Showing 4 posts from January 2009
No matter how enlightened we become as animal lovers, there is always the house you see that hasn’t gotten the message that chaining a dog outside 24/7 is animal abuse. I’ve often wondered why they even want a pet when the extent of their relationship is the 12’ diameter circle the dog can run before [...]
During our trip to Northern Indiana over the New Year holiday we were confronted with a new hazard for pets, and an unlikely one at that. My brother-in-law (another person in the throws of middle age but not to my level. Yet) bought a Nintendo Wii for him and his wife to play. They didn’t [...]
While visiting relatives out of town recently, we had a problem with Action Jackson and urine marking. On one hand it was good it was family because they’ll love you no matter how much your dog embarrasses you, on the other hand it’s not so good because you feel like they think your dog does [...]
I received an email this week that outlined what we would learn if our dogs were our life coach. I believe it is good enough that it would be a sin not to share. If you don’t follow through on any of the other of your New Year’s resolutions, add these short, concise lessons to [...]
