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Camping With Dogs

Denny Tyler — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:02:17 +0000

Although it took a lot of preparation to get Abby and Zeus ready for their first extended camping trip into the mountains, the experiences of that trip I’ll remember forever.

It was the week ending with the 4th of July. I decided to take the dogs to an area I was somewhat familiar with, Rock [...]

Hiking With Dogs

Denny Tyler — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:29:43 +0000

A little over a year ago I adopted two dogs, Abby and Zeus. They had been abandoned by their owners.

Abby & Zeus

Both are city dogs born and raised. Zeus is four years old and Abby is three. When I got them I couldn’t help but wonder if it was possible to take [...]

You Just Never Know

Denny Tyler — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:31:42 +0000

I take a camera to the mountains because you just never know what you might be able to get a picture of. I was in Workman’s Creek today with my friend Mountainsaver and the first thing we came across was this black snake.

The snake was soaking up the sun and didn’t [...]

West Virginia Outdoors – Revisited

Denny Tyler — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:23:23 +0000

I was digging through the tons of files I have let build up on my computer and came across a file that holds all of the files and photos ever displayed on the original West Virginia Outdoors website. One thing that has definitely remained constant since the beginning is I still take a lot of [...]

A Man and His Dog, Friends To The End

Denny — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:00:00 +0000

This is the last post in a series about A Man And His Dog. Click the label to bring up all posts in this series.

For the first two years of Sam’s short life, she spent 99% of the time with me. After the house was completed I had to look for work elsewhere or [...]

A Man and His Dog, A New Environment

Denny — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:10:00 +0000

This is the continuation of a story about A Man And His Dog. Click here to go to the beginning. Or click the label to bring up all posts related to this story.

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The cool thing about Sam was that she adapted. We moved into a house and Sam, never having lived in one, [...]

A Man and His Dog, Going Home

Denny — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:24:00 +0000

This is the continuation of a story about A Man and His Dog. Click here to go to the beginning.

There is something to be said for self imposed isolation. It was exactly what I needed to cure a bad attitude. A dog helped me to learn that there are still some things worth caring [...]

The Making of a Homeless Man

Denny — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:58:00 +0000

The story I am writing, A Man And His Dog, happens because I was homeless. In this post I’m going to give you the condensed version of the events that led to my downfall.

I’ve been divorced since ’91, and my ex absolutely hates me to this day. When I get near her it’s just [...]

A Man And His Dog, The Backwoods

Denny — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:03:00 +0000

This is a continuation of the story about A Man And His Dog. — While Sam was sick I had no idea what it was that had caused her to become so deathly ill. It wasn’t long afterwards, I figured it out. I don’t know about anywhere else but in West Virginia when you visit [...]

A Man and His Dog, The Beginning

Denny — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:03:00 +0000

This story is so long that I’m going to break it up into different posts.

I’ve told stories about my good friend Sam quite a bit in the life of my blogging. The reason for that is because Sam was special. She came into my life when I was otherwise completely alone and I [...]