My Dog is Chelsea

It’s a lovely fall day here in Portland, one of those days too beautiful not to spend outside. So I load up Calla and my friend’s dog, River, into the car and drive them over to the huge off-leash dog park in St. Johns, where they’ll be in heaven and I’ll be basking in the [...]

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I love September—the fresh fruits and veggies are out of this world. A couple of weeks ago I harvested these delicious beauties:

Calla is a watermelon connoisseur. So she was very interested in mine:

But she needed a closer look:

“Smells good to me — crunch.”

Thief!!

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Okay, so last week didn’t work out so well in the “blog twice a week” department. But hey—what can you do?
So, here we are on Monday, and I’ve got a mental list of tiny things to tell you about. Here’s to hoping I remember at least some of the items on it:
Calla update!
Last week [...]

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Red belly up, paws stretched to the ceiling, Calla looks so calm when she sleeps. Her head is upside-down, her neck extended, her jowls flopping to the mattress below. I roll over and pat her exposed belly. She snores.

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(Third post this week!)
Quick update: The vet ruled out the possibility of a UTI and instead determined that Calla has incontinence. GREAT! So, now my door-eating dog has to take pills every day to keep her pee from cascading out onto my bed. And my couch. And the floor. And basically anywhere she falls asleep.
I’m [...]

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