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DOG PARK vs REAL WORLD

September 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

A dog park is either dog heaven, or scab land waiting for a developer to wedge as many housed in as they can. Either way, it’s for dogs, which means it’s for dog people. The is the dog that turned me into dog people. I take her to the local dog park and we meet […]

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EXTRA DOG TIME? SET THE CLOCK

September 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Extra dog time happens after you’ve had your last dog? Or your first dog? You could call any time spent with dogs extra time because they do something to the minutes and hours. I think it has something to do with 7 to 1 year ration, that a dog ages seven years to our one. […]

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DOG OWNER EVOLUTION WEEK

March 7, 2023 by David Gillaspie

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LIFE CHALLENGES? LET DOGS DECIDE

March 5, 2023 by David Gillaspie

We wake up to life challenges every day and ignore them. Why? Because we wake up like we always wake up. Waking up is not the challenge. We can disagree, but you know I’m right.

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WHAT A DOG HISTORY TIMELINE TELLS

March 2, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Dog history means one thing: time is passing and it’s not slowing down. The cute puppy, so cute it hurts, is a running clock. Theirs and yours. And it all works together. How?

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CALM SURRENDER LIFESTYLE, AND DOG TRAINING

January 25, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The first I’d heard of ‘calm surrender’ came from a chemo clinic nurse. I asked her what someone like me was supposed to do during cancer treatment. She said surrender calmly. I told her Gillaspie isn’t a French name. Nurse Michel was not amused, but she was right.

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UNDERDOG LIFER STARTS EARLY

January 6, 2023 by David Gillaspie

An underdog lifer life needs to start early, otherwise it’s just following trends. But how early? Top underdogs are never the first born, the first to start new things, or the first in line. If they were first, they wouldn’t be underdogs. Start with where you were raised.

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DOG WALKING TO START A BETTER WORLD

October 26, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Dog walking for a ‘better world’ sounds pretty good. But what’s a better world? Let’s start with a cleaner world.

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DOG APPRECIATION CLASS FROM START TO NOW

September 20, 2022 by David Gillaspie

How it started: Dog appreciation lasted sixteen years with Daisy, who was about this size. For a long haired miniature dachshund, she cast a giant shadow. Daisy was a dog of many talents.

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GRADUATING DOGS ARE EDUCATIONAL

September 13, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Graduating dogs from obedience training is a win/win for everyone. A well mannered dog is a joy for everyone. Well mannered dog owners take that joy and run. So should you.

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