Hello. It’s been a busy summer here. I have been pet sitting, and having dogs visiting the house. True to form, Ty does not bother much with any of them. An alpha, energetic Jack Russell terrier returned. We had a one-year-old female Pom and a four-month-old female pit visit. He took little notice of either of them.
We did visit with a therapy dog trainer a few weeks ago, as I had the notion Ty might make a good–or at least decent–therapy dog. Her opinion, after two hours of various stimulation, was he could make a nice therapy dog. However, and she cautioned me, he would not particularly enjoy it. He would do it if I asked him, for me, but not because the work excited him.
So that idea has been temporarily scratched. I have yet to find his button, what turns him on. Perhaps just hanging out in the kitchen is good enough of a life for him, with the occasional road trip. Interestingly, to day of all days, he decided after breakfast, as I was still pottering about the kitchen, he wanted to go lie down in the bedroom. Without me.
Glory! It was nice having the whole kitchen to myself! I am not sure what sparked his interest to vacate the cave momentarily, but I enjoyed the moments while they lasted.
And in other news, I have finally completed the book I’ve been promising to write. It is self-published under the Amazon Select KDP program, and accessible through Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback versions. A portion of each sale will go to the Collie Rescue of the Carolinas where I adopted Ty from.
Kindle e-book format
or the paperback format:
Travels with Ty 
Congratulations on the new book!
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Hey!
Have you given up on blogging? Or just taking a break?
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Hello, no I haven’t given up blogging. It has been crazy summer on an epic scale. In May I gave up my full time ‘day job’ so I can concentrate on my writing, pet sitting and being home more for my pets. Ty may not care if I’m home much or not, but Taz the macaw sure does. Pet sitting hit summer full swing within a week or two and I seldom have time to even eat lately. I took some online jobs related to writing, plus promo for the upcoming release, working on a self-published one at the same time plus trying to write a novel that needs to be turned in to publisher by end of year.
My RA hit a new flare so we started chemo as a new treatment, and it kicks me onto my butt for a few days afterward. Plus all the regular challenges of life/home/etc.. So I just have not had time to blog, but hope to return to it maybe over the winter if things slow down.
Ty is doing well. No great ups or downs. He hit his own status quo and seems content there. I joke and say he’s in his own little world. He still hates thunder and gunshots. Independence day was rough on him, but I made it a point to be home for him each night around the 4th and I think that helped. I’ve had a number of dogs staying at the house, with day care and boarding and he truly does not care who or what is in the house. He stays — still– in the bedroom or the kitchen, and ignores all dogs. All ages, both sexes, all breeds and sizes and personalities. Nothing gets more than a second or two of attention from him, if even that much. Not normal I know, but it is how Ty is. He is just Ty.
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