Journal
Snow Portraits
This entry is actually being written and posted in February, but backdated, since...
Posing Up and Down
Comet, Jax, and I decided to take a long walk through Timberlands Preserve...
Summer's Weekend at Dog Camp
My family affectionately calls it "Dog Camp" when Andy and I dogsit...
Archive
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January 2025
- Jan 29, 2025 Catch Your Dog Making Good Choices
- Jan 15, 2025 Puppy Foundations: Sit Stay
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September 2024
- Sep 4, 2024 The Sky, the Sand, and the Sea
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August 2024
- Aug 21, 2024 Puppy Foundations: Biting
- Aug 7, 2024 Teaching a Dog Not to Jump Up
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July 2024
- Jul 24, 2024 No, Your Dog's Not Dominant
- Jul 17, 2024 A Dog’s Best Friend
- Jul 14, 2024 Boat Dog
- Jul 10, 2024 Introducing Finn
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February 2024
- Feb 14, 2024 When You're a Dog, Context Is Everything
- Feb 7, 2024 Puppy Foundations: Teaching the Sit
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January 2024
- Jan 24, 2024 Puppy Foundations: Recall
- Jan 10, 2024 Puppy Foundations: Crate Training
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December 2023
- Dec 27, 2023 The Relationship Between Punishment and Aggression
- Dec 13, 2023 Why does my puppy become a total maniac in the evening?
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November 2023
- Nov 29, 2023 The Coffeeshop Dog: Getting Started
- Nov 22, 2023 Dog Safety on Thanksgiving
- Nov 21, 2023 This Specific Sunset
- Nov 15, 2023 How do I make my dog a therapy dog?
- Nov 1, 2023 Why We Reward Choice Instead of Using Force
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October 2023
- Oct 18, 2023 What do you do when a dog willfully disobeys?
- Oct 4, 2023 How to Take Good Dog Photos
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September 2023
- Sep 20, 2023 What Your Dog's Gums Can Tell You
- Sep 6, 2023 What Human Foods Are Bad For Dogs?
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August 2023
- Aug 23, 2023 The Marker
- Aug 9, 2023 The Power of Varying Rewards
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July 2023
- Jul 26, 2023 Balancing Risks in Socialization
- Jul 12, 2023 Socialization Basics
- Jul 5, 2023 Preparing for a New Golden Retriever Puppy
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June 2023
- Jun 29, 2023 I Think I’ve Been Here Before
- Jun 27, 2023 How to Find a Red Golden Retriever
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January 2023
- Jan 22, 2023 Only a Dog
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September 2021
- Sep 30, 2021 An Old Dog and a Young Dog
- Sep 13, 2021 Late Summer Adventures
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July 2021
- Jul 25, 2021 Killian the Golden Retriever
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May 2021
- May 18, 2021 Little Fox, Big Dream
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January 2021
- Jan 15, 2021 Jax's Big Life
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December 2020
- Dec 17, 2020 Berries and Bluebirds
- Dec 6, 2020 At Least One More
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February 2020
- Feb 13, 2020 The Goodest Boy
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December 2019
- Dec 27, 2019 Summer Leaves in December
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May 2018
- May 27, 2018 When You Can't Find a Crab, Eat a Worm
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February 2018
- Feb 17, 2018 On a Frozen Lake
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July 2017
- Jul 28, 2017 Back to the Dock
- Jul 4, 2017 An Unexpected Buddy
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June 2017
- Jun 3, 2017 Bubble Puppy
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May 2017
- May 7, 2017 Local Weavers
- May 7, 2017 Brave Little Toaster
- May 2, 2017 Buddies
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April 2017
- Apr 23, 2017 Recall at 9 Weeks Old
- Apr 13, 2017 Growing Fast
- Apr 9, 2017 Introducing Murphy
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February 2017
- Feb 24, 2017 Early Spring, Early Sunset
- Feb 5, 2017 Puppy Visit
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November 2016
- Nov 19, 2016 Backyard River Birds
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October 2016
- Oct 23, 2016 Comet's Face
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September 2016
- Sep 24, 2016 Oh Hay!
- Sep 19, 2016 A Sky Full of Jewels
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May 2016
- May 15, 2016 Learning How to Learn
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March 2016
- Mar 3, 2016 Golden Painkiller
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November 2015
- Nov 28, 2015 A Sunrise Tradition
- Nov 26, 2015 Sand Dancer's Infinite Sky
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May 2015
- May 11, 2015 Darkling Birdling
- May 9, 2015 Orioles and Apple Trees
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February 2015
- Feb 22, 2015 Ajax: Therapy Dog
- Feb 15, 2015 Comet: Therapy Dog
- Feb 8, 2015 Therapy Dogs
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December 2014
- Dec 26, 2014 Boxing Day Sunrise
- Dec 14, 2014 Christmas Portraits
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November 2014
- Nov 8, 2014 Seasons
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October 2014
- Oct 26, 2014 Bluebirds!
- Oct 26, 2014 Goldens and Foliage
- Oct 12, 2014 Did the Tree Split the Rock?
