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Showcase Minnesota Monday, February 16, 10:00 AM, KARE 11 Tune in Monday to Showcase Minnesota at 10:00 am to see local author Jenny Pavlovic, the guest speaker at the MVHS Mardi Gras event. 8 State Hurricane Kate chronicles the touching and Jenny’s unforgettable true life story of her journey to rescue Kate, a cattle dog […]

8 State Hurricane Kate Receives Glowing Review from Reader Views!

Yesterday Reader Views published a glowing review for 8 State Hurricane Kate! Click here for the Reader Views Review    

Update on Maverick

Maverick is receiving his heartworm treatments in a foster home in Minnesota. He is doing very well and will soon be neutered and ready to go to a forever home. Click here if you’re interested in adopting Maverick and giving him the wonderful home that he deserves. You can read Maverick’s story in the January […]

Chase Goes to PetSmart

On Friday evening I had an errand to run. Realizing that Chase hadn’t been out much in the past month, I decided to take him along. It’s been very cold here for most of January, often below zero for days at a time. Bandit has been to dog training school and an obedience trial. Cayenne […]

TTouch for My Spice Girl

Last weekend Cay and I attended a TTouch seminar by Sage (Stacy) Lewis, author of Java: The True Story of a Shelter Dog Who Rescued a Woman. I had previously done some TTouch work with my other rescue dog Chase and wanted to learn and practice ways to calm Cay and help build her confidence. […]

Gwen Beberg and Ratchet are Reunited in Minnesota (Photos)!

You may remember that I wrote about Specialist Gwen Beberg and her Iraqi dog Ratchet back on November 4th. Ratchet, a border collie mix puppy, was rescued by U.S. soldiers from a burning trash pile in Iraq and was cared for by Beberg. Ratchet helped Beberg cope with the hardships she faced during her time […]

Visiting with the Laughing Ladies Book Club

On Wednesday I had the great pleasure of joining the Laughing Ladies Book Club as they discussed 8 State Hurricane Kate in St. Paul. It was fun to hear their discussion and answer their questions about the book. One question that momentarily stumped me was “What are the main lessons that you learned from your […]

Happy New Year! and Good News in 2009

Seems like everywhere we turn lately there is bad news…financial failures, job losses, people at war. So my New Year’s resolution is to include a positive message here each week. My plan is to record the message and post the audio link. My challenge is to learn how to do this ASAP. 😉 Check back […]

Australian Cattle Dogs and 8 State Kate Book Featured on The Dog Show on January 1st

Those of you who have Valley Access TV in Minnesota and Wisconsin can tune in to channel 15 on January 1st to watch “The Dog Show” with Donna Chicone. The breed feature on this show is the Australian Cattle Dog. Louanne Brooks and I will show 11 ½ year old Pete (blue) and my dog […]

Merry Christmas…Looking Back and Looking Ahead

On December 24th, I left my three dogs in Becky’s care and flew to the Gulf Coast of Florida to visit part of my family for the Christmas holiday. The last time I had been to Florida was March of 2007, and before that I spent about three weeks there while recovering from surgery near […]