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The Big Reveal and an Escape!

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Shoeful of Drool

A few weeks ago, I ordered a DNA kit from Wisdom Panel to learn about Louie’s breeding. He is obviously a mix (37.5%), but he has some tell-tale signs of the hound family and the hound group has the highest … Continue reading →

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My Odd Dog

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Shoeful of Drool

It’s been a hot summer and it isn’t even officially one month old. The hot weather brings thunderstorms that pop up suddenly, so Louie has been giving the ol’ Thundershirt a workout. It isn’t a miracle cure for Louie’s fear … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Bourbon

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Shoeful of Drool

My next door neighbor Bourbon crossed the Rainbow Bridge last week. He was pushing 16, so it wasn’t unexpected and he had become frail in the past few weeks. He looked to be part Rhodesian Ridgeback with some hound and … Continue reading →

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Random quirks

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Shoeful of Drool

It has been awhile since I’ve posted here, everything has been fine, just hectic. Louie is his same adorable self and new facets of his personality continue to emerge (maybe I should have named him “Sybill”). One running joke I … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Guest

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Shoeful of Drool

Christmas Eve 2014. It is raining hard when I pull into the Saving Grace parking lot. I was about half an hour early and they weren’t quite ready, so I slogged back to the car. At least it wasn’t a … Continue reading →

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Year in Review

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Shoeful of Drool

I was watching Louie playing with his jolly ball in the backyard and it dawned on me that this coming Friday is the first anniversary of him coming here to live. He really has come a long way in a … Continue reading →

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Bunnies, Click Beetles and Squirrels

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Shoeful of Drool

I know I’ve mentioned what a good dog Louie is to walk with. He keeps a good pace, doesn’t pull and he doesn’t sniff every single blade of grass before he pees. He shows little interest in cats but he … Continue reading →

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In the doghouse!

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Shoeful of Drool

This is what I came home to at lunch today. The guts of Louie’s Boots & Barkley bed (that I bought him 6-8 weeks ago) were all over the living room. Within a week of getting it for him, I … Continue reading →

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Musings and Miscellany

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Shoeful of Drool

We live in an odd little corner of the world, at least weather-wise. It can be raining cats and dogs (Louie considers this phrase pure hokum) a mile or two in any or every direction, and we may see a … Continue reading →

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Arthur, Thundershirts and Salmon?

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Shoeful of Drool

It’s been an eventful week.  Louie tested the Thundershirt when Hurricane Arthur came to visit last Thursday. Let me say, I have yet to hear any thunder and where I live, my deck barely got wet during the hurricane, but … Continue reading →

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