Over the holiday weekend my friend Janelle and I traveled with Scoopers to Horseshoe Lake in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. We went on a 3.7-mile loop hike through the lovely but tick-infested woods, and at the end of the journey we finally reached this oasis:
It took about 45 minutes to get to the Horseshoe Lake [...]
I’m feeling a bit traumatized by something that happened today to me and Scoops. We were jogging down the Fifth Street Corridor bike trail, headed east and about to cross Willis Avenue, when two big Boxer-type dogs came out of nowhere and started circling Scoops. They began to chase him in a circle around me, [...]
Last Friday I took Scoops to Ashland Area Veterinary Clinic for some slightly overdue rabies and distemper vaccinations. I have been to this clinic once before and really enjoyed the experience, but I was a little less happy overall with how this visit went down.
Scoops didn’t seem that into it, either, but I suppose that’s [...]
To save money, Scoops and I recently moved into an apartment with another young woman and her dog, Juno. Juno is a Husky-Lab mix who is about 6 months old. As the runt of the litter, she is petite compared to her brothers and sisters. She is much more dog-like than my little Bichon mix [...]
This weekend I visited the home of my friend Carole, who has an almost over-the-top affinity for large-breed dogs. She currently cares for two adult boxers, one shepherd mix, one tiny fluff ball-type (I think it’s a Shih Tzu) and now — as if those weren’t enough work! — she has taken in a sweet [...]
