Entries by Carol

How many is TOO many?

Here’s a Frenchie Friday question – How many litters are TOO many litters? We debate this question all the time – what’s that magic number that tips someone over from ‘reputable’ breeder to ‘not so reputable’? Is there even a magic number – or should there be? There’s a HUGE big name kennel out west […]

Meet Brigid

Meet our newest arrival – Brigid, the fawn pied twelve week old puppy. I can’t really decide if her arrival is the best of timing, or the worst. I feel somehow guilty about enjoying a new puppy, a day after mourning Mae’s loss, but I suppose that’s all part of the cycle of life. At […]

Mae has gone to the bridge

Ch Absolut Bullmarket Ezmerelda July 25, 2001 – February 8, 2011 We knew Mae didn’t have a lot of time left. Her degenerative myelopathy had been accelerating in the last month or so, and her mobility was almost non existent. Just after Christmas, I wondered if we were actually there, but when I sat down […]

‘We don’t care about the dog’

At the end of the day, haven’t we all known that this is how Michael Vick really feels about the victims of his dog fighting ring? He cares about his career, his reputation, and, above all, his paycheck – but the dogs? I will never believe he cares about the dogs, or that he feels […]