Playing with Emma

by | Jun 27, 2006 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

Today Ayla got to play with one of our favorite dogs in the neighborhood, Emma. She is a HUGE Great Dane mix and just the most lovable dog ever. She normally walks with at least one other dog, and sometimes up to 3 others. Those are the times when she and Ayla are...

Unh-uh…you can’t make me

by | Jun 27, 2006 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

As of last week, I’ve started taking Ayla for a morning walk as well as her evening walk. Mostly she seems to be very wound up after a round of naps in the morning and if it prevents her from getting so wild that she wants to start using me as a chew toy,...

Our new camping haven

by | Jun 25, 2006 | Europe, Germany, Pets, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

We went camping again this weekend to prepare, train and just ready ourselves for our 3 week trip through Spain and Portugal. Since we intend to camp pretty much every night we’re traveling, we know that we need to get everything down to an exact science so...

Mind Games

by | Jun 7, 2006 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

Being that Ayla is not as perfect as she could be when it comes to her behavior, I found the following “games” to play with her to help keep her in line and hopefully make us all a bit happier around the house. I’ve cut some text out since it’s...

Frisbee for all

by | May 15, 2006 | Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

So I think I’ve mentioned before that we now have a Frisbee for Ayla to play with outside…and it has helped us to realize that we really enjoy throwing it back and forth to each other while she plays with something else. Of course we can’t just...