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Friendliest Dog In the World?

"What can I do for you?"
I was just reading an article in my alma mater’s alumni magazine, The Pennsylvania Gazette, about the new Penn Vet Working Dog Center that’s now breeding and training the country’s…
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Rating the “Destination Walks”

This morning at Greenfield Hill Church: Ricky was fine when I carried him
Last week I wrote about Winslow Park, and its place in the panoply of “destination walks” that Ricky and I take daily.  Loyal followers know…
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Old Dog Learns New Trick

Big dogs and little dogs play monkey in the middle. Ricky is monkey
The old dog, in this case, would be me. For years, Winslow Park, aka the dog park, has been in our rotation of “destination” walks, but, to be pe…
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Anything for Animals

Ricky's new $896.96 blue bandage
This morning I took Ricky to the vet to have a lump on his haunch looked at, to have a cyst removed, and for some routine bloodwork.  Two hours — and $896.96 later (!!!), I picke…
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Ricky’s Coffee Break

A typical search and destroy mission
The pattern was established back in the winter of 2003, Ricky’s first Christmas.  Matt, then 22, and Robby, 10, were locked in one of their weird competitions:  Whose gift would …
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The Five Faces of Ricky

Expectant
Those of you who keep up with Beagle Man might recall a recent comment from Sarah, a loyal follower:  “Have you ever taken pictures of Ricky’s face,”
A highly competitive Final Four: Crate . . .
It’s time to announce the winner of the “Ricky’s Favorite Things” playoffs, and I have to admit, I’m feeling pret-ty guilty — for two reasons.  One:  Nepotism.  Yes, the…
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Lewis and Clark

Last Sunday, Ricky and I discovered a brand-new hiking area.  Well, all right, we didn’t actually discover it.  My friend Sarah, who has China the chow chow, told me about it, but Ricky and I did have the whole place to ourselves on Sunday.  Well, all right, not exactly to ourselves — but there c…
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Playoffs

Sleep
Yesterday on the FAN, Joe and Evan were analyzing the Jets’ dwindling playoff chances.  I have to admit — earmuffs, Robby — they were more bullish than I am at the moment.  Their conversation brought to mind a…
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