laura hartwick

visual generalist • friend to animals • somewhat fast runner

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We open up 2011 with a semi feral, yet theatrical like if I could write a screenplay, stroll through the swamp.

Ruby: You know. If he wasn’t so feral sometimes, we wouldn’t have to sit here in…

  • Jan, 2, 2011

A wisdomy kind of post for closing up the year where you will probably get, exactly zero wisdom, but you WILL get giant albino lizards.

I would like to think the way that you end one year is a good predictor…

  • Dec, 31, 2010

Team Small Dog went on hiatus, of sorts.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m still going to work. And the grocery store. I take the…

  • Dec, 30, 2010

Holiday word problem called when you take the dogs along, according to my calculations, I could only get it to add up to Oh Hell.

Let me make a spreadsheet for you: Dog A: Loves kids, loves the puppy, but cannot…

  • Dec, 27, 2010

Be nice, don’t bite, cuz it’s Christmas.

Happy Holidays from the Team. They are going to work hard following their own very good…

  • Dec, 24, 2010

Holiday trick training with the Team-The Sexy Boots stripper pole dance move.

So you guys probably all have these already. We’re always a little behind the curve. I…

  • Dec, 23, 2010

I totally thought we were done with this phase of Gustavo’s life but here we go again.

OK. We have gone on walks here for all of Gustavo’s life. His life here, in…

  • Dec, 21, 2010

Team Small dog endures the agony of the Holiday Party so that you don’t have to.

Holiday Party season is upon us. Team Small Dog has to go to their share of…

  • Dec, 20, 2010

A cheery walk in the rain with the Team, at least the ones that can still walk.

Sometimes during the storm you get a preview of what will happen. When the rain comes…

  • Dec, 19, 2010

Dog Agility Gift Guide-Do unto others that possibly no one else does.

Here’s a warm fuzzy thought for the holidays. Because I’m like that. Warm and fuzzy. I…

  • Dec, 17, 2010

What the weatherman told me.

It’s supposed to start raining Thursday night and not stop for a week. A week. A…

  • Dec, 16, 2010

How we get ready for the holidays at my house-holiday cheer edition.

I was going to work on being a champion today. I have my list. There’s a…

  • Dec, 14, 2010

The mobile dog hospital visits the dog show with Patient Ruby, Scary Nurse Otterpop and Therapy Dog Gustavo.

Ruby’s been to a lot of dog shows in her life. A lot of nights in…

  • Dec, 13, 2010

Dog Agility Gift Guide on the Cheapskate-wristlet handwarming fingerless gloves.

Didn’t start your Christmas shopping yet? Yer friends, relatives, teachers, kids, husbands, wives wouldn’t be caught…

  • Dec, 10, 2010

Fun holiday celebrations with the celebration phobic.

It’s been Hanukah this week. We sort of celebrated it. It’s also a birthday at our…

  • Dec, 9, 2010

Ruby the mystery dog.

Usually on my day off, we go practice and have a hike in the forest. Today…

  • Dec, 7, 2010

This is what we did in between exorcising demons.

I know you saw the Exorcist. Everybody did. Probably you were a kid and it gave…

  • Dec, 6, 2010

Here’s your brain on drugs.

Last night I found myself at the cement bar of a swanky wine restaurant. The inside…

  • Dec, 5, 2010

Useful things for champions-count and squat.

Friday mornings, 7:30am sharp, me and my friends meet our personal trainer. We all share her…

  • Dec, 3, 2010

Where I say some nice things about Ruby while she’s resting.

Before I pulled Ruby out of the shelter I used to volunteer at, I asked my…

  • Dec, 2, 2010

Crate rest.

Ruby’s improved, but she is still obviously painful on that leg. We should have gone out…

  • Dec, 1, 2010

Oh Ruby.

Ruby did probably a total of 3 minutes of agility, jumping some tiny little jumps and…

  • Nov, 30, 2010

The course named On My Let’s Have Another Try at That Again, and Again, and Again.

Oh my. We practiced again this weekend with my friends Ashley, Mary and Wendy. We all…

  • Nov, 29, 2010

This is what we did instead of sitting in line at Toys-r-us all night.

In honor of tis the Season of Consumption, maybe you’d like to consume a new Team…

  • Nov, 27, 2010
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