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This weekend we went to Lynwood for a visit. One of my goals was to get Winnie and Lucy back in the saddle again and on the road to being friendly to one another. As I have mentioned before, Lucy has had some adjusting to do since we lost Mazzy, and is a bit confused on how to behave around other dogs now that her position in the pack has changed. After an initial cranky bout upon arrival, Lucy shed her baditutde and she and Winston were acting once again like fast friends. As you can see by the pictures above, they have found it more to their advantage to become allies in the pursuit of fallen treats and unattended platters of cookies.

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This weekend we drove up to Portland. We were there to remember and celebrate the life of a beloved friend.

Portland is such a great city that whenever we visit we ask ourselves why we didn’t move there instead of Tacoma when we first got to the Northwest.

I only had the urge a few times to ask to be charged sales tax because I am a Washington resident. Sounds ridiculous, right? I worked at a restaurant when we first moved to Washington, and people visiting from Oregon would flash their IDs and demand exemption from Washington sales tax for the souvenir t-shirts they purchased. I always thought that was funny and extremely annoying. Once when someone said “I’m from Oregon! ” as I rung their total, I smiled and said “That’s nice!” I had no idea about this no sales tax thing. Then they wanted to speak to the manager. What did I know? I’m from Arizona where they charge 5.6%!

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Lucy was such a hell raiser when we first got her. A twelve pound ball of energy. I’ve been feeling nostalgic so I dug up some of these old files.

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With all the stormy weather we’ve been having in Western Washington this past month, where would you expect to find Diesel?

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Lucy’s birthday seems to have come and gone this year without much ado. She was happy as a clam with her can of beef stew as her birthday present. She wore her little glow in the dark skeleton outfit out to the park. The following night we saw a Day of the Dead celebration hosted by the Cascade People’s Center and it was an amazing sight to see. The candlelight procession through the P - Patch was emotional for me for some reason. I wish I had known about it before hand to get some nice pictures. As it was, when I heard the beautiful music and looked out the window, I ran downstairs and outside with wet hair to get a glimpse. Here’s a bonus picture of Winston, the littlest cow celebrating Halloween in Lynnwood.

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No, this blog is not about our incident from the dog park on Sunday. It is about someone else’s attack turned tragedy that happened the same afternoon we were at Magnuson. The couple of a small dog that was attacked by a black lab or lab mix is looking for witnesses to step forward. The small dog consequently died from it’s injuries. This happened Sunday, October 26 around 4 pm near the water. Click here to read the original blog post on seattle metblogs.

The aggressive dog was known to wear a muzzle. Come on.

This only reiterates my point about knowing and monitoring your dog’s behavior. You do not take an aggressive dog that needs to wear a muzzle to a dog park. WTF. Be a responsible pet owner.

I’m writing about this post in hopes that someone might read it and pass along the information. If you saw what happened Sunday afternoon, please contact 206-484-9428 or 425-772-2389.

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That’s what we try to be. Calm and assertive. Good pack leaders. But sometimes there’s a rotten apple in the bunch, and by apple, I mean person, and by bunch I mean dog park, and it’s hard to be the role models our dogs need us to be. Here’s a good article I recently read from a man I admire very much for his patience, determination, and philosophy, Cesar Milan.

Let me just say this. If you are a responsible dog owner at the dog park and your dog tries to take another dog’s brand new flying squirrel toy out of her mouth, you stop it abruptly and move to another part of the park so everyone can go on enjoying their day. You don’t let it happen again until the dogs attack each other.

Be responsible. Know your dog. Monitor your dog’s behavior at the dog park. Dogs do work things out in their own way, but it is a dog owner’s duty to avoid situations that can be avoided. Such as unwanted repeat behavior! We are the pack leaders, we let them know what is okay and not okay.

Mr. Dogpark Douchebag, it’s too bad all hell had to break loose at the dog park yesterday. It’s too bad we lost our calm assertiveness because of your ineptness turned ass-holery. It’s too bad you tried to pick a fight with us with your puffed out chest and idiotic statements - because YOU were in the wrong.

I can see where your dog learned to be a dick. Your behavior was disgraceful and utterly retarded. It’s not your park. I’m not sorry for what I said to you, I’m only sorry my dog had to see it.

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No, Cookie is not at the Liz Arden Red Door Spa. But you’d never guess it the way she gets pampered regularly at home. She’s worth every tail wipe and toe cleanin’. Cookie is as sweet as her name, and kept me from getting homesick at night by cuddling with me on the air mattress during my recent visit to the bay area. And her picture looks nice with October’s masthead colors.

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1. Sunshine, crisp fall air and no rain in Seattle

2. Shoe and Hand Bag sale at Macy’s

3. Surprise visit to BFF Winston’s house

4. Found stack of People Magazines and Vogues in lobby

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