Sydney....biding his time until we decide he is the only dog we should have :)

Zoe goes to boarding school tomorrow! We went last night and met Irina, the trainer and toured the facility. She will have a very clean, nice place to sleep, lots of room to run around, very personalized attention from what seems to be a master trainer. And come home in 8 weeks a perfectly trained dog (ha ha)! It will be a long 8 weeks of her gone, but we are pretty confident Sydney will be in heaven, though Madeline will be lost. The training facility is Red Star (www.red-star-kennel.com) and they seem to be fantastic, came highly recommended and hopefully will be exactly what we need to have a perfectly behaved Zoe.

Zoe, looking in the back door when she wants to come in.

I had my first acupuncture (the use of a very fine needle on specific points on the body) treatment yesterday - and so far am very impressed. A few hours after I got him I suddenly could easily breath through my nose - sounds like a small feat but something that has been elusive for the past five plus years for me.

Most everyone who knows me knows I am deathly afraid of needles, specifically needles coming at my body:) When the practioner started I took a deep breath, shut my eyes and hoped for the best. To my surprise I could not even feel the needles! A few seconds later the area with the needle felt warm - not even uncomfortable. About 30 minutes later, the needles painlessly were taken out. An experience I am going to try again next Saturday.

A little history of Chinese Medicine: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) originated over 5000 years ago. It is based on a theory of vital energy called Qi. Qi flows with in the body along specific pathways called meridians. Each meridian has a specific physiological system and internal organ. In TCM theory when there is an imbalance of Qi poor health and disease may arise. TCM has developed a comprehensive system of health care. TCM has also developed diagnosis and treatment for the prevention and treatment of disease.