Outside Work in Twin Cities Stalled by Rain, Season’s First Snowflakes (Maybe) Today What’s between an old fence and a new fence? Unfortunately for my family’s (temporarily forlorn) Golden Retriever, “no fence.” Stalled at Step #4 It turns out that replacing an old fence consists of these four steps: 1) take down and remove old...Read More
Everyone’s got their favorite piece of real estate. Dogs, too. Raffy, my family’s Golden Retriever, prefers the flagstone patio in our backyard that gets toasty warm in the afternoon sun.Read More
Champion Sleeper in Kaplan Household? Call it a Tie Surprise, surprise, my two sons — ages 15 and 12 — both like to sleep in on weekends (and any other time, for that matter). The family Golden Retriever, Raffy, does too. So, which family member is the champion Kaplan “sleeper-inner?” Door #1 vs. Door #2...Read More
(Not to Be Confused With Guard Dog) Our Golden Retriever’s favorite place to “hang” in the house (when he’s not sleeping) is the Living Room couch — which not so incidentally offers a view of the rather-active boulevard in front of our home. When he sees another dog being walked, he’ll perk up and even bark....Read More
“Raffy’s Got Something in His Mouth!”“Raffy’s Got Something in His Mouth!” The first thing I noticed was my adolescent Golden Retriever, Raffy, proudly parading around our backyard with some unrecognizable object in his mouth. The next thing I noticed were all the shrieking, squawking birds in the nearby trees. (Actually, the very first thing I...Read More
