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Jen
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2012-05-29
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Elka is my first dog. We chose the Doberman breed for its brains and beauty, and she has not disappointed!
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- My Writing News!on May 3, 2016 in amazon kindle mosaics mosaics 2 paperback pixel project publishing short story writingSo I mentioned back in February (!) that I was going to have some writing news for you guys. And now, here it is.My second publication has arrived! My short story "The Lion and the Dragonslayer", is in the anthology Mosaics 2: a Collection of I...
- Throwback Thursday (because yesterday was National Puppy Day) 3/24/16I missed both Wordless Wednesday and National Puppy Day in one fell swoop, so here's one of my first Elka puppy pictures.
- What Elka (and I!) have been up toWe're still here. I know it's been awhile.Let's see, where did we leave off?We took the standard New Jersey trip at Christmas. My grandparents' neighborhood does luminaries on Christmas Eve, and so Elka and I helped with that.Read mor...
- Special Needs Dobermans wants to Make Santa Pay!That's right, via generous benefactor, Special Needs Dobermans is again running their Make Santa Pay! fundraiser.Donations are being matched, dollar for dollar, from December 15 to December 31.As always, there are a number of General Funds cases who...
- ProjectDog Fundraiser: Vestibular Deafness in Dobermanson Nov 26, 2015 in breeding cambria deafness dings Doberman doberman health dogs DVDob fundraiser projectdog puppies recessive gene vestibular deafness vwdA few years back (in 2012, I've been blogging here for awhile!) I wrote about ProjectDog, and how they had a Doberman survey. I was contact recently by somebody with ProjectDog, asking me if I was willing to blog about them again, linking to a fundra...
- DDR fundraiser is a success!So my last blog post was about the Distinguished Doberman Rescue fundraiser to reach a total amount of $10,000 ($5k in donations, matched). And they did it! Exceeded it, in fact.It's great that DDR, inc. will be able to continue doing their good work...
- Help Distinguished Doberman Rescue, inc raise $10,000on Aug 10, 2015 in adoption ddr distinguished doberman rescue dobermans dogs donations fundraiser pennsylvania rescueDistinguished Doberman Rescue, inc. has a blessed and mysterious benefactor, who has said they will match donations up to $5000, for the months of July and August. That means, if people like you and I get the total to $5,000, DDR,inc. will get anothe...
- Wordless Wednesday July 1 2015Read more »...
- Product Review: Kurgo Tru-Fit Dog HarnessRecently, I was contacted by reps at Kurgo, to see if I wanted to review their Tru-Fit Dog Harness. You see, they'd recently revamped the design and then crash tested it at the University of Michigan (and you can watch the video at the above link...
- Sadie with Illinois Doberman Rescue is Senior of the WeekSadie is this week's Special Needs Dobermans Senior Doberman Project Senior of the week. This 7 year old docked tail, natural eared girl was picked up as a stray and then surrendered to IDR when her owner was located an found unable to care for h...
- Product Review: Fromm's Four Star Nutritionals Treats (Parmesan)on May 25, 2015 in cheese chewy.com crunchy Doberman dogs elka fromm's four star nutritionals ftc disclosure parmesan product review TreatsWe got these treats to review from Chewy.com, and this particular flavor (Parmesan) leapt right out at me from the list. Does Elka like cheese? Oh yes she does!Read more »...
- So what happened to May?on May 24, 2015 in 30 days of D&D authorized musings blogging Doberman dogs elka pictures product review writingI'm sorry folks, I didn't mean to pull a disappearing act for nearly the entire month of May.Read more »...
- Wordless Wednesday May 6 2015on May 6, 2015 in blood couch couch Doberman dogs dogs on furniture octopus tuffie toy tuffy toy wordless wednesdayRead more »...
- Safety FirstI've realized lately that lots of our training, and lots of our equipment, has to do with safety.Elka is on a collar and leash when we go outside, to make sure she's safe. She can't decide to run into the road, or chase something and get...
- Wordless Wednesday April 29 2015Read more »...
- Happy Xanadu update!I just saw the news on the Illinois Doberman Rescue Facebook page: Xanadu, who I posted about on March 2, has been adopted! Congratulations on your forever home, pretty girl. I hope you and your family have many happy years together!(picture from IDR...
- Wendy, natural eared girl with Illinois Doberman Rescueon Apr 14, 2015 in adoption Doberman docked tail dogs illinois doberman rescue natural ears puppy wendyThis is Wendy! She's a nine month old, natural eared, docked black and tan girl in Illinois Doberman Rescue.(photo from Illinois Doberman Rescue)Read more »...
- MY FIRST PUBLICATION! "Adventuring", in Daily Science Fictionon Apr 9, 2015 in D&D daily science ficiton fantasy flash fiction publishing short story tolkein writingYOU GUYS! I got my first story really-truly published. Like, "they're sending me a check" published.It's a very short (read: flash fiction) fantasy story, entitled "Adventuring", inspired by things like Tolkein and playing D&D. You can read...
- April 8 is Dogfighting Awareness Dayon Apr 8, 2015 in aspca blog hop blogpaws department of justice Doberman dogfighting awareness day dogs doj wordless wednesdayEvidently, April 8 is Dogfighting Awareness Day. I didn't know/remember until I visited the Blogpaws site to get onto the blog hop for Wordless Wednesday.I should think it goes without saying that dogfighting is a reprehensible act. But clearly i...
- Daisy available for adoption through DOBER, inc.This is Daisy. She's in a foster home and available for adoption through DOBER, inc (Dreaming of Better Endings Rescue).(picture from Dober,Inc Petfinder listing)She's a natural eared fawn girl with a docked tail. Daisy is 11 months old, hous...