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August 2014
- Aug 30, 2014 Puppy Palooza
- Aug 12, 2014 Dock Dogs
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July 2014
- Jul 30, 2014 High Summer in the Meadow
- Jul 28, 2014 Brief Kayak Sojourn
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June 2014
- Jun 2, 2014 Fledging Season
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April 2014
- Apr 26, 2014 Portrait Stories
- Apr 18, 2014 Holy Coyote!
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March 2014
- Mar 16, 2014 A Summer Hike In Winter’s Last Days
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February 2014
- Feb 15, 2014 All Alone in the Woods
- Feb 8, 2014 Small Explosions
- Feb 2, 2014 Ice and Moss
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January 2014
- Jan 29, 2014 Icy Personality
- Jan 4, 2014 Backyard Color
- Jan 3, 2014 Leaper, Creeper
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December 2013
- Dec 26, 2013 Summer Over the Holidays (and Logs)
- Dec 10, 2013 Snow Portraits
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November 2013
- Nov 29, 2013 Posing Up and Down
- Nov 24, 2013 Summer Joins the Daily Stay
- Nov 10, 2013 Late Foliage
- Nov 9, 2013 A Dog for All Seasons
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October 2013
- Oct 26, 2013 Summer's Weekend at Dog Camp
- Oct 12, 2013 Blue Sky
- Oct 5, 2013 Summer Arrives in October
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September 2013
- Sep 28, 2013 Monarch
- Sep 14, 2013 Sunbeams and Myrtle
- Sep 8, 2013 Little Blue
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August 2013
- Aug 11, 2013 Early to Rise
- Aug 4, 2013 A Thousand Splendid Tree Swallows
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June 2013
- Jun 23, 2013 Cooperative River Birds
- Jun 9, 2013 Barn Swallows and Bow Rudders
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April 2013
- Apr 27, 2013 Lovers and Assassins in the Salt Marsh
- Apr 27, 2013 Woodpecker Swoop
- Apr 21, 2013 Stalking a Badly Named Woodpecker
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March 2013
- Mar 30, 2013 A Burrito and a New Duck
- Mar 24, 2013 Brave Little Birds
- Mar 10, 2013 The Last Snow on the Ground
- Mar 3, 2013 Shooting Finches from the Couch
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January 2013
- Jan 5, 2013 Basking in the Late Day's Light
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December 2012
- Dec 28, 2012 Not Quite Sunrise
- Dec 24, 2012 After the Frost
- Dec 15, 2012 A Crisper Autumn Photo
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November 2012
- Nov 21, 2012 Bluff Head
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October 2012
- Oct 21, 2012 Before the Frost
- Oct 8, 2012 Stealthy Cervids and Gymnast Canids
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September 2012
- Sep 1, 2012 On the Sound, But No Fury
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August 2012
- Aug 17, 2012 4802, Round Three
- Aug 13, 2012 Black Cap Round Two
- Aug 9, 2012 Killing Time with a Killer View
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July 2012
- Jul 25, 2012 Footstep Lore
- Jul 21, 2012 Circumnavigating Manhattan
- Jul 18, 2012 What a Thousand Terns Sound Like
- Jul 10, 2012 My Private Island
- Jul 6, 2012 Aim Your Fish Into the Wind
- Jul 5, 2012 Big Black Dog
- Jul 3, 2012 Eponymous Saltmarsh
- Jul 2, 2012 A Short Jaunt on the East River
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June 2012
- Jun 11, 2012 There's at least one C in Team
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April 2012
- Apr 28, 2012 And to the Mud We Return
- Apr 1, 2012 Myrtle
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March 2012
- Mar 28, 2012 Long Runs
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February 2012
- Feb 25, 2012 Roatán
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January 2012
- Jan 8, 2012 Vulture
- Jan 2, 2012 Colder Than It Looks
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December 2011
- Dec 28, 2011 The Good Camera is Heavy
- Dec 12, 2011 Westwoods at Dusk
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October 2011
- Oct 9, 2011 Black Cap
- Oct 9, 2011 Highland Lake Sunrise
- Oct 8, 2011 Kancamagus Sunset
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September 2011
- Sep 18, 2011 One More Paddle
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August 2011
- Aug 20, 2011 Quiet Woods
- Aug 5, 2011 Friends and Peeps
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July 2011
- Jul 28, 2011 Casco Bay Jaunt
- Jul 22, 2011 Hammonasset River Solo
- Jul 20, 2011 Old Sea Crows
- Jul 5, 2011 Splash
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May 2011
- May 22, 2011 The O in Osprey
- May 1, 2011 Full-Feathered Gold
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March 2011
- Mar 27, 2011 Jumpers
- Mar 17, 2011 Finding the Thread Again
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January 2011
- Jan 21, 2011 Knowledge of Very Small Places
- Jan 21, 2011 In My Mind, I've Gone to the Suet Feeder
- Jan 17, 2011 My Favorite Gold
