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DAY SEVEN – EMMY

March 16, 2013 7 of 65 EMMY From late 1974 until 1990, our family dogs were Tasha and then Tasha and Suzy and then just Tasha again. After Suzy’s death and while Tasha was showing her age, we were privileged to take in a new puppy. My brother Lonny’s dog was a purebred Siberian HuskyContinue reading “DAY SEVEN – EMMY”

DAY SIX – CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

6 of 65 CROSS COUNTRY SKIING The previous post was partly about my dog Tasha. She came to me shortly after I had returned from a six-week road trip through Western Canada, which passed the time while I was waiting for the results of the bar examination. I was pretty sure I had passed, butContinue reading “DAY SIX – CROSS COUNTRY SKIING”

DAY FIVE – WHERE ARE MY DOGS?

March 14, 2013 5 of 65 WHERE ARE MY DOGS? There were, of course, other dogs. For most of my school years we had two wonderful dogs named Lady and Smoky. Lady was a Cocker Spaniel Mix and Smoky an AKC Weimaraner. They had very good lives for dogs. We lived in a rural areaContinue reading “DAY FIVE – WHERE ARE MY DOGS?”

DAY TWO – WAITING FOR THE VET

March 11, 2013 2 of 65 WAITING FOR THE VET Yesterday I started talking about life and interactions with other people. Another important consideration is one’s interactions with animals. I have had dogs around me for almost all my life, cats for many years and, especially while my daughter Suzanne was young, we had gerbils, hamsters,Continue reading “DAY TWO – WAITING FOR THE VET”