dane today. Back when Leo was a puppy and needed lots of stimulation, I sometimes took him to a large ball field at lunchtime hoping to find like-minded dog parents with suitable playmates for him. We also took him to doggie socials on weekends, but since heContinue reading “The Accidental Teacher Dog”
The Drunk Intruder or Why we got German shepherds in the first place
More than six years ago, when Rob and I had been in our house only a few months, a sketchy transient dude walked up our long driveway and knocked on our front door. I can’t remember what he wanted, or what Rob said, but I do remember thinking that when we got a dog, weContinue reading “The Drunk Intruder or Why we got German shepherds in the first place”
The Next Big Thing
Well, this is interesting timing. My friend Cami Ostman tagged me in the following author meme. I just created a page for my memoir, Bark and Lunge, and wondered if anyone would notice the new link over there to the left. Is it premature to publicize a not-yet-published work? Too late now. What is theContinue reading “The Next Big Thing”
Is it December yet?
Happy to see we weren’t the only ones getting our Christmas trees last weekend, even though Thanksgiving came a little early this year. Also tickled to find a dog blogger across the country who has the same tradition as we do: Taking the dogs to the tree farm. Our tradition goes back to 2006, when IsisContinue reading “Is it December yet?”
PTSD: When your dog bites someone you know
Isis bit someone once. She broke the outer layer of skin and left a nasty bruise and an ache that I’m told lasted months. Fortunately, her victim didn’t require stitches, or even seek medical attention. Or report her. On the one hand, we were lucky that he was someone I knew. He told me, “NoContinue reading “PTSD: When your dog bites someone you know”
So this is what they mean by Voice Control
I haven’t brought Mia to work in so long I forgot her leash today. Amazingly, I didn’t have a spare in my car or my office. I considered buying a cheap one for our lunchtime stroll, but decided instead to take her someplace we could “get away” with being off leash. Now, I don’t condoneContinue reading “So this is what they mean by Voice Control”
Kari Neumeyer 