before we can switch from puppy nose work (cookies and boxes) Gizmo needs to do 6 searches away from home or the training facility. this is location one. the park next to the train depot and the police station in …
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Cream Biscuits
Comfort food — just add a roast chicken and some green veggies. Some of what ever jam you put up this summer is good too. Or is it’s still summer, make extra and use them for shortcake.
Read MoreNosework for Puppies
Here’s some video of Gizmo and and his litter-mate Leda playing before their Nosework class. Then Gizmo and Lara do a run with a single (big) reward hidden in the last box. Finally Leda and Georgia work a full course. …
Read MoreMorroccan Chili
It’s not really chili. It’s actually soup, but it’s served at Boxing Day when there’s Red Chili and Green Chili so this is Orange Chili. It’s also Vegan. And, oddly, according to a Moroccan bartender I once described it to, …
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More holiday requests. I’m remaking some bits of the website over here and just to make sure that I don’t end on anyone’s naughty list, I’m making sure that all of the most requested recipes stay available. This one is …
Read MoreRed Chili in a Slow Cooker
A tradition at the Boxing Day Party. We’ve given this recipe to skiers, football fans, parents of toddlers who refuse to eat “funny stuff”, and mothers of teenage boys who don’t eat so much as inhale. Whatever. It disappears by …
Read MorePuppy, Puppy, Puppy
(edit — this is old. I mean, really. The puppy already lives with us. It’s utter chaos.) I didn’t intend it to happen this way. I mean, I did intend to some day, perhaps not too long from now, get another Bouvier. But …
Read MoreGoing Home
July 21st. The big day. He was just waiting for us to come for him. There was some play time. All the youngsters getting in on it. There’s a pile of chew toys under there somewhere. Susan showed us a little of …
Read MoreHello, my name is Gizmo.
This is my baby picture. Lara took it a couple of weeks ago when she and Jim came to visit us. No doubt when I am older I will wish that I hadn’t posted it here. But for now I …
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