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We Were Hacked!

Monday, September 10th, 2007

If things looked a bit odd lately, I apologize. It seems the software I use to host the gallery had a bug in it that allowed a hacker to break in and take over my site. Those people were up to no good and I am appalled that my web site was temporarily hijacked in [...]

2006 Spring Golden Retriever Club Field Trial

Wednesday, March 29th, 2006

Last weekend was the Spring trial hosted on by the local Golden Club. This was a particularly exciting weekend for me because my friend Sandy and I had our first judging assignment. The two of us were judging the puppy stake on Sunday together.
Saturday, both of us went out to the grounds in [...]

30 Boxes

Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

I am in love with this new online web calendaring app called 30 Boxes. It is the work of the same fellows, Narendra Rocherolle and Nick Wilder that founded Webshots along with Webshot’s COO Julie Davidson. After selling Webshots, Narendra, Nick & Julie, started a small firm called 83 degrees. This is [...]

Merry Christmas 2005

Sunday, December 25th, 2005

Happy Holidays from the gang at Caliber Tollers.
Latisha, Harley, Zeppelin and Erin

Dogs Need Dogs for Comfort?

Wednesday, December 21st, 2005

Discovery Channel News: Dogs Needs Dogs for Comfort?
Interesting article I came across. It talks about a study wherein thunder-phobic dogs were exposed to sounds of storms and their stress levels where measured. The study showed dogs in multi-dog households had more stable cortisol (a stress hormone) levels.
What I found interesting is they note [...]

First Snow of the Year

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Woke up this morning to a thin blanket of white outside the window. Harley and Zeppe raced out with glee. Erin stopped at the patio’s edge and gave the snow a tenative sniff before venturing out into it. She seemed a little surprised at the sudden transformation from green to white. [...]