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A few of you may remember this blog post I made in April 2012 in regards to a young female Shepherd dog who lived in my neighborhood. Unfortunately, as I expected, it ended in tragedy.

As I mentioned in the blog post, one of my main concerns with the dog was her lack of training in regards to cars and her extremely long leash; long enough for her to lunge out after a car and possibly get hit or grazed. The fact that we have young people in the neighborhood who liked the speed, unfortunately, ...

I'm taking a class this semester, Intro to Communication and Information. It's one of my requirements for that new journalism major I'm working on, and this week we spent some time dissecting a phone conversation between two people. We came to the conclusion, from watching how they communicated, that they weren't particularly close friends. The guy was in trouble, and the other person wasn't jumping to help him.

I find it ironic that we discussed that, considering the text I got today ...

Let's talk about dogs for a second.

I am, and always have been, a major dog person. When I was a little kid I utterly adored any dogs my friends and extended relatives owned, and for the last nine years my Shetland Sheepdog has been my baby. One thing in particular I've always been proud of is how well my family and I take care of him; he's a well trained, lovable doofus and he's never been without anything in his life.

And today, while walking him, I was reminded that ...