http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales BCCME President Val Maloney shares her musings on Beardies, animal communication, and life. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:46:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK, so living with 3 1/2 dogs is not usually dull. (I count Fiona as a half at this point, being 3 months old-although she does take up a lot of time. :-)) We had our 3rd annual BeardieMainiacs BBQ/Bounce at our house yesterday. Let me backtrack a couple of days..... We ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/07/21/its-never-dull/ I have always been of the mind that whatever happens, it was for a reason. We may not know what that reason is for a while, and at times we think that nothing good can come of a particular event, or occurrence. Sometimes the things that happen seem minor, or not really important. How is ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/05/06/grand-design/ All this talk of puppies got me thinking about how little I knew when we first started breeding! :-D Honestly how did we ever make it through?! Our first litter of OES by our first Champion, Tessa, did not go exactly as planned. After pondering many pedigrees, checking out dogs, etc ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/04/17/the-wayback-machine/ Wow, time goes so fast. I just heard that a dear friend passed away on Monday. He lived on the West Coast with his family, so the last 20 years we didn't see each other much.  When I was a teenager, I belonged to a local church, and met my best friends ever there. ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/03/21/passage-of-time/ Sometimes I hate being right. I just heard from a recent client, a nice lady with a Golden who is very sweet. She was referred to me because her Golden wasn't eating , seemed to have problems getting up and down, and just plain didn't seem well. ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/03/19/sometimes/ We need a new reality show....(we don't have enough, right?!) You have heard of "Are you Smarter than 5th Grader?"...how about "Are you Smarter than Your Beardie?" I play this on a daily basis. Every day the dogs go out to do their thing, wander the yard, check on the neighbors, etc. The boys ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/03/10/are-you-smarter-than-a/ Hi there. This is Traveler. I don't rite much, as I am usually busy making sure my bruther Mac doesn't get into trubble. (he likes to steal things in the sink,and I have to yell REAL LOUD so my Mom can tell him to get down) I also have to make sure that ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/03/05/obedience-is-hard/ I had my radio interview a few minutes ago. The guy was very nice and said he wanted to make sure he didn't come off as making light of the whole thing. He asked some good questions, I hope I gave good answers. We did the whole thing on tape. He ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/02/19/and-now-radio/ Some of you were asking about the article they did on me for our local weekly paper.... go to www.scarboroughleader.com and it is the interview of the week. Remember they took some liberties with the facts As a side note to this, I got an email this morning from a local radio personality who ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/02/19/my-15-minutes/ Ok, maybe not an Olympic event, but I may have stumbled on a new exercise routine. Grooming is not the most fun thing to do, but face it, it has to be done. The challenge that we have is getting Traveler onto the grooming table, avoiding Mac as he tries to ... http://www.beardedcollieclubofmaine.org/hairytales/2008/02/19/new-olympic-sport/