PART III of 3: An Insider’s View of the Rescue of 63 Finnish Lapphunds from a Hoarder

SOCIALIZATION

I discovered the Finnish word “Sisu” when I was researching Lapphunds. It means bravery, determination, resilience. To me, it describes these dogs perfectly, especially resilience. Despite the harsh conditions in which they had been forced to live—to ...

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Due to the vagaries of this particular blog setup (and more likely my ineptness with WordPress) the three-parts of this series are stacked one on top of each other, so that you should start at the bottom to read Part I, then move up to Part II, and when I add the final part, it will be the first one you see. One of ...

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A THREE-PART INSIDER’S VIEW OF THE RESCUE OF 63 FINNISH LAPPHUNDS FROM A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HOARDER
BY JAN FLORES

 PART I: THE RESCUE

FIRST NIGHT: January 21, 2014

At the time of the ...

Ziva—My Three-legged Christmas Dog

There is a saying: “You don’t get the dog you want; you get the dog you need.”

I learned the ...

August, 2015
So many good things have happened lately that, even though the website is still under construction, I wanted to share the excitement with you.

I won’t go all the way back to when I sold my first book (although that’s kind of an interesting story in itself, and maybe at some point I’ll ...