Kipling is happy about many things this month of April but being six months old makes her the happiest. Happy 1/2 birthday, Kipling — may all your wishes be fulfilled. Zippy gave Kipling ten free battle rounds with no counterattacks, a stuffed squirrel toy, and the first of several swimming lessons. The dogs are adjusting…
The Brand New Spanking Kipling & Zippy Report: 1st Spring Goose Patrol Kipling turned six months this month of March and she’s almost half Zippy’s size and all sweet charm with a feisty side. Yes you can see Kipling here after she’s chased the two Canadian geese away from the pond . . . tongue…
Zippy is sittin’ on the dock of the bay . . . patrolling for Canadian Geese who fly into the pond every spring. And Spring has come early as the first squadron of geese have landed. They go about their business as couples, egging each other on, trying to find the right place in the…
Islewood Farm is magical in the winter, and the pond is home to many different types of ducks all year round. Zippy and his pupil, Kipling, patrol the grounds but remain gentle and social dogs with even temperaments. Still, if I didn’t know Zippy and came across him, I wouldn’t want to make him suspicious.…
Kipling turned the ripe old puppy age of 4 months. She’s now 31 pounds and gets her last shots this afternoon. She’s at that awkward stage . . . Kipling is very long and lean and eats a pound and a half of Common Sense raw food, beef or chicken, each day. Besides the chicken…
Kipling really is in a soul-and-groove moment: sacked out! I want Kipling to settle down – so I play the song Settle Down. Does Kipling like Kimbra? I want to settle down I want to settle down Won’t you settle down with me? I want to settle down — from Kimbra’s Settle Down A discovery from New Zealand…
The chill of finishing a great mystery is in my bones. And it’s a very good thing Kipling can’t get to them with her tiny puppy-teeth! Kiplings’s first snow experience…traversing the Japanese bridge. She slipped a bit and I loved Zippy’s watchful eye (here he’s laughing at Kipling)! The view from the bridge…
In this short video, Kipling is chowing down and oblivious to everything else 🙂 (turn Sound up!) After the Thanksgiving meal Kipling opined: I can’t believe I ate that much. No animals were harmed in the making of this video, but a lot of fingers came out worse for wear 😉 Thank you for watching…
It’s raining cats and dogs outside my office window. Kipling is at my feet, and already a great snoozer. I wanted to send out the weekend Kipling Report before I continue working on the writing of my own “serious” fiction, and also before getting back to reading the best Big book of ideas I’ve read…
Kipling crawled right next to Zippy! Thank you for helping me decide on the perfect name, Kelly (and all others who made suggestions starting with the letter K (that was the litter – named alphabetically in rotation – Zippy was part of the Z litter). Here she is at 8 weeks! I am so excited,…