While Chris was down in Florida for a work meeting this Tuesday, I avoided a boring evening at home by myself by packing up the girls and heading to my parent’s house in Atkinson, NH. I didn’t get my love from dogs late in life…I grew up in a household Read More
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
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
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
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
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
If you’re anything like me, you have a piece of paper stashed away with a list of potential names for your next couple of dogs. If you’re nothing like me, I’m sure you at least spent some time determining your dog’s name when you first got him! Or perhaps your Read More
Being a start-up business owner, I’m still living in a townhouse surrounded by other townhouses, as opposed to the farmhouse surrounded by fields that I hope to live in someday. So instead of letting my dogs run loose all day herding cows and chickens, I walk Elsa and Reese on Read More
Well it’s been a while since I wrote. But I have an excuse! Running a business gets busy enough, but throw planning a wedding on top of that and I had not a minute of free time! However, the wedding is over, the dust has settled, and even though the Read More
This past weekend Elsa & I attended a “meet the breed” gathering put on by the Collie Club of New Hampshire and Collie Rescue League of New England at Pet Quarters in Manchester, NH. The goal of the event was to educate the public on how fabulous Collies truly are! Read More