October 2008
The Archives
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10.30.08Roundup: ‘How to Train a Dog’ Edition
Dogs (3)We've all seen the German Shepherd pup at the dog park who sees you coming, charging at full gallop only to bulldoze you at the gate. The other dogs stand in a circle over you, panting and drooling. The dog owners continue talking together at the other end of the dog run. Oopsie! Among young dog owners, there are two camps of kids. There are those, like Seth, who distribute treats at what could best be described as wild abandon, and then there are the dictators. The dictator child holds the bag of treats in hand, and shouts a command to ...
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10.26.08The Working Dog and the Fancy Breed
Dogs (3)Little boys love dogs. As a toddler my son would trip right over and throw himself head long into a slobbery dog pile. Wrestling seems to be second nature to Seth and the dogs, but not to me. I recently asked Seth why he feels the need to rough house with me, he looked bemused and said, “this is how the dogs play”. Dogs have an easy time transitioning between work and play. Countless times I have seen our two old gals turn on a dime, from fierce squirrel chasers to frolicking old ladies performing play bows and presenting Kongs to ...
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10.25.08Buttons!
mom, xo (0)We've whipped up a button that we hope you'll enjoy and share! And all it took us was a pocket knife, a ball of twine and a thorn! To link to this blog with an image in your sidebar, like this: copy and paste the code below into your site: <a href="http://boysalmanac.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Boy's Almanac" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3242/3009414342_b0f1625c32_o.jpg" /></a> OR...... If you'd like this button, copy and past the following into your site: <a href="http://boysalmanac.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Boy's Almanac" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3035/3081754318_e6f5e9e180_o.jpg" /></a>
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