LAB TAILS

When I was child, one of the scariest movies to trouble my safe little world was Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Today the movie just s...

You can tell me to stop helping you put out the bird seed, but... it's just in my nature to help. :o) You can work at the computer, but....

You can read, but... only if you let me nudge and butt the book or magazine enough so that you finally give up reading and pay attention to ...

Sorry it's been a while. I've been down and out with some sort of virus (low-grade fever, chills, sweats, aches and pains, whopping ...

"Oh no! What's Lab marketing come to!"

If you've read any of my posts here you'll know I love Labrador retrievers: not just my three, but the breed itself. It's a fabu...

The kids (canine variety) just love the outdoors. It doesn't matter what time of year, what type of weather, or how cold it is. If they ...

The Elsie girl sleeps soundly in Don's lap. It's her favorite place to snooze, and she rests comfortably there. Always. Without exce...

At first glance, what would you think was happening in this photo? Nope. Baxter is NOT snarling or growling, or even unhappy for that matter...

As far as the canine kids are concerned, Sarah (our sweet, 19-year-old, girl child) is just another littermate. Sarah dropped by for the d...

Last night I went to our Zambia team meeting. (Have I mentioned on this blog that I'm going to Zambia in May with three other middle-ag...

It's funny how the canine kids react to the kennel. They seem to "know" they're going: they can't wait to get in the ...

"Huh?" "Kennel?" "Did someone say Kennel?" "As in doggie hotel?" "Ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohb...

When Don doles out the kids' vitamins each morning he grabs and holds their attention. They must wait until Don, by name, tells each it...

For all his chest-thumping bravado, Ridge is really just a big baby. :o) This is his typical posture when we pet him: on his back, legs sp...

Baxter: "Come on, Mom, Can't we go out and play? See, see...I even got this bright yellow-green thingy we can find in the snow. Co...

Okay. I really am trying to get this book done. My editor graciously gave me a bit more time, and I'm working hard to finish. But the ...

There's our Ridge, caught in the act. This is the dog who absolute hates anything stuffed. I should rephrase that: he doesn't hate s...

We have snow!!!! Lots of snow. :o) And Labs love snow. Especially our Blizzard Boy Baxter . Baxter and Elsie romp... while Ridge wrassles a ...