Um, hello there. It’s September. I haven’t written in a long time and it’s getting so all the beginnings of my posts look the same. But I’ve been compiling a lot of notes, to the point that even looking at the notes file makes me want to run away. Let’s start with the easy stuff, …
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If The Dog Could Talk, What A Tale He’d Tell, About The Cars, And The Stairs, And The Holes As Well
I saw this article about an electronic harness that a service dog can wear that they can use to communicate with us, and thought so many things. My first thought, after reading only the title, was “if they could pull this off, that would be freakin cool! How would this work?” Then I thought about …
And The Fallout Continues From All The GDB Layoffs.
Wow. This is a pretty messed up order, but I figured this one I could do quickly. So, you know how a bunch of employees suddenly got laid off from GDB? Well, a few of them are suing. Yup, suing GDB. It seems like for the last little bit, the work environment hasn’t been the …
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Trixie and Tansy Meet, And We Get Video
Hi. It’s me. You know, the one who never writes anymore? I have a metric boatload of ideas for posts. Who knows how many I’ll get through…but here goes. I’d said a while back that Trixie and Tansy had met, and the meeting wasn’t the most wonderful. Well, they’ve since had 2 more meetings, and …
Paul Lopez Resigned from GDB
People have been searching for news about Paul Lopez resigning from GDB. They were not wrong. Since I don’t have a lot in the way of brains left after a long day, here’s the quick and dirty version. Lopez has stepped down, and for the time being, Bob Burke is serving as interim president and …
Changes AT GDB: My Thoughts
I haven’t written about this…frankly because I didn’t feel like I had enough brain cells left at the end of the day or the weekend to truly get my thoughts down. I still don’t feel very eloquent whenever I think about this, but I have to write something down. While I was in class, GDB, …
Tansy the Kangaroo
For some unknown reason, I felt the need to look at Tansy’s training journals again. I couldn’t help but notice how many mentions of jumping were in there. And it’s becoming a bit of a problem. I’m sure I can fix it with the right coping strategies, but I need ’em and I need ’em …
Trix meets Tans!
So, Trixie and Tansy met for the first time last weekend. I thought it was going to be this weekend, but it turned out to be last weekend. Hmm…I’m not sure how to describe their meeting. Tansy was thrilled to death and was her party animal self. Trixie, on the other hand, kept changing her …
Tansy Updates Part 2
Holy crap have I accumulated a pile of thoughts. Here is Part 2 of my Tansy brain dump. In a couple of weeks, we’re going to a family thing, and Brad will be there with the Trixter. It will be the first Tansy meeting with the Trixter! But I wonder if this meeting will be …
Tansy Updates, The First Installment
I haven’t written in a while, and I’ve amassed a holy hell pile of post ideas. Seriously, I’ll be busy for a while. So, let’s start with the stuff people are probably drooling for the most, Tansy updates. The short version is Tansy is doing amazing. In fact sometimes it blows my mind. I have …