I can’t believe it’s been a year already! It feels like I saw the email yesterday and drove 3 hours to go and get you. I remember that first look, that tug on my heart. I knew I wasn’t leaving the shelter without you. It has been such an adventure. This sweet and uber goober moved right in. Benji snuggled his way into my bed and right into my heart.
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As time winds down on Christmas Eve, I am enjoying my first Christmas with Benji. He has no idea Santa will come tonight, bringing him lots of toys and a new bed. I can’t wait until the morning. I have no idea what his past holidays were like, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is now. That is the lesson he has been teaching me all year. Now is all
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What a long trip it’s been and I am back, ready to go! I took an unexpected “longer than I wanted to” break from Black Dog Bakehouse. I moved back to Michigan in June of 2019 and put the bakery on hold intending to start back up within 6 months. Well crazy things happened and COVID was the first hindrance, kitchen remodel was the second, finding a home was the
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If you would have asked me 3 years ago if I thought pet insurance was a good idea, I would have told you probably not. This morning I opened my Care Credit bill and there is a balance of $2300 for vet bills for Guinness. Yes I am still paying on them and it’s been almost a year. It breaks my heart and reminds me of the struggles to keep
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What a long gap in between postings. Forgive me for that but I have been quite productive during that time. I completed the Feline Nutrition portion of my Clinical Pet Nutrition Program studies. I was finally able to purchase Dr. Karen Becker’s book Real Food for Health Dogs & Cats for the course and I love how simple it is to prepare foods for our pets. In her book she
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This is not a post about nutrition or a post about healthy foods and treats, this post is a tribute to the Black Dog in Black Dog Bakehouse. I met Guinness on June 18, 2009. I was looking to adopt another dog after more than four years without one and that’s when I found Tally (that was his name when we met and he asked me to change it. He
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