As for other totally inconsequential things to blog about, our dog is finally home, after successfully breeding. You would think it wouldn't be that hard, but since both of them were newbies, it took them a while to figure it out. But we're going to have puppies in 50-some days!

Carl, who managed the breeding process, said that most dogs lose weight in the stress of breeding. Ours gained five pounds. But he's moping around, lackluster and dull-eyed, quite unlike himself. We figure he misses his mate. It is so hard not to anthropomorphize animals one lives with ...