With BlogPaws right around the corner, I'm focused on helping Cooper succeed at the conference. We're going to road trip it out over the course of two days, then visit with friends and coworkers in the DC-area, then attend three days of conference. I tried to anticipate some of the challenges Cooper will face and think of some solutions: A long, long car ride. I decided to do the trip

Sometimes when life gets super busy, this blog is the first thing to go, and I realized that makes me sad! I miss chatting with you guys and hearing about what your dogs are up to! How is everybody?? In trying to prepare Cooper for BlogPaws, I started my BlogPaws community profile with posts about our training progress. As you can see, we've made none. However, the first step is dining on the

Thank you, everyone, for your kind and insightful comments on Monday's rant about Cooper's allergy issues. We still don't have an answer... So in the meantime, since my mind has completely melted via preoccupation with Cooper's tremors, I thought I'd share some pics of, what I call, the boys' "extended herd." Emmett, Lucas, and Cooper are very lucky to have a lot of dogs they see on a