Dog Friendly Trails
Dog friendly hiking trails for you to explore!
No Bells and Whistles Allowed
It is official. We are NEVER getting a new car. Dad took his 19 year old car in for a repair this week, and they gave him a brand new 2023 as a loaner. Perhaps it is their subtle hint that it is time to upgrade? At first I was lured in by how much […]
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Healthy Lawn, Happy Bees and Dogs
Dogs, gather around, today we are talking about the importance of having a healthy lawn. However, humans have an odd perception of what it means for a yard to be “healthy.” According to the folks at Bee City USA, “Lawns cover 40 million acres, or 2%, of land in the US, making them the single largest […]
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Wrong Side of the Dog Bed Hypothesis
Chuck Billy isn’t the only dog around here who can conduct scientific experiments. This weekend using him as my test subject, I proved that sleeping on the wrong side of the dog bed can lead to a grouchy Golden. We’re all entitled to an off day, even Golden Retrievers. Such was the case with Chuck […]
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Just Can’t Wait to Play Fetch Again
Everyone knows I’m a rocker. But I’m also a little bit country too. So today put on your cowboy hat and boots, and join me in singing my parody of the great Willie Nelson classic, “On the Road Again!” Except my version is dedicated to the best game around – Playing Fetch Again! Playing fetch […]
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Cheering Asa on to Victory
My little brother has a lot on his mind these days. Therefore I thought I’d give him a morale boost with our favorite game. Normally I like to show off my athletic prowess, by outrunning Asa to retrieve the ball, over and over and over again. In the past, Mom would occasionally have to hold […]
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Eye Didn’t See This Coming
We’ve had a setback with Asa’s eye. At his followup with the ophthalmologist on Thursday, he detected small hemorrhages unrelated to the Golden Retriever Pigmentary Uveitis (GRPU). As the eye specialist explained to us, they are located in the back part of Asa’s eye in the retina, whereas GRPU usually involves the iris in front. […]
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Overzealous Spring Cleaning
Asa likes to be helpful around house. Case in point he’s always picking up socks when he finds them. So after watching Mom slowly chipping away at her spring cleaning to-do list, Asa decided he’d help her tidy up. Or at least he thought he was helping. When emptying the bathroom wastebasket, Mom noticed one […]
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Pick It Up: A Hiking Song
It has come to our attention that humans remember things better when set to a familiar tune. Therefore rather than repeat our obvious message of when out on an adventure pick up the poop, in honor of Earth Day Asa wrote a parody to sing on hikes to help remind everyone of this important task. […]
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Empty Hivers
It is with a droopy tail that I announce that after 7 years of beekeeping this summer my hives will remain empty. We made this difficult decision after the series of unfortunate events these past few years. It began in 2020 when we experienced a colony collapse, which is basically a fancy way of saying […]
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Maine Meteorite Treasure Hunt
During the day on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at 11:55 AM, an out of this world extraordinary event happened over the state of Maine. A fireball was seen by multiple witnesses penetrating Earth’s atmosphere, and rocketing over Washington County in Maine and into New Brunswick, Canada! There were also multiple sonic booms heard in Calais, […]
