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The Allie Chronicles: Happy Thanksgiving
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Thursday, November 25, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The Poodle (and Dog) Blog. The loyalty of two dogs is making news across the world. Life On The Leash. Champion of My Heart. Purina Pro Plan and Dognition Giveaway #PurinaPartner. Responsible Dog It's all about dogs. TRIAL-BY-ERROR VS ERRORLESS LEARNING. Steve Dale's Pet World.
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The Allie Chronicles: Like dogs? Like movies?
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Thursday, November 4, 2010. No, this is not a post waxing nostalgic about. Or other classic movies of the boy-loves-dog genre. Instead, I'm veering in a somewhat less reverent direction. Specifically, I invite you to check out the Empire Online Dogs Movie Poster Mash-up. It's totally irreverent, occasionally tasteless, and completely hilarious. My personal favorite is poster #5. Which I wish I could post on the Northern Virginia Dog Blog. It certainly sends the right message. View my complete profile.
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The Allie Chronicles: Letting go
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Sunday, November 14, 2010. I decided to bag PC's and Windows forevermore and get a Mac - specifically, an iMac. And I love it. But now it's gone. There's no way of getting it back. I have to let it go. I know change is inevitable and a chance for growth. But with each passing year I resist it more and more. November 14, 2010 at 11:06 PM. I embrace some changes, but not others. But even those I embrace almost inevitably have some sort of edge. November 15, 2010 at 7:45 AM. View my complete profile.
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The Allie Chronicles: January 2011
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Saturday, January 1, 2011. Until recently, Julie had been a little ambivalent as to what Allie's love for bananas meant with respect to her relationship with Julie. "I don't want Allie to love me just because I give her bananas," she'd say. "I want her to love me for me. I want to know she loves me. I'm no ethologist, so anything I say about the nature of canine feeling is at least somewhat speculative. But it seems to me that it's a mistake for Julie to say that Allie loves her just. Life On The Leash.
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The Allie Chronicles: June 2010
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Monday, June 28, 2010. Yesterday I saw what looked like a brindle-coated Greyhound mix channel her inner sled-dog by pulling her very young owner (maybe he was 7 or 8? Down the street in an effort to reach her destination: the two Labs with whom she apparently had a scheduled play date. (Why are some parents so idiotic. About the capacity of children to walk dogs? This morning, I saw the same dog head over to the same house for another play date - but this time she was by herself. Monday, June 21, 2010.
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The Allie Chronicles: November 2010
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Thursday, November 25, 2010. Sunday, November 14, 2010. I decided to bag PC's and Windows forevermore and get a Mac - specifically, an iMac. And I love it. But now it's gone. There's no way of getting it back. I have to let it go. Thursday, November 4, 2010. No, this is not a post waxing nostalgic about. Or other classic movies of the boy-loves-dog genre. Instead, I'm veering in a somewhat less reverent direction. Specifically, I invite you to check out the Empire Online Dogs Movie Poster Mash-up.
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The Allie Chronicles: September 2010
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Friday, September 24, 2010. Lend me your ears. I'm very careful about Allie's ears. They get infected easily- mainly due to allergies, to which Golden Retrievers are notoriously prone. That's why I feed her raw food from this company. And take care that she consume no grain whatsoever. But I've also learned how important it is to keep her ears clean, so I do the job twice a week, without fail. As for Allie's antipathy to ear cleanings, I'm hoping that this task will be more palatable if I literally appea...
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The Allie Chronicles: What if they COULDN'T swim?
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010. What if they COULDN'T swim? Like probably a gazillion other animal-loving WaPo readers, I enjoyed reading about the swimming test. That the National Zoo gave to four lion cubs that were born in August. The photos of the cubs in both this morning's article and the website photo gallery. Some swim just fine, while others tend to flail about. Hence, the need for dogs to wear life jackets when boating.). But then I started wondering: what if one or more of the cubs. That won't ma...
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The Allie Chronicles: I get lucky -- again
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009. I get lucky - again. Nice picture, huh? That is my now former car. Meanwhile, my former vehicle, known affectionately as The Allie Car, has been written up as a total loss. I've turned the title over to the insurance company (hence, the "former" characterization) and given the tags to Virginia's DMV. I should get a check in the next day or so, at which point I'll go out and get Allie Car Number Two. As for Allie's broken seatbelt, I'm taking the advice of someone. Im glad youre ...
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The Allie Chronicles: April 2010
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The art of listening. Allie's not big into leisurely jaunts. All too often, when I take her for a walk, she gets a funny (evil? Glint in her eye and proceeds to grab her leash with her mouth. Occasionally, she simply holds it as we walk along together. More often, though, she pulls in the direction opposite the way we're traveling in an effort to start a game of sidewalk tug-of-war. How often do we really pay attention? How often do we give them a chance to do so? If he can't be ...