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I want to improve my coverage of subject matter and my upload schedule. I usually put this project off then would forget about it until the last minute which caused a really bad habit later on in the semester. Due to the fact that I would put this project off I never covered the subjectContinue reading “Wrapping Everything Up in a Bow”

We now are grooming pets to make money. My mom is a dog groomer. She once had her own shop in California in the early 90s. We built the new kennel with the idea of later on making it part of a grooming shop, but that was a much later idea. Since, like most dogContinue reading “Grooming is our new future”

Dog shows most definitely won’t be happening for a while. There were supposed to be shows all summer, but a lot of them keep getting canceled. Most dog handlers, including my parents, have been unemployed for almost 8 weeks now. Everyday bills haven’t stop though. Several of our friends had to let go of theirContinue reading “Putting all bets on Perry, Gerorgia”

Coronavirus has shut everything down for dog people. We won’t have dog shows until maybe August. The thought of all the bills we are now going to be struggling to pay scares me. It terrifies everyone in this business. Dog people live on Facebook, so most of them are posting weekly updates about how thingsContinue reading “How We Are Coping”

We know the coronavirus is a thing, and she’s here to ruining our plans for the near future. Well, the weekend before spring break technically started, I was going to a dog show. I had to wait for a ride, so I was in my dorm room all day Friday. I was the last ofContinue reading “The Weekend Mrs. Rona Shut Us Down”

If you’re a professional dog handler, your day is jam-packed.  For every dog show, there’s a printed schedule sent out by Jack Onofrio (a superintendent company) a week before the show, so exhibiters have the information before the day of. The schedule states when, where, and who is judging the breeds. Judging begins at 8Continue reading “Just a Peek at My Day”

Most of us have pets. The vast majority of our  pets live inside with us. People who show dogs as a profession, or otherwise known as dog handlers, usually have a large number of dogs with them. They do own some of them, but mostly the dogs belong to other people. This is very commonContinue reading “Kennels and Care”

I really didn’t want to do a blog about dogs. Yet here I am doing what my mom said I should do all along. I really hate it when my mom is right. I guess that’s just the angsty teen in me. Hi, I’m Taylor Chaffin, I’m a Digital Media student at Texas State University. Continue reading “Introducin’ me”