When I lost my dog Bismarck to Gastrointestinal Lymphoma in July 2007, just 8 weeks after his diagnosis, my devastation was beyond words. He was only 5 years old, so to say that I was completely unprepared for his diagnosis and his death would be a gross understatement.
I was also unprepared for the cost of [...]

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I had my hands full during my walk with my two pups and my friend’s dog!

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A bouquet from Bizzy.

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Two years ago yesterday I lost my beloved dog Bismarck.
A few months ago I had unpublished this post about his life - and the sad, sad day of his death - because it goes into so much detail about stuff that’s a little awkward to put out there now. But I’m going to keep it [...]

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Yesterday, while I was out for a run, my mom found Ryder waiting at the living room window for me to return.
I just can’t even take the cuteness in these photos, knowing that Ryder was waiting patiently for Mommy to come home.

Later in the evening, while out on a walk with Ryder and Seth, I [...]

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My Friday night impromptu hair and make-up session by my fabulous friend Leah before going out on the town

After getting pampered by Leah, having the best time with her and Yadira - two ladies who make me laugh and just make it fun to be silly
Taking Ryder and Seth to the dog park Saturday morning [...]

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In my previous post (and, by the way, I’m TOTALLY overwhelmed by everyone’s support), I mentioned that despite some personal things being a little rough right now, there are still some really great, fun things happening in my life, as well.
One of those things is that I recently began writing as the Providence Dogs Examiner [...]

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Reading over my most recent posts, I realize that I haven’t gotten very personal on my blog lately, even though this is, in fact, my personal blog.
Most of my writing is about fun, light-hearted stuff, which is great because there are a lot of fun, light-hearted things going on in my life right now.
But there [...]

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We’ve already established that Ryder loves snuggling with objects that aren’t necessarily meant for her.

It always makes me laugh to see which new toy she decides to snuggle with - or just parade around.

It’s not always what one may think. Sometimes she’ll pass right by the plush, fuzzy toy and go for a sneaker.

But sometimes [...]

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Audrey doesn’t have any pets of her own (she has 4 boys, 4 and under - she is plenty busy!). So one of the things I pride myself on as her boys’ Auntie is giving them an appreciation for dogs.
Her boys see my dogs nearly every day. They have become a part of their lives. [...]

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