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Spring in Las Vegas
2008-04-25 01:07:00
I love Las Vegas . I go there a lot.. since I live fairly close. There were a couple of years I didn’t go, in a row, but lately I have been down there a lot again. I don’t mind. It’s a 7 hour drive one way, which isn’t too bad. Okay.. it’s not too good, ...
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Too Cold to Camp
2008-04-25 00:53:00
Yup, more camping pictures, bet you are excited! LOL. This is ice… we have a 2 gallon.. I think it’s 2 gallons, stainless steel water bucket for the dogs. We actually have two of them but only brought on camping. When we woke up on Monday morning this is what we found on ...
More About: Cold , Camp , Chase

New Home or Home Makeover
2008-04-25 00:44:00
I want a new house. Okay.. I want to move out of Salt Lake, really. I am seriously considering moving down to Richfield, Utah.. where I have some friends, and it’s cheaper, and we could buy some land and all the dogs would just love it! And then we could build a home, too, which ...
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Jezi
2008-04-24 17:01:00
And speaking of dogs… here is Jezi. This is the ‘collie mix’ that the Ogden Shelter called me about last August. I took her, as we didn’t have any fosters at the time. Imagine that. Anyway, my good friend at work adopted her! And she’s a happy girl now. She came camping ...
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Meeting People
2008-04-24 16:57:00
Of course I love to meet dog people! I’m pretty shy in person… well, you wouldn’t know it anymore, LOL, but I still say that I’m pretty shy in person. But I do like to meet dog people, and knitting people, and technical people, too. I like finding people I have something in common ...
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Levi Camping
2008-04-24 16:48:00
Since my husband hassled me that I hadn’t uploaded any pictures of my favorite Levi boy.. here is one! Yes yes, I do take a ton of pictures of Tatum . She is just so pretty! How can I resist! I mean look at her pose. She is so fancy. She sticks her ...
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Wordless Wednesday - Angel in Mid Bark
2008-04-23 16:37:00
Not totally wordless…. with a Grohe faucet, but why not? This is Angel in mid bark, which I thought was very cute indeed. Wordless Wednesday Tags: Angel, Link Love

Sore Feet and Happy Hearts
2008-04-22 03:24:00
Back from camping! I am sitting here watching TV and all six of the dogs are sleeping. Yay! Tired dogs are happy dogs! We had a great time. Not having any office space Connecticut style… and not needing an office! We loved being outdoors. It was much too windy, and much too cold. Last night we blankets and coats on the dogs, and sweat shirts. It was getting down to 17 degrees and we ran out of propane, so we no longer had the heater to keep us warm. But we managed through and snuggled with the dogs and we were okay. All the dogs’ feet are sore. Chase is limping quite a bit, so is Muffit. Lucy and Angel are doing okay but they are getting a bit old, but they had fun. Levi did pretty well too, though he’s not as young as he used to be. And Tatum did so well. She stuck around, and was hardly nervous at all! I was thrilled. And she wore her pink sweater, I’ll post that picture later on. I am tired, have to go back to work tomorrow… I’d rat...
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Chase looking for the Squirrel
2008-04-18 20:58:00
And here is Chase looking for the same Squirrel Levi looked for earlier. He was a mad dog about the Squirrels. He would hunch over at the door, ready to run outside, and then he’d head right for the tree. The dork. And he was quite successful in chasing them away! Oh, and at ...
More About: Agility

Be Happy, Don?t Worry
2008-04-18 20:52:00
We are going camping tomorrow! I will admit, I wasn’t very excited about it, since I just got back from Colorado on Wednesday. But since I now seem to have a House Husband… and he’s doing all the packing, shopping, and arranging, it’s not too bad at all. We have a good relationship. ...
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Levi Watching for a Squirrel
2008-04-18 20:32:00
Colorado was a lot of fun. I love going to new cities and learning about them, the layout, where I’m staying, etc. I like getting out of Utah, even though Utah really is a beautiful state. We stayed with a friend, and she had squirrels in her back yard. Levi and Chase, both, really ...
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Home Again
2008-04-17 18:05:00
Whew… I’m home. It was a long drive. I’m not crazy about such a long drive from Colorado… and yet I’m going to do it again when I go to a USDAA agility trial with Chase in May. I didn’t even bring my golf bags because it was too cold to golf! I got home ...
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In Colorado
2008-04-14 22:32:00
Woo Hoo in Colorado ! We are sitting at a Starbucks getting some free internet access and having an iced coffee. The weather is awesome, which is good, because it’s been snowy and cold the last few days. Agility was great. I am amazed at how well a three ring, three judge trial ran. We were ...
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Going to Colorado for Agility
2008-04-09 04:25:00
I am headed out of town tomorrow (Wed) afternoon, going to Richfield Utah to meet with my friend down there who has shelties. Thursday we are going to drive to the Denver area, Colorado , for a three day agility trial. I will have Chase and Levi with me. Then Monday is a day off for us, ...
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Muffit and Me
2008-04-09 04:19:00
My husband took this picture when I was taking a nap on the couch with Muffit. He is such a sweet boy, all curled up by my head. I knew he was there when I went to sleep. And I do like to snuggle with the dogs. And yup, I can sleep like ...

