of dogs and renos

We’re taking a trip out to the west coast in a few weeks and unfortunately Maggie is not carry on. So we’ve been looking for a good place to board her. A couple of the neighbours have offered to look after her, and it’s very much appreciated. (Awesome neighbours here) but Maggie’s a spoiled brat and . . . → Read More: of dogs and renos

My couch now.

Maggie’s taken over. She won’t even share the couch any more…
That couch is 6′ long… and she’s not full . . . → Read More: My couch now.

Healing fine

Seven to ten days have passed since Maggie’s surgery and she’s almost healed up completely. It was tough to keep her quiet and not running/jumping around, but I think she’s well enough to start chasing her rope around the yard again.

She’ll be happy to get rid of the lampshade; We ended up putting it on . . . → Read More: Healing fine

Spayed, Tacked, and Chipped

Big day for Maggie yesterday; She went in for major surgery.
Since she’s almost 6 months old, it was time to get her in to be spayed. I really don’t think there’s a decision point for fixing dogs other than ‘do you want to breed your dog?’. I’ve heard(read) some arguments that people want to leave the . . . → Read More: Spayed, Tacked, and Chipped

More Maggie

Well, this is turning into the Maggie blog, but that’s pretty much what my life is these days. And it’s a pretty good life!
Almost a month since the last pics here and she has gotten so much bigger… but so much more growing to go.

Neighbors stopped by the other day with a new toy for Maggie. . . . → Read More: More Maggie

Post holiday Maggie.

Life is slowly settling into a rhythm… it’s still awkward and misses a beat every now and again, but we have calm slowly creeping into our house.

Still taking her out every hour and a half or so, but she is sleeping through the nights pretty good. She knows where to ‘do her business’ but then again, . . . → Read More: Post holiday Maggie.

We got a dog!

And what a dog! She’s tiny now… bout 14 lbs… but she’ll be almost an order of magnitude heavier than when full grown. (about 135lbs I’m told)

Maggie’s a 7 week old Great Dane. This was from her first day in her new home.

Internets; Maggie. Maggie; Internets. Now . . . → Read More: We got a dog!