Dog Blog

As everyone knows, I have 2 dogs, Izzy the Chihuahua and Lucy the Golden Retriever. We also have some of the worst tv reception known to the civilized world (which is no big deal considering broadcast and most cable tv is one of the worst things in the civlized world but that's another blog) getting about 1 1/2 channels on a good day when the weather is right and the wind from the southwest. As a result we rarely have on the shouting tv box, unless it is for our weekly netflix movie night.

Anyways, dogs, tv...K's mom, thinking us culturally and entertainment deficient in every way occasionally videotapes some program or other and mails them to us. Our tastes (ours and hers I mean) are generally pretty different so it's a rare time when we have a winner. I will say in fairness though that she has taped every episode of the BEST TV SHOW EVER, Junkyard Wars, which we would have never even heard of if it wasn't for her. But other stuff that is good to us is few and far between. Until recently.

Dogs, tv...yes, we have become fans of the Dog Whisperer.

Say what you will, but the man is clearly a genius in many ways, and comes off as a straight shooting entertaining actually nice guy. Interviews here and here. His story is remarkable, starting out as an illegal immigrant with a dream, working his butt off, building his practice, and now a marketing machine, actually doing good for animals along the way. It is so refreshing and entertaining to see someone so clearly engaged and committed to what they are supposed to be doing. I find it inspiring. So much so that we actually bought Ceasar's book, not for training tips but for the story, and as I said to the cashier "Anybody who makes something from nothing out of thin air, enthusiasm and love, well, I'll support that any way I can". Never mind he probably makes more off a Hollywood celebrity pet with a behavior problem than I make in a year, I'm just sayin...

I was gonna blog about Ceasar's philosophy, but the interviews are much better, especially the second one. The guy is full of practical life common sense, and about more than dogs.

So it's time for me to walk our dogs, get some supper going, and settle in for a videotape episode or two to wind down the day. Check it out the next time you want some quality entertainment.

Have a great evening! Tomorrow is auction night at the school, and if it's any good I'll do a post auction report. Fun and games on the mountain, gotta love it.