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treats
Skye hasn't been very interested in training (see previous post) till a week ago when Abbie, our awesome dog trainer, suggested we just...


welcome home
I came back home after a 10 day trip, and Skye was really happy. She gave me a warm welcome, full of cuddles and zoomies! She's been my...


frisbee
Skye, the frisbee queen or the frisbee monster? LOL


Tarte aux pommes
Tuesday was Pi Day (3/14!) and I baked my favorite go-to apple pie! Well, almost, as the power went out in the process due to an heavy...


Mushroom Stroganoff
Delicious garlicky creamy plant-based version of the popular Russian dish. Ingredients (serve 4-6): * olive oil * 1 onion, diced * 1 lb...


The Coop Life: A Chicken Keeping Story
By Carina DeVera Carina DeVera (she/her) is an animal advocate, outdoor enthusiast, and writer. She has been a dedicated champion for...


training break
For some reason, Skye decided that she wasn't interested in training anymore. She just walked away from our last two sessions... Why? We...


wind and cuddles
Skye is quite scared of the wind and yesterday she had a hard time with the 25mph gusts. We gave her gabapentin to lower some of her...


another night out
While Peter and I celebrated Valentine's Day with baby goats, Skye did amazingly well home alone for more than 7 hours!


40 second collar
40 seconds, our new record! :)


hunting team
A few weeks ago, Skye came into the house very excited. She clearly wanted us to follow her outside. She brought us to the garden hose...


leave it #3
Skye is crushing it! If I ask her to "leave it", she will ignore all the treats I place on the ground in front of her. Same if I drop...


wire crate
Skye's rabies vaccination is due this summer and we can't keep ignoring it. (At some point, we thought of doing that while spaying her...


bad dream?
In the morning, Skye usually sleeps in until after we ate our breakfast and are ready to start the day. But once in a while, she quietly...


New Year Cooking Class 2023
We gave a cooking class hosted by Los Gatos library in collaboration with the Plant-Based Advocates . We baked gougères and made a lemon parfait. Here is the recording: And here are the recipes of the gougères and the lemon curd we made for the parfait. Bon appétit!


Gougères
Gougères are little French cheese puffs made with choux pastry. They come from Burgundy where I grew up and were served when tasting wine...


Palmiers
Palmiers are classic French cookies in a palm leaf shape. Sweet, light and crispy, they are also called French hearts or elephants ears....


Vegan in the New Year?
At Clorofil, we’ve been vegan for almost a decade. I grew up in France where eating meat, dairy, and eggs was the norm. And although I...


2022
2022 may not have been the year of the collar for Skye, but she made tremendous progress in many other areas. She is much more at ease,...


leave it #2
We are moving to the next level of the "leave it": leaving the treat in the open hand. It's hard but she is doing really good!
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