- Jan 16, 2011 Fresh Powder
- Jan 9, 2011 Back Around Another Time
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November 2010
- Nov 7, 2010 Sunrise at Hammonasset
- Nov 6, 2010 Berries in the Fall
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October 2010
- Oct 31, 2010 Parallel Courses
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September 2010
- Sep 28, 2010 Some Movable Beasts
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August 2010
- Aug 6, 2010 Evaporated August
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July 2010
- Jul 31, 2010 Rumble in the Marsh
- Jul 30, 2010 Hopyard
- Jul 28, 2010 Before, After, and After
- Jul 24, 2010 Catch Up
- Jul 20, 2010 An Egrettable Pun
- Jul 20, 2010 Where There's a Willet, There's an Osprey
- Jul 18, 2010 What There's Time For
- Jul 17, 2010 Routine
- Jul 15, 2010 He Ain't Bitey, He's My Brother
- Jul 2, 2010 Ojo Gets the Hang of It
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June 2010
- Jun 30, 2010 Going Swimmingly
- Jun 26, 2010 We Borrowed an Ojo
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April 2010
- Apr 22, 2010 How to Lose (a Stick) Gracefully
- Apr 2, 2010 How We Drowned a Phone
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March 2010
- Mar 15, 2010 Pitfall
- Mar 9, 2010 Reflecting on Jax
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February 2010
- Feb 15, 2010 Mending Log
- Feb 6, 2010 Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing
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January 2010
- Jan 18, 2010 Your Face Will Stick That Way
- Jan 10, 2010 Mudflights
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December 2009
- Dec 15, 2009 How I Know a Dog Has a Soul
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September 2009
- Sep 29, 2009 Life Indelible, Stick Inedible
- Sep 28, 2009 Family at 4,802 Feet
- Sep 26, 2009 A Warm Chill
- Sep 20, 2009 Leaping
- Sep 13, 2009 Temperate September
- Sep 13, 2009 Fall Guys
- Sep 5, 2009 Flour Power
- Sep 2, 2009 Steeplechase
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August 2009
- Aug 6, 2009 Once More to the Lake
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July 2009
- Jul 19, 2009 Air, Water, Mud
- Jul 15, 2009 High Up and Wet
- Jul 11, 2009 Keep Encouraged
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June 2009
- Jun 30, 2009 The Gladdest Thing
- Jun 28, 2009 Flying Downstream
- Jun 15, 2009 Uttering Joyous Leaves
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May 2009
- May 25, 2009 Wild Child
- May 20, 2009 At Home in the Woods
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April 2009
- Apr 26, 2009 Waterspeed
- Apr 13, 2009 Stop or Sprint
- Apr 9, 2009 A Swimmer Is Born
- Apr 5, 2009 Dogs Swim; Birds Fly
- Apr 2, 2009 That New (Wet) Dog Smell
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March 2009
- Mar 28, 2009 Slavering Hell Puppies
- Mar 25, 2009 Chasing Tails
- Mar 22, 2009 Ajax Is Here
- Mar 20, 2009 Investing in Puppy Futures
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February 2009
- Feb 15, 2009 DogScape
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January 2009
- Jan 25, 2009 Snow Flies When You're Having Fun
- Jan 18, 2009 The Icedog Cometh
- Jan 3, 2009 One Dog
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December 2008
- Dec 21, 2008 Guilt Trip
- Dec 19, 2008 Snow Is Fun
- Dec 15, 2008 Departure By Water
- Dec 9, 2008 Fog
- Dec 7, 2008 A Snowy Morning
- Dec 6, 2008 Gus's Medical Mystery
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November 2008
- Nov 30, 2008 Worries
- Nov 23, 2008 Chasing Light
- Nov 4, 2008 Shaking It Off
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September 2008
- Sep 22, 2008 Tiring a Well-Bred Dog
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August 2008
- Aug 26, 2008 Muddy Blurs
- Aug 10, 2008 See Dogs Swim
- Aug 9, 2008 See Dogs Run
- Aug 7, 2008 See Dogs Roll
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July 2008
- Jul 16, 2008 In the Barn
- Jul 9, 2008 Scale
- Jul 8, 2008 Shy Birds
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June 2008
- Jun 30, 2008 Back at the Loaf
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May 2008
- May 22, 2008 At Swim, Four Dogs
- May 21, 2008 Branching Out and Zooming In
- May 14, 2008 Synchronized Swimming
- May 10, 2008 Weezie's Birthday
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April 2008
- Apr 15, 2008 Firsts
- Apr 2, 2008 Mastering the Fetch
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March 2008
- Mar 29, 2008 Roll, Smell, Swim
- Mar 25, 2008 Poses and Rolls
- Mar 10, 2008 A Walk With the Boys
- Mar 9, 2008 Crazed and Noble
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February 2008
- Feb 27, 2008 New Teeth, New Muscles
- Feb 20, 2008 Joy in the Genes
- Feb 11, 2008 Itching, Growing, Winning
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January 2008
- Jan 30, 2008 Old Friend, New Friend
- Jan 21, 2008 Two Weeks
- Jan 13, 2008 Sleepy Time
- Jan 12, 2008 Comet Goes for a Walk
- Jan 9, 2008 East, Sleep, Learn
- Jan 6, 2008 Comet’s First Day