Hi to all. I don't recognize any names here, so it seems like a completely new community for me.
My name is Barb and I go by pwdohio as my beginning of the internet started with the Portuguese Water Dog community, and I have simply kept that moniker since it goes back to the '90s and so many know me by that.
I started with horses back when I was 12 yrs old and got my first dog, a GSD, when I was 21. I had GSD from the early '70s to the about 1995. I got my first PWD in 1985, lost my last one about 6 years ago when I decided to downsize since I have back and hand arthritis and groom my own dogs. I then went to the Miniature variety and have not been sorry. I have also had a few Labs in my life, as well as a Belgian Terv. Used to compete in obedience back in the '70s until a bad car accident. Now my dogs are just my loving companions.
Oh, and how could I forget! I also had a lovely SP, Jaimee, who was a companion to Sailor, my last PWD. I got Jaimee when Sailor was 4 years old and she was never away from him. She passed away at age 7 yrs from bladder cancer and I lost Sailor 6 weeks later to old-age related heart/kidney failure. It was fitting that they went so close together as they were never apart in life. It was a hard loss and that was when Kiva entered our lives. "Our" being my husband and I, we are empty nesters and our Poodles are our babies when our grandchilden are not around and...even when they are :act-up:
My husband will be retiring in January and we hope to hit the road in our camper with the dogs in the spring and head west to visit my sister and her PWD in Denver area and then maybe meet up with some Poodle friends.
I uploaded some photos in an album today and I have been browsing a few other albums. I really need to get on with my morning as I have some tomatoes ready and waiting to can and other tomatoes ready to prepare for dehydrating. Tis the season :ballchain:
Oh, also....I am a raw feeder.
I am glad to meet you all.
Barb, Kiva and Boo
My name is Barb and I go by pwdohio as my beginning of the internet started with the Portuguese Water Dog community, and I have simply kept that moniker since it goes back to the '90s and so many know me by that.
I started with horses back when I was 12 yrs old and got my first dog, a GSD, when I was 21. I had GSD from the early '70s to the about 1995. I got my first PWD in 1985, lost my last one about 6 years ago when I decided to downsize since I have back and hand arthritis and groom my own dogs. I then went to the Miniature variety and have not been sorry. I have also had a few Labs in my life, as well as a Belgian Terv. Used to compete in obedience back in the '70s until a bad car accident. Now my dogs are just my loving companions.
Oh, and how could I forget! I also had a lovely SP, Jaimee, who was a companion to Sailor, my last PWD. I got Jaimee when Sailor was 4 years old and she was never away from him. She passed away at age 7 yrs from bladder cancer and I lost Sailor 6 weeks later to old-age related heart/kidney failure. It was fitting that they went so close together as they were never apart in life. It was a hard loss and that was when Kiva entered our lives. "Our" being my husband and I, we are empty nesters and our Poodles are our babies when our grandchilden are not around and...even when they are :act-up:
My husband will be retiring in January and we hope to hit the road in our camper with the dogs in the spring and head west to visit my sister and her PWD in Denver area and then maybe meet up with some Poodle friends.
I uploaded some photos in an album today and I have been browsing a few other albums. I really need to get on with my morning as I have some tomatoes ready and waiting to can and other tomatoes ready to prepare for dehydrating. Tis the season :ballchain:
Oh, also....I am a raw feeder.
I am glad to meet you all.
Barb, Kiva and Boo