Blog entries by MrsTom

For some reason Maisie didn't want to put her harness on today. She brought it to me, and her leash, but tried to avoid letting me put it on her until I had to speak more sternly. She's working fine...in 5 years this is the first time. She's quite stoic so if she isn't feeling well she hides it...

When I got Maisie she had SO many issues...and working through them I didn't put much of an emphasis on working her in public. As full-time RVers and workcampers, we lived in campgrounds. At that time I could still walk well most of the time, and we usually took 3 good walks around the grounds...

My daughter and her family got a new puppy recently (meet 10-week-old Shylo), and yesterday Maisie got to meet her for the first time. Maisie has always been great around other dogs - we used to live on the road in our motorhome and she came across all kinds in campgrounds - but this meeting was...

I won't go into a lot of detail here...but in my description I shared how I acquired Maisie. This going to be - very briefly - how we started to became a team. (All the details would make this WAY too long!) As I mentioned, she was all but feral, and she was very VERY strong from spending her...

For the first time in a long time I was alone for a few days, and I have to admit I was a little apprehensive about it, as I can become totally helpless with just a wrong move...BUT Maisie somehow understood all that, and never left my side the whole time! For 4 days she was in harness during...