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Thank You, Contributors!

Sep

2010

Thanks to all who contributed to my fundraising efforts for the 2010 Cause for Paws, benefiting the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. About 500 people (plus dogs!) participated in either the run or the walk, and together we raised $50K to help the shelter help animals and their owners alike. Team Hooper (Hooper, Rob & ...

Cause for Paws 2010 Pledge Request 4

Sep

2010

Hi folks; asking for money. It’s not for me, it’s for the animals. The Cliff’s Notes version: Please go to http://boulderhumane.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=426416&lis=1&kntae426416=9A0E1659F700447AA908E0FFE5C7B2A8&supId=300361433 and pledge a few bucks for the effort next week. Even easier, text “PAWS” and “Robert Guglielmetti” to 50555 to donate $5 to my effort. I am raising pledges for A Cause for Paws ...

Hidey Hole 2

Apr

2010

Brenda’s been telling me about this tree, this tree they pass on their walks, she and Hooper. Apparently there’s a knothole at the base of this tree, where Hooper keeps one of his prized possessions — a tennis ball. I was told where the tree was, and all I had to do was unclip his ...

Now Why Didn’t I Think of This Sooner? 3

Apr

2010

Riding home from work tonight, I was struck by the nice dusk light and wondered aloud to my carpool buddy what it might be like to walk up the Shanahan Ridge Trail toward Fern Canyon. She was all about it. She said she often goes trail running around there with another friend. Suddenly it all ...

Complications

Dec

2009

Today has not gone smoothly so far. Hooper woke us up at 5:15AM, whining. He’d had gas all night, so I took him out, just in case. He leads me around on a tour of the neighborhood as he strafes the area. We get back, I try for another hour of sleep but he keeps ...

Agile Hooper

Nov

2009

We’ve been talking about doing this for months and months, and finally did it. We enrolled Hooper in a beginner’s dog agility class at the Boulder Humane Society, starting up in a couple weeks. Hoop spent half the morning running and jumping in the ballfield today, and we’ve long thought that Hooper would be a ...

A Weekend of Dog 1

Mar

2009

Man, I’m wiped out. So’s my dog. This weekend I racked up a whole bunch of great experiences with Hooper, and we (and Brenda) are all tired out! Hooper ran with Jasper and Jackson for about an hour straight Saturday morning, which warmed my heart as I watched him interact with other dogs instead of ...

Happy Birthday, Hooper!

Feb

2009

Today is Hooper’s second birthday—sort-of. I mean, today is the day Brenda & I selected to represent that milestone for him; since he was a stray, we really don’t know the day, but we know the general vicinity of the day based on his development when we adopted him a year and a half ago. ...

Good News 4

Jan

2009

I don’t know that I did much more than allude to it, but Hooper hurt his knee a few weeks back, and we’ve been walking on eggshells ever since. He wiped out chasing a ball in the ballfield, and when he came up he was holding his right hind leg up for several seconds. I ...

Mind the Gap 2

Sep

2008

Well, Hooper had a long day, but he’s home, he’s sleeping, and he’s minus one tooth. The remains of one of his upper incisors were removed—in pieces—from Hooper’s skull, and he now has “character” in the form of a gap in his toothy facade. He wobbled around the living room and made us all nervous ...