My Holiday With Gerta

I've only been gone from school ten days, and already it seems so much has come and gone. I had the privilege of sitting my co-raisership dog Gerta (see photos) for the last time before she has her IFT (In For Training test to see if she can be in the Guiding Eyes Program) on January 5th while her other raisers visited family in Myrtle Beach. It was a wonderful ten days, spent walking (of course) and in general enjoying myself with a dog that I trust very much and adore. Gerta was even better than the last time she visited, and seemed much calmer and enjoyed sleeping much of the time whenever we weren't out walking our three miles. She was...

Cesar Seminar...Cancelled?!

I'm heart-broken :(. Why Cesar, Why?!I was about to go see my hero in person, and now he's apparently doing something else for charity on the same day. I even brought back my Cesar book from my parent's house in hopes I could maybe get an autograph :'(I don't think I've been this disappointed since I was three and I couldn't hug Barney when he came to visit our town. *sig...

Photos of Yarmouth, Godiva, Gerta, and neighbor Katrina

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My Blog on Dogs

While there are probably hundreds, even thousands of dog blogs on the Internet, or even blogger alone, I thought it was time to save my friend's some sanity by expressing my views, experiences, and dog knowledge on here, where people who actually care can read it and voluntarily be subject to my extensive dog-related lectures.About me: I'm Kini (or Jenny, if we're friends). I am a junior in college at UMBC studying English and looking towards a graduate degree in ESL. So what do you know about dogs?Well. I have been around dogs as long as I can remember. But when I really got involved and made training dogs part of my everyday life was five...