Animals

It was a warm, sunny, Sunday morning, when Husband Jim and I, along with our Cairn Terrier rescues, Nutmeg and Nora, set off on our first hike in the Let’s Move Outside! program. The day before, I had given Jim the task of deciding which trail we would tackle first, what I thought would be, at the…

This summer, Husband Jim and I have been taking our Cairn Terrier rescues along with us on our quest to fill our Erie County Recreational Passport by hiking 10 different trails in Erie County. A collaborative program between Erie Yesterday, Erie County Department of Health, and VisitErie, Let’s Move Outside! is part of Erie County’s pilot initiative…

Well, it’s been five months we’ve checked in on Nutmeg and Nora, our two Cairn terrier rescues. You might have been wondering if we gave them away, gave them back, or just gave up. I’m happy to say that Nutmeg and Nora are still here and are making progress every day. Do they still have…

Okay, these Cairn Terrier rescues didn’t exactly make the movie. I did. But they do star in it. For some reason, it took me a while to even realize that I should try and tape them, and then after I did, I realized that I’ve never put a video of them on my blog. As…

Last night’s Dog Whisperer TV show featured fighting dogs, Ruby and Jinx, who Cesar said literally wanted to kill each other. These two dogs seemed similar to Nutmeg and Nora, our two Cairn terrier rescue dogs in that one of them, Jinx, was insecure, like Nora. Seeing those two terriers go at it on TV made me…

From December 27, 2011  We could really use Cesar Millan, from the Dog Whisperer TV show, to roller-blade over to the east coast and straighten out our Cairn Terrier rescues. Nutmeg and Nora’s notorious spats reached new heights over the past couple of weeks. I’ll bet Cesar could figure out what causes their conflicts and tell us how we can…

Nutmeg and Nora, our adorable Cairn Terrier rescues, had been watching Husband Jim stack firewood all afternoon. Eventually, it was time to let them out, but he had the garage door open. The dogs have a small fenced-in area off of the man door in the garage. So, I knew I had to shut the…

Every morning, at 6:30 a.m., I let Nutmeg and Nora, our Cairn terrier rescues, outside. When they come in, I wash their bowls and feed them. They seem to like when I hang around as they eat. As I’ve mentioned before, although these two dogs have their moments of conflict, it’s never over food. They start…

One of the challenges we’ve faced since adopting our two Cairn Terrier rescues, Nutmeg and Nora, has been their violent clashes. Usually, these incidents occur when I’m petting them. It seems that one will think the other is encroaching on her turf and will start a low growl. Then, their eyes fix on each other, and…

The day after Nutmeg, one of our Cairn Terrier rescues, had visited the vet for her urinary tract infection (UTI), Jim and I were talking to his friend about her “condition,” and also about the way she would freak out at Nora, for seemingly no reason. Friend Dave reminded us that UTIs can cause confusion…