Over two years ago a nutty rescue dog entered my life. From the moment I met Shiva, I didn’t think I was ready for the changes she would bring. Naturally, I let my husband convince me to adopt her anyway.
Unsurprisingly, my first thoughts had been correct. Despite all the books I read before we brought her home from the shelter, we were not preapred in the least. Luckily for all of us, it turned out this crazy mutt was exactly what we needed. With the help of a wonderful trainer, multiple books, and very understanding neighbours, my dog Shiva has blossomed into one of the most special dogs I have ever known.
Why another dog blog?
I decided to start blogging about my dog for many reasons. These reasons revolve primarily around two things:
1. If I have a place to write about my dog’s antics, I won’t have to bore all of my friends, co-workers, and mail carriers any more
2. Eventually Shiva may mellow and I’m going to want to look back at the exciting days of her youth
Of course, I’m probably not capable of shutting up and I don’t think my dog will ever understand the meaning of mellow. So I guess there’s really no point to this blog other than the adorable photos.
Is that not reason enough?
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Hi Kristine!
Hooray, you won my cookbooks! What is your address? How can I get them to you:)
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Love your blog! I too thought blogging would stop my verbal blabbing about my girls but no such luck. But, my girls are already pretty mellow which is nice.
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Hi, Kristine:
You know, I think my human, Jeannie needed an outlet for her…obsession (?) with all things doggy as well. Frankly, the woman knew nothing about doggies before I came into her life, so she was also hoping that starting a “dog blog” would let her tap into a global community of expertise and perspectives on dogs behavior, care and training. We really love the snowy wonderland on display in your photos, though I guess you may be sick of winter by this time in February.
We look forward to figuring out how you got Shiva to be so very focused in your most recent training video. I can handle that level of intellectual devotion for about…what was I saying?
-Mayli the Labradane
Do you happen to have any info on Shiva’s breeds? You probably already knew this, but I really think she has some Louisiana Catahoula Leopard dog in her.
Thanks for visiting my blog. I am looking forward to reading all about Shiva!
Sounds like great reasons for blogging to me. I’m glad I wandered over to your blog today to check it out. Seems interesting, (I’m a fellow rescuer of not so perfect canines), so I’ll go ahead and add you to my blog roll so I can watch Shiva’s progress.
Love your blog. As one of my team of two is a rescue too we can so relate to this.
Kristine – Thank you for your kind words! I’m glad that you appreciate the GenChan ‘breed’. BOL! Actually Shiva can become an official GenChan and get her ‘papers’ one day if you wish. Reba just signed up to receive your blog and she’d sure appreciate it if you would do the same for her! We just started it 2 weeks ago so it’s a learning process.
BTW are you a member of BlogPaws?
Linda
Hi, I just came across your blog and wanted to say hi and that I loved your post on Gander! I “just” started a blog myself. Yes…another dog blog…can’t help myself. And hopefully I’ll stop boring my friends and husband too. Thanks for sharing! Now to go read more
I found your blog via Donna and the Dogs blog, and so glad I followed through on the link! Anything to do with dogs inspires me!
You have some pretty good reasons there for starting this blog, and I’m looking forward to following you and Shiva.
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Hey Kristine – me again. Just popped by to tell you I passed on an award to you today. You can check it out here: http://donnaandthedogs.com/while-im-waiting/
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I just stumbled upon your blog, via the world wide web.
I love dogs and love reading about how others do too! Happy Holidays!
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