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Feb 8
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Staying in Touch

So often we tell people to "stay in touch." Indeed, we always ask people who bring one of our dogs into their home to do so- and to pleas...

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Gail DeMasi

Nov 11, 2019
1 min

Where does the time go?

Shocking, and a bit sad: I have not posted here for 4 years. I was thinking about Chance (she was first born daughter of Two Face) and how...

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Gail DeMasi

Dec 29, 2015
1 min

They do grow up

Jim Bob was so enamored with the recent litter of pups. Here he is with Friday (three weeks old) in his lap, petting Fitz. Every time he ...

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Gail DeMasi

Jun 8, 2015
1 min

Puppy Breath

The summer puppies arrived amidst the intermittent cold and heat. So much of life is about opposites, often extremes presenting themselve...

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Gail DeMasi

Apr 23, 2015
1 min

Saying Goodbye

It is a funny thing, raising dogs and reaching a point where it is kinder to find a loving home for a good and faithful friend than to "p...

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Gail DeMasi

Nov 29, 2014
1 min

My Darling Two-Face Becomes a Mom

A week ago we were waiting on Two-Face to start her labor. I was reading on the couch, Andy was having breakfast, when we both heard one ...

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Gail DeMasi

Sep 20, 2014
1 min

Know what I'm thinking...really?

Do you ever have the experience that someone, perhaps even a close someone, is shocked you do not kow what they are thinking? Afterall, h...

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Gail DeMasi

Sep 2, 2014
1 min

Chillaxin Charlie

I have seen the word chillaxin from time to time. I don't kow why, but I like it. I looked up the defintion and here it is: "Way-far laid...

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Gail DeMasi

Aug 22, 2014
1 min

Berners and Babies?

I meet many people through this delightful adventure of raising Bernese Mountain Dogs. It is not unusual to be asked, "Are they good with...

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Gail DeMasi

Aug 21, 2014
1 min

Cats and Dogs

Bernese are so laid back a cat could misinterpret their demeanor as submission to its ultimate rule. Maybe. Does the attitude a cat displ...

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Gail DeMasi

Aug 8, 2014
1 min

Summer thoughts of snow

Why when the weather is one way do we wish it otherwise? Often the kids will moan over the heat and wish for snow; but sooner than later,...

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Gail DeMasi

Aug 7, 2014
1 min

Babies and puppies

I wonder sometimes at the pure delight of seeing something very cute. What joy and happiness it can produce. In the picture of Lucy and G...

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Gail DeMasi

Aug 6, 2014
1 min

Life with Darling

The night My Darling Two-Face was born was filled with trauma and sadness. Her beautiful mother, Munsonville Stella, did not survive the ...

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