Category Archives: Family and Relationships

Zoe’s Least Favorite Day of the Month: Flea Day

I’ve talked before about our preventive flea and tick treatments, and you would think that after all this time, everyone would be used to them! But not Zoe. She sees me bust out the Revolution box and runs for the hills. Or, you know, under the bed. I don’t know if it’s the thought of, gasp, us touching her, which… Read more »

I’m Officially “That Crazy Lady With All the Dogs”

As if the looks of disbelief (bordering on horror in most cases) when we tell our friends and family that we got a third dog (and that he’s huge) aren’t enough, now all my neighbors think I’m nuts. And it’s not because we have bad dogs who bark all the time and terrorize people or anything like that. It’s because… Read more »

My Dogs Are Geniuses

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They have their moments of boneheadedness, but yesterday the dogs convinced me that I haven’t been giving them enough credit. They were running around like nuts, so I put them out in the back yard, where they have about an acre of land surrounded by a 6-foot solid wood fence. They don’t jump out, they don’t dig out, and no… Read more »

Meet Murphy, Brindle Male English Mastiff

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Name: Murphy King (original name “King Kong” but we had to change that because otherwise he’d be King Kong King, and it would be a problem if we ever wanted to get something monogrammed for him) Birth date: February 4, 2007 Breed: English mastiff Distinctive feature: Clumsiness Favorite color: I don’t care what color it is as long as I… Read more »

Pickles and Ty Go to the Lake

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We were the perfect little summer family this weekend. On Saturday afternoon, we slathered on the sunblock, packed some sandwiches and drinks in the cooler, and headed to Lake Anna with dogs in tow. We’d never been there before and neither had they, so it was quite an adventure. But when we arrived we realized that in our excitement to… Read more »