by Karen | Jul 2, 2018 | All, Stories
I am a dog person. I love dogs, all dogs and right now, my true love is our pug Izzy. Cats are fine and all that but there is nothing like the love of a dog. Frankly, I am in awe of it. Izzy has no idea what goes on in our human lives. She has no clue what we do for a...
by Karen | Oct 24, 2017 | Blog, Life Lessons
How do you self soothe? Family, children, finances, health issues, we all have them. I am neither pounding my chest, or feeling ‘special’ in this regard. It just is what it is. Like many people, I struggle now and then. I am a talker. Talking is...
by Karen | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog, Life Lessons
Pugs are a breed of lovers. They are gentle, kind and ready to take a nap at a moment’s notice. You will not find them running for hours in a dog park or on the bike path. They are not anatomically or emotionally built for it. Yesterday morning I was walking Izzy...
by Karen | Feb 27, 2017 | Blog, Life Lessons
If you have a dog, you know that dogs cannot actually speak with words but they have no trouble getting their message across. Years ago we had a 2 pound poodle named Sukki. She was so tiny and so cute and so very much a poodle. Sukki did not like to be anything other...
by Karen | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog, Life Lessons
I love my dog Izzy. She is an 8 year old Pug and a very large part of our family life. Izzy is aging and things are beginning to change. Her hearing is gone, her shoulder is sublaxed and basically she is a pug so say no more. I took her to the vet recently because...