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I Was Going To Write A Blog Post, And Then I Realized I Didn’t Have To

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    I’ve been working really, really hard on a writing project. Dedicated. I do most of this work late at night, and to be honest, there were nights when I’d probably have enjoyed snuggling with the Dobermans and watching a movie rather than yanking out my hair and wondering how to shave a few thousand more words.

    I was thinking of writing a blog post on OC and staying on task with this project — an acceptable form of procrastination, perhaps? — when I stumbled upon another blog post and realized I didn’t have to write it. It was already there for me.

    Shakespeare comfy in chair

    It Doesn’t Have To Be Hard

      Shakespeare comfy in chair
      “I have more letters behind my name than you do; get your own chair.”

      Sometimes we think, “Oh, man, I’d really like to fix this annoying behavior thing, but I just don’t have the time to put into it.”

      Oh, you don’t think that? Just me? Well, it’s my blog, so I’m going to talk about it anyway.

      How Operant Conditioning Sold my Pitch

        Kitsune-TsukiI spent last weekend immersed wholly in words. I don’t talk about it much here, but I also write fiction, and I’ve decided lately to put more effort into that area. So two things happened last week — my novelette Kitsune-Tsuki came out on ebook, and I attended a writers’ conference.

        beautiful backyard eggs, for the dogs

        The Snake Kit

          I live in Indianapolis, where the calendar runs January, February, Mud, Tornados, Welcome Race Fans, June. In the coming month I’ll be hearing about the Snake Pit at the Speedway — but at home, I’m preparing the Snake Kit.

          TAG! I’m It! (self TAGteach for skiing)

            Skier carving a turn off piste
            This is not me. Not quite. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

            I mentioned in a recent post that I would share again the story of my learning to ski. It’s a great example of contrasting traditional instruction versus TAGteach and the resulting… results. It’s also kinda humorous, because it features me tumbling tail over teakettle down a snowy slope more than a few times, and that’s never not funny. Enjoy!

            Professional Teamwork – Trainers & Vets Together! And more pet professionals

              Veterinarian
              Veterinarian (Photo credit: Army Medicine)

              There are a lot of professionals who might come into your dog’s life — your veterinarian, certainly, and possibly a trainer, and perhaps a groomer, a pet-sitter, a dog-walker, and others.

              That’s a lot of professional advice which could come your way. And some of it might — in fact, probably will — conflict. How is a pet owner to sort and filter the many pieces of information and misinformation coming her way?

              And, most importantly for us professionals, how do we work together to give our clients the best information and therefore the best combined care?

              (I don’t mean this to be controversial or insulting to any profession or professional — it’s really, honestly about playing to everyone’s individual strengths!)