The harness incident -Part 1

Putting a harness on Ray has never been a major problem.

His walking harness goes over his head first, and then we lift a front leg and put it through a loop; bring a strap under and over to clip it all together. He generally just guides his head through the loop, and his front leg goes totally limp so we can move it. Perfect! Continue reading

If dogs could talk!

Animals in general (well at least based on cats and dogs) have some interesting sleeping positions, and Ray has entertained us many times with his “collection”. This is a new one however, and one can only guess as to what the appeal was! Continue reading

Adopt-a-Shelter-Dog month!

Thank you USA for providing the greater percentage of my Blog Followers and, probably not surprisingly therefore, the greater percentage of my book sales. I thought it would be an appropriate reciprocal gesture to promote your (ASPCA) Adopt-a Shelter-Dog month! Continue reading

Squish! Squish!

This is intended simply as a fun Post, with the title being taken from a Comment against the October 6 Post “A Trail Walk (Conclusion)”. With that Post, a number of you appeared to have fixated on the fact that I walked into the river fully clothed. Continue reading

Ray and rain!

This morning was raining! It was not a surprise as it was forecast, but Ray does not like rain (and he’s not too thrilled with lawn sprinklers). Continue reading

A Trail Walk (Conclusion)

As noted in the earlier Post, whereas Ray loves walking trails, he often takes us off the trail to explore other areas which, typically, are predominantly water. Continue reading

A Positive Attitude!

When Ray moved in with us (March 2013), it became immediately apparent that he was highly food motivated. Continue reading

Mr (Social) Ray!

I was responding to a Comment about Ray the other day, and I realized that throughout all my recent Ray Posts, I have never touched on a very recent habit of his! Continue reading