After 6 long weeks, Mr. Wild Dingo returned home, err… back to Casa Wild Dingo, or in Mango’s terms, “The Wild Dingo Estate.” Though Mr. Wild Dingo is married to Wild Dingo, he’s no longer an official resident of California or even the U.S.! His company broke his residency for tax purposes and he’s now officially a Suisse [...]
“Yowza! Rolf buddy, check out the dame with the long stems who just walked into class. She sure turns my crank.” “Dude. We’re on the clock. Turn on your German Shepherd switch and go to work.”
One fear down, 87,000 more fears to go. Looks like Loki’s 12 step program got him over his crate fear. “This is a nice pad, but it’s a little cramped for my style. Where will I fit the baby grand piano and the water bed?”
“Hey Big Boy, now that you’re an Iron Dog, let’s see how much Iron you’re really made of.”
Loki received his FeD (Dogtorate of Iron) this weekend. Iron Dog is a certification at our school, The K-9 Clinic. From the day I found out about this certification almost 2 years ago, I’ve wanted to Loki to go for it. I was determined to bring out his better (working) qualities and work through his [...]
Two years ago this weekend, Mr. Wild Dingo and I drove up to the city to adopt Loki. I still remember the mixed feelings I had when I met him. He was much bigger than I had anticipated and he wasn’t even full grown. But his silly personality and his sad beginnings are what sold Mr. [...]
We can’t find a crate tall enough for Loki’s ears. Pet relocation services tell us that an airline crate should be 4″ taller than your dog’s head and 4″ longer than his body. While that’s all fine and dandy, nobody gave us details on how to find a crate for a dog with gynormous ears. It’s likely we’ll [...]
“He’s mental,” said my trainer, Lance, about Loki during SAR training on Sunday. Images of Loki’s cracker-insane behavior flooded my mind: the motor mouth in class, jumping wildly in the air for a tug or the panic attacks. “Yeah, he’s mental,” I agreed. “No, not that kind of mental,” Lance laughed.
All 17 readers of Wild Dingo may have noticed posting has been light these past few weeks. As our move to Lausanne is starting to become a reality, we’ve been rushing to get our current home in good shape so that we don’t come back to a disaster. That means having a new well installed, trees cut, [...]
Mr. Wild Dingo is back again. After being home a total of 4 days in the past month, he came home this time stocked with bribes to keep the quadrupeds from chewin’ him out. “Oh hey there Pop, it sure is nice to see you. Blah, blah, blah. Yada, Yada, Yada. Moving on…whatchya got there in that cellophane baggie?”
We’ve been remiss at Wild Dingo to thank Mango for his generosity in Mango Minster. You see, about 87,000 months ago (to quote Frankie), Loki and Juno received a presie in the mail for their award winnings. We didn’t actually expect any award presies, so it was a pleasant surprise. Naturally, we took many photos [...]
Our friends over at The Thundering Herd think they have a big talker in their white boy, Snowflake, err … Quannik. Ha! What a laugh. I’d like to give them Loki for a weekend. This is Loki at 4:00 T-time (“T” is for “talk.”) A few of these days and I’d bet The Herd won’t be able to [...]
“Hey Principessa, whatchya doin’ up there?” “Sitting atop my throne, contemplating how nice it is to be Queen.”
It was a busy weekend at Wild Dingo. Our Saturday obedience class with Loki & Juno was was pretty much a disastor and made me want to crawl into a hole. But that’s another story. By Sunday, I was seriously wondering if Loki was going to be in a working mindset for SAR practice. We haven’t [...]
It’s a bit early but Loki and Juno have begun to plan for the big move. “Hey Princess, since we’ll be living near a lake, should I pack my float-able toys?” “Dude, we live 15 minutes from the ocean now. You’ve never swam in it. What do you think?”
Our friend, Tartok over at the Herd Annex asked Loki for a little help in squaring a beef with his sister Ruby, who’s been gangin’ up on him. (Let’s all hear a collective, “Awe!”) Loki has a bit of experience with a bossy Siberian dame so he happily stepped up. Here are a few of Loki’s best tips on How [...]
Last month Wild Dingo had a special visitor stay for a few days: Princess Ella and her folks. Loki and Juno have met plenty of children in public but never had any to the house and never one so small. I admit, I was a bit worried about an accidental pet-child injury since either dog [...]
Um, I’m not falling for it.
After three long weeks, Mr. Wild Dingo returned home. Both dogs were ecstatic. Even Juno showered him with kisses and wiggles, though she usually saves them only for me. So yesterday we went on a family walk to the tree farm so we could show Big Daddy how well behaved these two could be off-leash. [...]
It’s Tree Farm week at Wild Dingo. At the Tree Farm, we run into many friendly peeps and their dogs on the trail. “Come on slackers! I don’t have all day! There are squirrels to chase and things to smell!”
