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    … on being a professional shepHerd(er)

    Okay, so sometimes when you become a professional photographer like I am (because, again, once someone asked if they could frame a photo from... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, comedy, humor, comedic writing, everyday life, friends

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a starving lab, who never seems to learn

    Every morning, at about 9:00 we get ready to feed the dogs. The Nearly Perfect Husband heads on into the hall and has them... Read More

    Tags: everyday life, german shepherd, yellow lab, comedy, old yankee man, humor, comedic writing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a letter to lab experts… who weren’t.

    Dear Lab Expert, Oh, you know who you are. One of countless people who told us, with great certainty, that our newly acquired hyperkinetic... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, yellow lab, maine, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on jungle cats… er…dogs

    I know. Powerful. Elegant. And I can now tell you…. move-y. This thing moves all the time. Not only do you need to find this... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, humor

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    Laugh A Little

    … on hole-y marshal dillon dingle.

    In photography, when you take a photo and then you don’t do anything to it, because you do not rent Photoshop or are too... Read More

    Tags: maine, comedy, humor, musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a princess photo shoot with mac and jack

    Yesterday was the 4th of July and, due to a certain tropical storm, fireworks were cancelled all over the Northeastern United States. Including, like,... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, dogs, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on testing the water first

    Totally looks like Marshal Dillon Dingle is ready to head poolside, doesn’t it? Nope. Every day, every single freakin’ time he is let outside,... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … a morning photo shoot with blaze (and…)

    7:36 a.m. Her Royal Highness, the Princess Bunny Blaze (I’m translating): Hey, Lady High Steward*, would you like to take my photograph? Me: You... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy

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    Laugh A Little

    … on mothers day photo bombing, shepherd style

    It’s Mothers Day, which requires me to do my annual thing. Which is to check whether or not ‘Mothers Day’ has an apostrophe. And,... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, mother's day, musings

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    Laugh A Little

    … on what it takes for photographic excellence

    Because I am a wicked professional photographer now, after taking my friend Jeff’s accelerated ‘How to be a Wicked Professional Photographer in, Like, 10... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, everyday life, german shepherd, comedy, humor, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on animal cruelty on Easter morning

    Queue Sarah McLachlan music. Hi. I’m Sarah McLachlan. Will you be an angel for a helpless animal? Okay, no. It’s just me. But wasn’t... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, labrador retriever, yellow lab, comedy, Easter

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    Laugh A Little

    … on some dogs never learning

    Yup, he’s stuck. Again. This time? Marshal Dillon Dingle went into panicked ‘find’ mode when he sensed that Self-Proclaimed-Perfect-Child-Gabe dropped/left on purpose (we never... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, comedy, humor

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ShepHerds

Not really the same as wHierd or wHy. My friend Karen breeds German shepHerds, and so many people send her e-mails asking about her ‘sheperds’ or ‘shepards’ that once I think her head really did nearly pop off. She needed help making her point. So I’m helping. Because that is the kind of friend I am.

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