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Archive for September, 2007

Oh so much nicer.

As you can probably tell, Dez has calmed down a bit since my last post. He’s been so good lately that we’ve even been letting him sleep on his bed at night! We’re up to three nights running with no incidents. Huge progress doesn’t even begin to describe it. He even got to meet his [...]

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Very Naughty

I was going to write a post about how good Dez has been lately. I was going to talk about how much better he’s been since he got over his surgery. Then he turned back into “Dez: the canine typhoon.” Granted, we have been warned that it can take up to 6 weeks after a [...]

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More Rain

It seems like all it’s done recently is rain. The city of Madison had its wettest month ever in August, with 15.18 inches of rain. The average rainfall for August is 4.33 inches, average rainfall for the year is 30.9 inches, and the last record for wettest month was 10.93 inches in July of 1950. [...]

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Naughty

We knew when we adopted Dez that things would be hard for a while. We knew he liked to chew on things and that his last family wasn’t sure whether he was completely house trained. We knew that he had a lot of energy and a talent for getting himself in trouble. We knew he [...]

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Ewan’s first day at the barn

Ewan had his first day at the UW cow barn today. He got to give injections, evaluate udders, and generally see what bovine vets do. By the time this elective is over, he’ll have spent 30 hours working with the herd. I’m just hoping he doesn’t get kicked.

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Getting to know Dez

Dez has been with us for a week now, and is settling in well. He’s not quite like any dog I’ve ever known. So far we’ve learned: he likes to chew, a lot; he’s very vocal, and likes to talk back; he loves squirrels and rabbits; he knows many commands in spanish; he likes to [...]

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