The beginning...

I live on 6.5 acres with three unruly dogs and my son (who is not unruly but is a teenager). The gift of a snazzy laptop for Christmas from my boyfriend, Dan, and his interest in helping tame the dogs is the motivator of this blog. Hopefully you will see great progress charted as we work with the dogs. (Yes, I am an optimist.)

And now the cast of characters...

• missy: mom to ian and the dogs, main author, and girlfriend to Dan
• ian: the not unruly teenage son of missy
• dan: the boyfriend of missy and dog trainer leader
• carsie: a smart, beautiful, female, husky/shepard mix adopted at five months old from Stray Rescue in April of 2005
• cici: a ditzy, female shepard/rott mix adopted at five months old from Stray Rescue in June of 2006
• duncan: a miniature male black and tan dachshund gifted at three months old to missy by her aunt in October of 2007

Pictures and more details to follow...
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