Author: dawnkinster
I'm a long time banker having worked in banks since the age of 17. I took a break when I turned 50 and went back to school. I graduated right when the economy took a turn for the worst and after a year of library work found myself unemployed. I was lucky that my previous bank employer wanted me back. So here I am again, a long time banker. Change is hard.
Change Is Hard 
April 19, 2023 at 7:05 am
What a cutie pie!
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April 20, 2023 at 10:09 pm
she is indeed!
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April 19, 2023 at 7:50 am
That is one snappy background for adorable Penny.
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April 20, 2023 at 10:10 pm
She was not very thrilled to be sitting still for a photo. But I got one!
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April 19, 2023 at 10:06 am
Amazing! 🙂
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April 20, 2023 at 10:10 pm
Isn’t it cool?
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April 19, 2023 at 10:22 am
Penny–you are so cute!
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April 20, 2023 at 10:10 pm
She says thank you!
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April 19, 2023 at 12:58 pm
Follow the yellow brick (um…green and blue!) road Penny! Darling!
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April 20, 2023 at 10:11 pm
It used to be purple and gold. I have a few images with Katie sitting there, but they repainted it. It goes nicely with her harness now! 🙂
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April 19, 2023 at 10:48 pm
Beautiful, smart Penny at the middle of the maze. 💕
Hi Dawn, does that harness help reduce Penny pulling? I like that it is not cut too high at her throat.
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April 20, 2023 at 7:14 am
She’s not a big puller, I just like that she’s less likely to back out of it than a collar, and that I’m not pulling on her neck. She’s wearing a collar most of the time now at the house, and so far she hasn’t figured out she could pull her head out of it. She can still get a little crazy out on her leash so I feel safer with the harness. But I think it will be too hot once summer arrives.
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April 22, 2023 at 5:59 am
Fun!
I think I remember Katie in a similar photo ❤
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April 22, 2023 at 12:39 pm
Yes, she sat here too, the cement was painted purple and gold then. She was easier to take photos of…Penny doesn’t get the whole sit and stay thing yet.
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April 23, 2023 at 3:06 pm
Aw, Penny is growing into such a beauty — and that geometric design matches her harness so well! Monk has a black harness — I’d never even think of walking him without it! Fortunately, it doesn’t slip over his head the way a collar can. Guess we’ve become pros at this, after so many years, huh?
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April 23, 2023 at 9:25 pm
Yep, I feel safer with her in the harness as well. She’s still so young she sometimes gets wild when we’re out, and getting the zoomies outside makes me really nervous. She wears a collar in the house and in our yard most of the time (always on the leash outside) and so far hasn’t figured out she can probably pull her head out of the collar. She needs to wear a collar in school (she had her first class last week) so she needed to get used to wearing one. Which she did with no problem. Smart little girl.
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April 24, 2023 at 3:28 pm
I hate zoomies when I’m on the other end of Monkey’s leash! He’s gotten really strong, and I’m afraid he’s going to yank my arm right out of the socket. That, or pull me over. It’s kind of embarrassing, too, when there are other people and dogs watching us!
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April 24, 2023 at 7:47 pm
Katie NEVER had zoomies outside. I think Penny is just really young and sometimes she gets set off and that’s what she does to handle the stress, but I don’t like it one bit.
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