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A Few Good Walks, Kids and Even Dogs
Matt
Saturday, September 12th 2009 11:03pm
The last couple of days Kody and I have had some good walks. Today, we ran into some parents with kids on bikes with training wheels. Kody was good, he actually barked a couple of times, but it wasn’t that scary kind of barking, it was the cute “I want to play” kind. I actually [...]
Amazon Bully Sticks
Matt
Friday, September 11th 2009 8:17pm
I got my first order of Amazon Bully Sticks today. The place I usually buy them was always more expensive than Amazon but more convenient because it was just down the street. But the other day, I noticed they had raised the price $3.00 per bully stick to above $8.00! The ones at Amazon are [...]
Finding an Appropriate Home for a Dachshund and Me
Matt
Friday, September 11th 2009 1:10am
My home is not very dachshund friendly. You have to go up a flight of steps to get to the front door. And once inside there is a second very open spiral staircase that a dachshund could fall off of leading to a loft. After I got Kody I blocked that off and moved my [...]
Crying Babies and Barking Dachshunds
Matt
Wednesday, September 9th 2009 4:07pm
I’m sitting in Panera and just finished eating soup in a bread bowl, which is a recent favorite of mine. Today I had “summer corn chowder” which is not a good choice, by the way. The soup is… weird. It’s edible, but I’d advise you to stay away. The others are good. Anyway, a woman [...]
Yesterday morning I ran into a rather funny problem. We ran into a nice neighborhood dog with a really nice owner. We saw them and I asked if she wouldn’t mind just staying still while I did some work with Kody. She said sure, and so I started training. I walked Kody toward her dog [...]
Growling Dachshund
Matt
Wednesday, September 2nd 2009 12:08am
I’m sitting here working on the computer and Kody heard a noise. He barked a couple of times and has been sitting at my feet for about the last three minutes letting out little growls. He seems to be stuck on it. It reminds me of a couple of things, that in many ways we [...]