Some dogs touch your life in a way that keeps them in your heart forever. BooBoo was one of those dogs. We first got to know her when she’d been sitting in a shelter for more than six months, watching visitors walk past without seeing her, or hurrying away in fright as she barked and […]
I never considered getting pet insurance until a friend told me about her dog going in for fairly routine surgery and between complications and bad luck, wound up shelling out thousands of dollars. I guess you could say that was my wake-up call. She is now a believer — and it got me looking into […]
When we think of a dog growling, lots of negative things come to mind. Sharp teeth, biting, fighting, aggression … something like that, right? But here’s the thing: Dogs need to growl because that’s their way of telling you all is not right with their world. Asking a dog not to growl — or worse, […]
Buying dog food is starting to feel a lot like buying toothpaste: Whitening? Brightening? Fluoride? Wholecare? Sensitive? Advanced Care? How’s a person to choose? If you’re trying to decide what to feed your dog, you may find yourself equally confused. Gone are the days when you simply went to the store to pick up a […]
This isn’t about people with dogs vs. people without dogs. This isn’t about parents vs. those who don’t have kids. This has to do with common sense, education, and (as I’ve said here before) respecting dogs for who they are. The story I’m going to tell you happened a little while ago — but it’s […]
“I have two rules when it comes to naming dogs,” my friend Len told me recently. “Let’s hear them,” I said. “First, the name has to be one syllable,” he began. “Second, it can’t sound like any command I give him.” “A lot of training books recommend that two syllable names are easiest for dogs […]
No one looked at Bitsy. Ever. It was a silly name for such a massive dog. She was part pit, part whatever … and she possessed the strength of a Mack truck. Days and weeks passed, and Bitsy sat in her cage at the shelter staring glumly at the people who walked up and down […]
Our dogs mean everything to us. But if we’re going to be completely honest, there are probably just a few things we’d like to change, right? Last week, I talked about 3 Things Our Dogs Wish We Would Do. This time around, we’re going to flip it. In other words, it’s our turn! What are […]
No doubt about it, we love our dogs. We do everything for them, often above and beyond anything we’d do for our significant other .. or even ourselves! But because we’re human, we think like a human. And that’s where there can be a disconnect. We express love and affection like humans (It’s all […]
It happens to all of us. Doesn’t matter if it’s your first dog or your tenth. From time to time, your dog does something that makes you look at him and say, “Why are you doing that? What do you want?” Here’s an example: The other morning I was taking my dog up the road […]