Journal
Only a Dog
Don’t stop the clocks or silence any phones. Don’t cover mirrors or tear your clothes. Don’t plan parades or cancel school today. Everybody head on in to work. He was only a dog.
An Old Dog and a Young Dog
I took Comet and Killian on the same walk at two different times on the same day…
Late Summer Adventures
This weekend, we took two long walks in a large local preserve as part of giving him a chance to get some off-leash exercise as well as…
Little Fox, Big Dream
Springtime brings a host of creatures to the salt marsh. Mostly, I keep an eye out for interesting birds, but this year, we’ve had a couple of red foxes show up…
Jax's Big Life
From that day, March 21, 2009, until yesterday, he did everything at a hundred miles an hour…
Berries and Bluebirds
This morning, as I was shoveling out from last night’s foot of snow, I saw some flashes of blue…
Archive
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February 2025
- Feb 12, 2025 Loose Leash Walking
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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