What does the word grandma mean to you? We named our business Grandma’s because to us it means security, love, fun – and cookies! Grandma is the person who holds you on her lap and tells you that you are the goodest, sweetest, prettiest, smartest and very best child in the whole wide world. That’s…
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Okay, so let’s talk about mounting. My first thought is to say, “Get over it!” Not to the dogs. To the humans. It may mean something to you. Well, I know it does because I see people get so embarrassed when their dogs do it. But it’s a dog thing. And you need to let them…
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HOUSEHOLD ITEMS MAKE GREAT TOYS Dutch likes the orange pig but not the white one. She also likes the basketball that has been chewed to half size. Every week I learn something new about toys from the dogs in daycare. I observe the toys they pick from the toy box – the ones they like…
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Grandma’s Facebook video of the humping dogs at daycare created a buzz. Generally, the owner comments were in the nature of “I’m glad my dog was absent that day or it would have been him” “Oh no! You might know it would be my dog!” Grandma’s comment was that she really didn’t want to post…
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Yippee, Pool Party! Your dog may take these words as an invitation to jump into the middle of kids playing “Marco Polo” or as her time to scout for crumbs under deck chairs. Either way, some water safety tips are in order. Some dogs don’t like to swim. And some shouldn’t. One day Buddy, a…
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Baxter and Kiyu, the Beagles, accompanied my son, Kise, and me to dinner last night. They’ve been out for coffee before but this was their first restaurant dinner experience. We went to Mullany’s Harp & Fiddle in The Strip District, where we met up with a number of nice dogs and their owners who are…
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When Grandma was a pup (yes, my Dad called me that so maybe that explains why I am in the dog business) a manual typewriter was the method of written correspondence. Articles went into the newspaper or the trash. Most of mine got printed because I was a journalism graduate from University of Colorado who…
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