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Living With Intrathoracic Tracheal Collapse - Dog Mom Days
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Chronicling the daily life of being a dog mom. DIY Dog Mom Projects. Living With Intrathoracic Tracheal Collapse. January 29, 2015. Wynston goes into coughing episodes that sound like a loud goose honk. This happens after he eats, drinks, plays, exercises…and even when he’s standing there doing nothing. There isn’t anything that triggers his episodes. It used to be eating and drinking. Now it doesn’t matter what he’s doing. What is tracheal collapse? I offered the idea of a holistic treatment or remedies...
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3 Places to Leave Your Dog When on Vacation - Come Wag Along
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Advertising & PR. Disclaimer & Disclosure Policy. 3 Places to Leave Your Dog When on Vacation. April 18, 2013. Leave my dog somewhere else? Here’s a short video on places to leave your dog while you’re on vacation, but read the details in full below. 1 Spend Time With a Family Member or Friend. 2 Board Your Dog. According to PetSmart.com. Read this PetMD article. For more information on boarding your pet. 3 Hire a Dog Sitter. Don’t like the idea of boarding your dog? How about hiring a dog sitter? You ca...
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Rubicon Days: On Dogs, Dating and Heartbreak
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July 26, 2016. On Dogs, Dating and Heartbreak. Because they have always been an integral part of my life, dogs have always inhabited the spaces around, in between, and in the absence of relationships. My decision to foster fail with Boca. I adopted my first dog in the midst of a break-up.a break-up from an unhealthy relationship that I would not have had the strength for without that beautiful being. I was embarking on a new life and in her I had a protector and confidante. Lasya. Fulfills much of that n...
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Rubicon Days: Dog Food Obsessed
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Now I can't imagine feeding any other way, and I continue to increase my knowledge about what my dogs are eating. I hope you'll find some helpful resources here, whether you're looking for a new dog food, curious about the rotation diet or interested in other ways to enrich meal time for your dogs. Choosing a Quality Canned Food (with Nature's Logic). Instinct Raw Frozen Bites. The Honest Kitchen Marvel. Open Farm Certified Humane. Only Natural Pet Canine PowerFood. The Honest Kitchen Halcyon. Over half ...
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Rubicon Days: Love, Trust and Communication: The Gifts of Positive Training
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December 10, 2016. Love, Trust and Communication: The Gifts of Positive Training. When I adopted Ruby in 2013 I didn't exactly have a training philosophy, and I had no idea how essential training and management would be to our life together. By the time I adopted Boca (as a foster failure), I knew that positive reinforcement was my goal and I've tried to employ it every step of the way with my two wonderful girls. Aside from trick training. And enrichment like crate games. Delighting me by checking in fr...
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Rubicon Days: Purple Chair Sessions
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December 14, 2016. My aunt moved into a new house that they are fixing up, and it's filled with her usual sense of style and beautiful light, so I took the oppportunity over Thanksgiving to snap some pictures of the Ginger Sisters with their new cousin, Mozzie. Wednesday, December 14, 2016. 4:53 PM, December 14, 2016. Im so envious of that chair and the bookshelves! And isnt Mozzie a cutie pie? Looks like the perfect pup for snuggling up with on a snowy day! 6:28 PM, December 14, 2016. Monday Musings: Th...
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Rubicon Days: Creative Crate Training
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November 13, 2016. Although the unseasonably warm weather in Colorado continues, with shorter days come shorter after-work dog walks and I'm left with two dogs who need more activity in the evening. There are a variety of indoor games you can play with your dogs, even better if they have a practical application. The unedited video below will give you an example of what we've been working on, with an amusing surprise from Boca:. Do you play any "crate games"? Sunday, November 13, 2016. Hes kind of bag tra...
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Rubicon Days: On Reactivity and The Election
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November 18, 2016. On Reactivity and The Election. It's been a hard week for many of us. The world which previously felt safe, secure and predictable feels suddenly less so. We are on edge, our skin prickles with the anticipation of what might happen or what bogeyman is around the next bend. We gnaw on the bones of history, our thoughts run in tail-chasing circles. I don't know if I've ever felt a closer kinship with my reactive dog. A few days after the election I read a heartwarming story. Excellent po...
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Rubicon Days: Trick Training
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Ruby is working toward her Intermediate Trick Dog Title. Follow any linked text to see photos/videos of tricks listed. Paw (shake with left paw). Other paw (shake with right paw). Arm (front paws up on person's offered forearm). Roll over (to the right). Roll over (to the left -. I don't have a cue for this really, just say "other way" after roll over to the right. Here (recall, in house only). Get set (sit at right side in preparation for walking). Go to your den (kennel). Go to your mat. Get in (walk i...
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