Tatum Went for a Visit
2008-04-08 04:28:00
Well tonight Tatum went for a visit to her flyball friend’s house. Kibu was very excited to see Tatum… usually Tatum is very nervous in new places. But when the door opens and a very exuberant Kibu jumps out and gets excited, Tatum thinks she’s in heaven! It was great to see Tatum so comfortable. I’m ...
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Colloidal Silver for Health?
2008-04-07 18:32:00
I am always looking for ways to be more healthy. For both me and the dogs. Though I will try stuff on myself that I may not try on the dogs. Because I just don’t know how it might affect them, and I don’t want to hurt them in any way. I am their ...
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Muffit Likes to Burrow
2008-04-07 16:20:00
Muffit is such a cute boy. Apparently he likes to burrow himself under the blankets… then scratch scratch scratch himself a bed so it’s comfy, then snuggle in. This is a very cute picture of him on our downstairs bed after he’s moved the blankets over himself. I’m a bit worried about him… he drinks ...
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Thanks Entrecard!
2008-04-07 04:41:00
I just want to thank all the Entrecard droppers who have been dropping on Tip Tail! Look, we are the fourth most expensive to advertise on in the Pets category! This makes me very excited! I know that Entrecard prices don’t really mean much in the big blogging world… however, since I’m an Entrecard ...

Four Very Tired Dogs
2008-04-07 03:03:00
Yes… three dogs and one human do fit on a couch. Although barely! Today I took four of our six dogs to flyball practice. It was fun. Chase already knows it and does a great job. Levi .. I’m going to train him up, because he would have fun even if he isn’t fast. ...
More About: Dogs , Training , Flyball

New Ring Gates!
2008-04-06 17:57:00
I’m so excited! Okay maybe it’s weird to be excited about new ring gates, but I am. And look at how small my house is. Only two of them will fit, and kitty corner at that. LOL. I just got these the other day. They will help me and the dogs ...
More About: Ring , Gear , Gates , Obedience

Going to Colorado
2008-04-06 05:51:00
I’m going to Colorado on Wednesday for a Three Day AKC Agility Trial. I’m driving down to Richfield to hook up with my friend there who has shelties she does agility and obedience with. And we are going to carpool to Colorado and stay there with a friend who has a couple of ...
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I Upgraded the Theme
2008-04-06 04:34:00
Well, I’m thinking the slowness of the site has been because of the theme not being compatible with Wordpress 2.5. I just upgraded the theme to the latest version and it seems much, much faster to me now. I hope that was my problem. I also changed to one of the new, option, layouts. I ...
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We have the Dog House
2008-04-06 04:30:00
We have six dogs (please don’t tell animal control - the rescues don’t count, anyway)… and we have a small house, which we bought without really having Home Plans. It’s only 1300 square feet. I really do like our house, though. I wish all the rooms were bigger, so the dogs fit better, and ...
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Is Tip Tail Draggin?
2008-04-05 01:24:00
I’m trying to load this blog and it seems like it is being painfully slow. Is anyone else having this problem?I put the default Wordpress Theme on, wondering if my Dkret theme is not compatible with Wordpress 2.5 (which I recently upgraded to). I’m going to leave this boring theme on for a little bit and ...
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Dogs on the Radio
2008-04-05 01:19:00
I sometimes listen to podcasts about dogs… which is fun. It’s like listening to dogs on the radio… and recently I went and bought a high definition radio. I liked the idea of being able to get substations in addition to the regular stations I listen to. And in addition to getting an HD radio, ...
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My Car at the Flyball Tournament Parking Lot
2008-04-05 00:04:00
When I was at the flyball tournament in St George last weekend this is what happened to my poor car in the parking lot. No garden decor is going to hide that darn dent. Gonna cost $2700 to fix it… fortunately my insurance deductible is only $500. But still. Not like I have ...
More About: Parking , Gear , Flyball , Chatter , Tournament

Tatum Jumps!
2008-04-03 03:14:00
I have been starting to take Tatum out in the back yard and I’m introducing her to jumps. Today before dinner she was so enthusiastic! I was thrilled. I held her back and said ‘rreeaaaddy….’, and over the jump she went! I was thrilled! We did it a few more times and she ...
More About: Training , Agility

Chase?s Tail
2008-04-03 00:57:00
I wanted to keep a visual record of Chase ’s tail and his awful coat. It’s easiest to see it on his tail. This is a good picture that shows the feathering of his tail. And as the spring progresses, it will most likely grow in more and I will compare this picture to ...
More About: Health , Tail

A Sad Thing from the Flyball Tournament
2008-04-02 01:05:00
I just have to post, briefly, about a sad thing that happened at the flyball tournament this past weekend. We love our dogs… and we know (I’d say all of us, but I guess I have to say most of us) that our dogs perform their best when they are happy and when they trust ...
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