Monthly Archives: September 2011

I received my first textbook on grooming in the mail today… and in reading have learned that dog grooming has been going on since the time of the medevil guilds in the 1500’s. I think that is pretty cool, since … Continue reading →

This weekend we took a fun trip to the New England Pet Expo… trying to get a feel for this new world I enter. At this event, I think it is fair to say that most pets qualify as DOGS. … Continue reading →

More random rememberings on animals in Asia: Virtually the only cats that we saw in India were Temple Cats. The spotted barking deer roamed freely on the banks of the polluted river in Chennai. The working camels of Agra and … Continue reading →

Though we did not travel to urbanized Chennai, India expecting to be surrounded by wildlife, we did end up having many encounters.  As I prepare to switch careers into animal grooming, I have been wondering if those meetings may have guided me.  My … Continue reading →

I am reprinting a post here that I wrote on my family blog in March 2011 – during the last week of my 5 month staty in India with my family. Extended travel changes you. This post on the on wife’s birthday last … Continue reading →

Welcome to my new non-human centric blog. I’m leaving the corportate world of IT on Oct 14th and start out the following week at an animal gro0ming school. This will will give me the skills to make a success out of my new … Continue reading →