THIS is why I LOVE my job!

Every day I experience as a dog walker is filled with laughs, surprises, and on occasion, frustration. However, it’s not very often that I get so delighted I get a chill…on a hot summer day! I’ve mentioned Gracie before, she’s a “retriever-mix,” I couldn’t even guess what she’s made up Read More

Rain Rain GO AWAY!

At this point, anyone living in New England has just had enough of this rain! Lucky you, being nice and dry in your cubicle…(ok I take that back, I’ll walk in the rain before returning to a cube.) But not only have we enjoyed weeks on end of constant rain, Read More

Brown Border Collie

Another Collie!

It doesn’t require much reading for you to realize that I absolutely LOVE Collies! Not only have I grown up in a household filled with Collies and currently own two myself, but I find every bit of their personality to be absolutely perfect! (Sorry to any offend anyone, but we’re Read More

Update on Reese

What a busy week! I haven’t had much time to post anything, I’ve been busy walking in the rain and in my spare time, I’m researching how to take care of a dog with epilepsy. Reesie went to the vet on Friday and it seems as though she likely has Read More

Cute Dog

The Nose Knows

The other day as my husband, Chris, and I were walking our girls, he brought up something that he said really amazes him. He said he was amazed that dogs, such as bloodhounds, can be used to track people. He asked me if people really have a scent that is Read More

Dogs in a Kennel

A Scary Moment

Well this weekend didn’t turn out as we had hoped. It all started off well. Early Friday morning the girls, my husband Chris, and I all got up early and headed to the Topsfield Fairgrounds for Elsa to compete for her final leg in Rally Excellent. And though it was Read More

My Life as a Dog Walker

It’s time to start talking dog walking. I’ve found that on a daily basis I’ll be by myself, laughing hysterically over something silly that Carmen did. Or wishing I had a camera to take a picture of Petunia working on her tan in the hot sun. Or needing someone to Read More

Border Collie

To My Ten Best Friends

As a young girl who absolutely loved Collies, no series of books were more perfect for me than Albert Payson Terhune’s popular children books about Collies, beginning with Lad: A Dog. To this day, I have an impressive collection of the old books and like to browse through them every Read More