Tag: Scout the Labrador Retriever

Gratitude

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Lynne • 28 Comments

The Dog’s Publication Day Complaint

Posted on September 24, 2018 by Lynne • 16 Comments

I have always been an animal lover. Possibly, like enough of my identity to be embarrassing, it was born of rebellion against my parents. Well, actually my mother. It was she who was most vocal in her adamant refusal to let me and my sister have a pet. Jan and I wanted a dog, we… Continue Reading

Our Recalcitrant Robot

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Lynne • 16 Comments

We were recently with our daughter’s family. They have two kids, two dogs–one of which is a Labrador retriever–and astonishingly immaculate hardwood floors. We have no little kids at home, one Labrador retriever, and hardwood floors that make people wonder if we’re running an unlicensed barber shop. Labs shed. Forget that myth about twice a… Continue Reading

Heroism: It All Counts, Right?

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Lynne • 15 Comments

I’ve spent a couple of years trying to figure out how my very smart dog—who can remember and break into any place food is stored—can have such an extremely short memory. Every day, when Scout the Lab sees the horrible menace of the mail truck as it stops in front of the house, we have… Continue Reading

Breaking Bad

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Lynne • 6 Comments

Television is evil. It is obviously ruining The Perfect Dog. This is all our kids’ fault. They insisted that my husband and I are completely out of it (new evidence of their favorite point!) when they belatedly discovered that we’d never watched a single episode of Breaking Bad. The final astounding, culture-changing episode had aired, and we both shrugged and said… Continue Reading

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