Dear Friends,

Many folks use the calendar to let them know that spring has arrived, but for me, it’s hair. As soon as I start to notice my horses shedding out their winter coats I know spring is near, even if I hop into my car and see the temperature gauge display -6 degrees when taking the kids to school. Over the last week my horses have begun shedding at an incredible rate. Last night as I took the shedding blade to my mare I quickly created a pile of fallen hair on the ground and it brought a little smile to my face. The birds and other small critters also enjoy the site of my horses shedding their winter coats, as the fallen hair is a popular nest-making material. I’m looking forward to once again being able to have evening horse therapy sessions after work. While my dogs are great company, I’m a horse girl through and through. Not much beats the smell of the horse barn and time with my horses after work.

We have been doing some spring cleaning around the Small Dog offices and warehouse. I’m always surprised to see the things we’ve continued to hold onto after all these years and some of it is truly junk! In a back closet, I found a five-gallon bucket of what looked like spackle that had dried up ten years ago and a huge bag of lightweight utility or gardening gloves. Did we at some point hire an army of workers to spackle who were afraid to get their hands dirty? I’ll never know. Luckily, our spring cleaning has mostly revealed valuable items. If you happen to be in Vermont this weekend, stop by our South Burlington store today or tomorrow. We’ve pulled together all of or used, demo, dented box, refurbished and other less than perfect box computers and iPads and have put them on sale.

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