It was pointed out to me that it's been some time since I posted and that my last post was news of heart issues. I'm glad to say that so far this year, the heart thing has been a non-issue. The cardiologist tweaked some blood pressure meds I was on, changing one to a calcium channel blocker that also worked as a BP med, and so far in 2015, the ( Read more... )

I heard the most horrific story today. A miniature schnauzer breeder and veterinarian had 2 litters of pups under 8 weeks of age who were about 10 days apart in age (12 pups). They were outside in an ex-pen in the yard in the daytime.

The breeder's son heard puppies screaming and ran outside to find that a racoon had gotten in with the pups and ( Read more... )

This is my "sorta rescue" -- she was for sale on Craigslist in Ohio and her breeder contacted me and asked if I could help out. (Her owner had not contacted the breeder before listing her for sale.) With the help of some friends, I bought her and brought her home with the intention of figuring out where she needed to be. Not sure yet, but she might ( Read more... )

I'm going to be sharing this everywhere:

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Did workout 15, 16, 17, then slacked of a bit--lots of muscle pain in my back before I started the work out and some intense hurting throughout. Took it easy for Workout 18, then skipped 2 days and went 3 days in a row while at the farm. Bumped myself up to Week 2 of the "official" Couch-to-5k program--so 90 seconds of running then 2 minutes of ( Read more... )

Two weeks old

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Rainy day today--made it much more pleasant, other than the humidity. Did 5 run sets, was working through cramps around my IT ban--maybe in the tensor fasciae latae? I'm pretty sure the way to reduce this pain is to strengthen the muscles all around my hips, thighs, lower back, core.... which is well started by, well, walking/running--which I'm ( Read more... )

Helping these little ones being born. :)

Beware the shakycam--consider yourself warned!

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My pool is not yet open, but the dogs don't want to wait any longer.


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