A retired librarian's plain notes on setting up a crate before a rescue spaniel comes home.
I bought the 30 inch double door wire crate before my rescue spaniel came home. Eight months later, here is what held up, what I never used, and the one thing I would do differently.
Eight months, one young rescue spaniel, and two very different crates. What held up in my living room and what only made sense for a weekend away.
Eight months, one dog, one crate, and a corner of the living room in Brunswick.
A retired librarian's plain notes on setting up a crate before a rescue spaniel comes home.
A retired librarian's plain notes from the first weeks with a rescue spaniel and a 30 inch double door crate.
Eight months with a 30-inch wire crate in the corner of my living room, and the four things I would tell a friend before she buys one.
Glenda Rowell's notes on eight months of twice-daily walks with a young rescue spaniel, one plain six foot leash, and a vest that clips in two places.
I used the rabbitgoo harness for eight months and borrowed a head halter for one careful walk. Here is the plain version of what each one does, and which one I would buy again.
Eight months of daily walks in Brunswick with a spaniel who has strong opinions about squirrels, and the ten things about a front-clip harness I would tell a friend.
A retired librarian's plain account of the first harness that made daily walks with a young rescue feel manageable.
Glenda Rowell's plain notes on fitting a no-pull harness, teaching a young rescue to stop dragging her down the block, and what she would do differently.
Eight months, roughly four hundred walks, and one spaniel who still wants the squirrel. What the rabbitgoo harness got right, where it annoys me, and the measurement that decides whether it fits your dog.
Eight months, one chewed corner, and the number in the listing I decided to ignore. Notes from the third week home.
Eight months, one young spaniel, and two very different ideas about where a dog should sleep.
Ten things I learned about a washable bed in the first seven months with a dog who had never lived indoors.
He would not lie down for two weeks. Then I set a Bedsure bed in the afternoon sun and got out of the way.
Five plain steps that worked in my house, plus the two mistakes I made in the first week that cost me a month.
What I wish I had known about the foam, the cover and the 30 pound line before I put a Bedsure bed by my sliding door.
Eight months, two meals a day, one very food motivated spaniel. What the Outward Hound Slo Bowl changed in our kitchen, and the one thing it did not.
A retired librarian's kitchen-table comparison of the bowl that slowed Tupelo's dinner and the mat that gave him a job.
Ten honest reasons the Outward Hound Fun Feeder Slo Bowl stayed Tupelo's only food bowl, from a retired librarian who watched him inhale dinner in under a minute.
He finished a whole dinner before I finished pouring my coffee. Then I brought home one small ridged bowl, and mealtime in this house got quiet.
My dog Tupelo ate dinner in fifty seconds flat. Here is the order I did things in to slow that down, and what I would do differently if I were starting again.
Eight months of daily meals, one spaniel, and the parts of this bowl the listing leaves out.
Eight months of brushing a wavy spaniel coat on a back porch in Brunswick, Georgia. What the pins actually pull up, where the one-click button earns its keep, and the spots I still have to leave alone.
One tool got the undercoat out. The other kept a worried rescue calm. Here is how they sorted out in my house.
Ten plain reasons a slicker brush earned its spot in the basket by my back door, from a woman who had no dog gear in the house at all.
Twelve years without a dog, then a wavy coat, a coastal yard full of burrs, and a ten minute habit on the back porch that I did not plan.
Five steps, in the order I actually do them on the back porch, plus the two weeks I spent doing it wrong.
The honest version of a first dog brush purchase: what the listing claims, what ten minutes on the porch actually produced, and the three things I would tell a friend before she buys one.
I bought the 30 inch double door wire crate before my rescue spaniel came home. Eight months later, here is what held up, what I never used, and the one thing I would do differently.
Eight months with a 30-inch wire crate in the corner of my living room, and the four things I would tell a friend before she buys one.
Glenda Rowell's notes on eight months of twice-daily walks with a young rescue spaniel, one plain six foot leash, and a vest that clips in two places.
Eight months, roughly four hundred walks, and one spaniel who still wants the squirrel. What the rabbitgoo harness got right, where it annoys me, and the measurement that decides whether it fits your dog.
Eight months, one chewed corner, and the number in the listing I decided to ignore. Notes from the third week home.
What I wish I had known about the foam, the cover and the 30 pound line before I put a Bedsure bed by my sliding door.
Eight months, two meals a day, one very food motivated spaniel. What the Outward Hound Slo Bowl changed in our kitchen, and the one thing it did not.
Eight months of daily meals, one spaniel, and the parts of this bowl the listing leaves out.
Eight months of brushing a wavy spaniel coat on a back porch in Brunswick, Georgia. What the pins actually pull up, where the one-click button earns its keep, and the spots I still have to leave alone.
The honest version of a first dog brush purchase: what the listing claims, what ten minutes on the porch actually produced, and the three things I would tell a friend before she buys one.
