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… on a crushing disappointment

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

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 envelopes the newly fallen whiteness, Marshal is being totally pissy and he refuses to do his last report. He said something about taking his squeaker lobster and going home, but he is home, so I don’t know where he is going (but he says that it is not back ‘out’). So I called in the reserves. Journalism […]

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… on it picking up a bit

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

So, uh… it’s begun to pick up a little bit around here. Since our last report, with pictures taken before noon, snow has continued to fall to the tune of … more. Also, winds are picking up a bit, with gusts of some miles per hour. Our Measuring Stick (and cracker jack journalist) Marshal Dillon Dingle has been investigating reports of things being buried under the snow, mostly in the vicinity of Blaze, who is busily chewing on her beloved orange tennis […]

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… on checking in!

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Okay, here’s the deal. It’s snowing. Still. Apparently, in New York City, they are disappointed because they are only getting a ‘glancing blow’ because Stella is proving to be a ‘blizzard bust’. Glancing blows and blizzard busts don’t really take full advantage of the whole State of Emergency thing I guess, and this is not good. I went over to abcnews.com and found out that there are various videos available, including ‘New Yorkers play golf, have snowball fights in storm’ and […]

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… on snow. Snow! OMG SNOW!

March 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Greetings! Last night I asked Marshal if he wanted to be a measuring stick. Blaze and I had been discussing the impact of a 24-hour news cycle on the fragile psyches of children and puppies – being a multi-species household – and it occurred to me that the rest of the country was going to be bombarded with scary winter storm stories about… you know… us, and we would actually be living it. I mean, hopefully we would be living it. […]

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… on the scamp and birthdays

March 13, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

I looked it up. Scamping is being mischievous in an endearing, a playful, or naughty way. Actually, I don’t think ‘scamping’ is a word. Scamp is though. And Marshal Dillon Dingle is one. Hence, when Marshal is being Marshal, he is – indeed – scamping. That just makes sense. You know that term in the rescue world, ‘failed foster’? The one that is used to describe a dog (or cat, bird, alligator…) that is placed in a foster home and then never leaves? Well, Marshal […]

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… on uncovering a scam

February 15, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

So last night I was watching the Best in Show judging at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show with my friend, Tess. She was in Baltimore with her two labs – one of which was not watching because he was busy spending two hours staring at a sausage on her counter. I was in chic and trendy Dunstable with the ShepHerds. Marshal and Blaze seemed mildly interested, but also were sleepy because it was midnight. They seemed to perk up […]

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… on the various reactions of shepHerds

February 12, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Hey Blaze! Oh, hey girl! Are you loving the new snow? You are, huh. Another 18 inches are supposed to fall today. You are a good girl. A snow princess for sure. Okay, hang on… I need to call Marshal. Hey Marshal?! Uh… Marshal! No… No… Marshal! Over here! Ya. No. Look HERE! Oh. Nice. Real nice. Sigh. Fine. Blaze, what do you think of Marshal’s potential as a photographer’s model? Ya. That’s pretty much where I am too. Thanks for […]

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… on ports in a storm (just kidding. They’re shepHerds.)

February 9, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

Oh… this doesn’t even do it justice. It’s not just snowing outside. It’s snowing. And it’s cold and it’s windy and it’s… well, it’s literally not fit for man nor beast. However. The ShepHerds seem to think someone is sprinkling the world with beef tidbits. Which means they really, really need to be outside. So a little while ago, instead of just letting them out the back door so they could bound around and dig and dig and dig through all the white […]

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… on an official portrait and royal merchandising

January 14, 2017 by Lisa Dingle

She is one. strange. dog. But royal. And, apparently, genetically predisposed toward regal poses on floral backgrounds. I wonder if anyone will ever make a plate featuring her likeness. You know, like they do all the time in Britain. Some of those plates are amazing. So I sent some photos of her over to the Royal Worcestershire company to … I’m just kidding. It’s Royal Worcester. I was just doing dry British humor… which usually has Americans being stupid, and also irreverent. […]

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… on a crushing disappointment

… on it picking up a bit

… on checking in!

… on snow. Snow! OMG SNOW!

… on the scamp and birthdays

… on uncovering a scam

… on the various reactions of shepHerds

… on ports in a storm (just kidding. They’re shepHerds.)

… on an official portrait and royal merchandising