April 2009
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By Lindsay Stordahl on April 30, 2009
A puppy born with a cleft palate already has a strike against him. Sometimes breeders kill pups with birth defects. Right or wrong, I personally know breeders who do it. They know few people will want to buy a pup with defects. But strike two for this particular pitbull named Steve was when his family [...]
Posted in Animal humane issues, Dog adoption | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 29, 2009
An American pit bull terrier in Fargo has a business named after him. Bubba & Company of Fargo is there for all your pets. That includes the cat – and the bird, the snake and the rabbit. It makes sense that pets of all kinds are welcome at Bubba & Co. Bubba himself is the [...]
Posted in Dog products, Reviews |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 27, 2009
Ace and I have three more days to go, and we are at 87.22 miles. So far I’ve biked about 12 of those miles, and I plan to bike some more with Ace in the next couple of days. He gets a better workout and I get a break. If you are interested in biking [...]
Posted in Dog exercise | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 26, 2009
To participate in my Sunday photo posts, submit your outdoor dog photos to Lindsay@ThatMutt.com and put Outdoor Dog Photos as the subject. All outdoor dog photos submitted will be published, but not necessarily during the week they are submitted. You may submit more than one photo at a time, but only one photo per dog [...]
Posted in Random |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 24, 2009
I don’t run without a leash in my hands, a dog at my side. Many runners do not own dogs. Other runners have dogs and they don’t bring them along on runs. Either their dogs are “too small” (although I’m sure they could still keep up) or their dogs are too crazy and pull too [...]
Posted in Dog exercise, Memoirs | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 21, 2009
I often refer to the field behind our townhouse as our backyard. Really, we live right on the edge of a city-owned soccer field. My mutt Ace and I had this field all to ourselves from November through March. But now that it’s warmer, dozens of people run in that field each day. We have [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 20, 2009
I looked at what I was wearing a few nights ago and realized everything was either from a thrift store or Plato’s Closet (an over-priced thrift store). Everything, except for my running shoes. Today I made a trip to Dick Beardsley Running Company in Fargo where I buy New Balance running shoes every six months [...]
Posted in Dog exercise | Tagged Ace |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 16, 2009
Yesterday was the first bike ride of the season for my mutt and I (finally). We picked right up as though we hadn’t missed a day. I went slowly of course, barely above our running pace so Ace didn’t have to break into a run. When we got to a park I let him off [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog exercise, Dog training |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 14, 2009
I awoke Easter Sunday to the waves crashing as though we were camping along the coast somewhere. The day before, the lake had been as still as a blue ice rink, so smooth I sometimes could not distinguish where the water met the sky. This, of all places I’ve traveled, is where I am the [...]
Posted in Reviews |
By Lindsay Stordahl on April 14, 2009
Let’s just say we had some more scenery on our walks last weekend than we’ve had in about a year. We went on several short walks on various trails and along the shore of Lake Superior. The mutt decided it was worth it to go for a short swim even though the air temperature was [...]
Posted in Dog exercise | Tagged Ace |
