poodle classified as medium adult, at nearby animal shelter:


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Mine:

• dog good with my kids => friendly, play gently, tends to avoid rather than confront.
• my kids good with dog => respectful, play gently, let the dog get away if dog wants to leave the situation
• attentive/obedient to me, Terpsichoros
• polite/respectful to friendly stranger/visitor at our house (not jump.  follow commands, like sit/stay and wait for ( Read more... )

and not a love connection ( Read more... )

I guess I put my previous post in the wrong order.
I'm actually less worried about how to handle the kids while initially screening the dog - and more worried about *should* I meet the dog at all, and how will I keep my emotions in check so I can make a good assessment. 

There was a listing on Berkeley Parents' Network last week - a family has a 5 year old spayed female dog, medium size, mixed breed,  who's good with their toddler but not good with cats, who needs a new home ( Read more... )

so I don't get to:

• pay off the some debts 
• make the house perfect:  roof, exterior paint, foundation, landscaping & play structure, reintegrate the upstairs/build the master suite, replace garage, re-wire, re-pipe, central heat...
• make my car perfect
• replace Terpsichoros's car with his choice of vehicle
• create a fund for each daughter to use for ( Read more... )

About to give up my wknds btw Thanksgiving and Christmas for Dickens.
I haven't planned xmas cards, bought any xmas gifts, anything like that.
I must be crazy.
:)
Pounce is very excited about Dickens this year, and Wiggles is excited about lots of things, probably including Dickens. 
Terpsichoros loves Dickens, so he 's excited to be back as a ( Read more... )

Friday was Pounce's half birthday.  She's 2 1/2 now.
We gave her a party with a HalfBirthday Cake
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Little Wiggles is 1 month old, as of 11:24 PM last night.  She and I were awake for it.  I hope that's not a tradition.

Our beloved dog, Daphne, died suddenly last night.  She went quickly from her happy normal self to very sick, then stopped breathing.  We're thankful that it happened when we could be with her and that her suffering seemed brief.

We will miss her.