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    Think A Little

    … on a decade of service

    Today is HRH The Princess Bunny Blaze’s tenth birthday. I was not there on the day of her birth. But I was there, three... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, maine, photography, old dogs, just ponderin', winter in maine, old dog

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    Laugh A Little

    … on dog behavior whac-a-mole

    When we first brought Belle… Side note: The hyphen in Belle-ah is very hard to remember to type each time, and is also wasteful. In addition,... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, maine blogger, maine photographer, rescue dog, second hand dog, hound, dog training

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    Think A Little

    … on a day in bed

    On Monday, I went walking in the morning with my friends (What. Yes, I have some of those. Not a lot, just a handful... Read More

    Tags: musings, comedic writing, german shepherd, humor, sick day, maine blogger, rescue dog, therapy dogs, nursing

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    Laugh A Little

    … on stuff that wasn’t in the contract

    So. It has now been nearly two months since Belle-ah’s coronation as the newest Dingle princess, which came about when she was officially welcomed... Read More

    Tags: comedic writing, german shepherd, humor, photography, just ponderin', maine blogger, rescue dog, rescue transport, dogs in trees, climbing dogs, english pointer, dog humor

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    Cry A Little

    … on the temporary puppy

    He was… Yeah. Was. Marshal Dillon Dingle was supposed to be a temporary puppy. We were supposed to take him in for a night,... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, death of a dog, grief, just ponderin', marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, pet death

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    Laugh A Little

    … on security training

    First, I want to thank each and every one of you who commented here, or on Facebook, or who messaged me privately with incredible... Read More

    Tags: german shepherd, humor, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, midcoast maine, german shepherd dog, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on nor’easter panic (or…)

    Last night the snow fell and fell and fell and we woke up to a phenomenal winter wonderland. And it is supposed to snow all... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', maine winter, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, winter in maine, nor'easter quinn, nor'easter, maine in snow

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    Think A Little

    … on maine dogs in maine snow

    HRH the Princess Bunny-Blaze very much enjoys retrieving her tennis ball. So much so that she gets a bit…er… cranky when Marshal attempts to get... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, photography, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, maine winter, german shepherd dogs, midcoast maine, maine blogger, maine photographer

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    Think A Little

    … on a new year’s job offer

    Blaze. Her boy just walked out into a frozen early morning world to head back to school in North Carolina. As he was making... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, maine winter, boys and dogs, coastal Maine winter, midcoast maine, german shepherd dog, new year 2018

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    Think A Little

    … on encouragemental obligation

    On Christmas morning, Mac handed me a box. ‘Here, Mom. Open this one!” It was a big box. I held it up and kind... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, Boothbay Register, just ponderin', southport maine, Christmas joy, christmas magic, holiday magic, marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, maine blogger, olympus omd em1 mark II

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    Wag A Little

    … on breaking the news

    Blaze – looking uncharacteristically disheveled as she blows her coat (big time) – seems to be taking the whole idea of going to hang... Read More

    Tags: musings, family, german shepherd, humor, photography

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    Laugh A Little

    … on a crushing disappointment

    Clearly Mother Nature has underestimated our newly-minted intrepid reporter. Uh… he knows math! There are not 24 inches of snow out there and, as the darkness... Read More

    Tags: musings, german shepherd, humor, photography, marshal dillon dingle, german shepherd dog, german shepherd in snow

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wHierd

Similar to ‘wHat’, ‘wHy’ and ‘JoHn’. In Dingleville, we tend to pronounce the ‘H’s’ in these words and I don’t know wHy it started, or wHere or by wHom. Sometimes we even add H’s where there are none. It’s wHonderful.

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