Tag: dog
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Zoe the Corgi Snores
Zoe is a small dog — I think she is the smallest dog we’ve ever had — just about 20 pounds. She is small enough to pass under Tegan, who is not a tall dog. For a corgi, Zoe has a pointy little fox nose. When she sleeps, she likes to tuck her…
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A little corgi dropped in and wanted to stay.
It was hard to lose our corgi, Darwin, but it was time. Still, we all missed him greatly. (The Gift Of the Dying Dog) Then we got a call from our veterinary clinic, asking if we were ready to adopt another corgi. A relative of one of the staff at the clinic is going through…
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Puppy Play
We got a new puppy in November, and it has been a pleasure to watch her as she grows. We named her Tegan, which is a Welsh term of endearment that means “number one girl”, “sweetie”, “honeybunch”. She is a Mutt. Based on what she looks like and how she acts, her ancestry probably includes…
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Dogs and Raccoons Battle to 1-1 Draw
My dogs got me up at 3:00 this morning to tell me that the raccoon we have visiting the backyard was back. I stumbled downstairs in a waking-up-from-deep-sleep daze to let them out. I always turn the light on before I let them out, to give the raccoon fair warning that it is time to…
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Neat feet betray coyote
We had a visitor come through the yard last night. There are three sets of tracks in this picture – my two dogs and either a fox or a coyote. How can I tell that it wasn’t another dog? My dog’s tracks are at the top of the picture. There are a lot of them,…
Amy Law, Science Geek 