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For love of food, or for love and food?
from ohmidog!
on Wednesday September 15th, 2010 at 10:15 PM
Ace remembers.
Ace remembers the park he used to play in, the places he liked to poop, the street he used to live on, the people who gave him treats. Ace remembers which rowhouse windows cats lived behind, which dogs once snapped at him, where his favorite bar is, whos a friend, whos a foe and, most of all, how to get a handout.
Ace remembers, maybe, even better than me.
Watching him back in the old neighborhood, after a three month absence, I was impressed with just how much he remembered from...
Dog-friendly? That’s the Point
from ohmidog!
on Friday September 3rd, 2010 at 09:13 PM
Revisiting my old south Baltimore haunts while Im briefly back in Baltimore, I made a point to stop byMiguels Cocina y Cantina partly because its on my shortlist of dog-friendly local eateries, but mainly for the guacamole.
Between their ever-so-fresh guacamole, cold Mexican beers, dog-friendliness (in the outside dining area) and its proximity to Locust Point Dog Park, Miguels is hard to pass up, though difficult to find.
Miguels is located on the ground floor of Silo Point, a high-rise...
Did absence make his heart grow fonder?
from ohmidog!
on Tuesday August 31st, 2010 at 08:46 PM
He didnt bring her flowers, but when Ace met up again this week with his old friend Fanny, he did tolerate her and to a far greater extent than ever before.
The behavior he once found so annoying that he would go upstairs to avoid her where Fanny feared to tread Ace seems to now find mostly endearing.
Fanny was a rescue dog, fostered by my ex-girlfriend, adopted by a family, then returned for being overly rambunctious, at which point the ex-girlfriend became her forever mom. If you ever want...
In praise of the dogged American worker
from ohmidog!
on Monday August 30th, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Some of you might remember Darcy the too cute to strangle Boston terrier for whom Iveserved as babysitterwhile her mom and dad were away.
Twice, I took Darcy into my home for multi-day stays, where she proceeded to test my patience half the time, and be adorable the other half.
That was back when I had a house. Now, upon my return to Baltimore having given up my home for the purposes of our continuing road trip the tables have turned, and Darcy and her humans have most graciously taken Ace...
Rolling back into Baltimore
from ohmidog!
on Sunday August 29th, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Ten thousand miles and three months later, were right back where we started.
Ace and I rolledinto Baltimore Friday, and he couldnt be happier about it.
He sensed we were home about the time Ravens stadium came into view. In the rearview mirror, I saw his head pop up. He sniffed the air, got up, stuckhis head out the window and looked around. When we passed BARCS Baltimore Animal Rescue & Care Shelter, where he once resided his suspicions that we were homeseemedconfirmed.
By the time I...
Old dogs and undying love
from ohmidog!
on Saturday August 28th, 2010 at 07:25 PM
Pucks family thinks their aging dog has lost most of his senses. Hes deaf. Hes blind in the one eye he has left. And if you put a treat on the ground in front of him, he cant seem to hone in on it by sniffing. Its more of a random search. He may or may not taste his watered down food.
But at least one sense remains not one of the big five, but an important one all the same his sense of dignity.
At 17, Puck doesnt run anymore. In recent years, his three block walks shrunk to two block walks,...
Nacho Mama’s, but very dog friendly
from ohmidog!
on Friday August 27th, 2010 at 07:22 PM
Heading north from Richmond, and doing our best to stay off I-95 (sorry, NPR), we stopped a Mexican restaurant called Nacho Mamas not be be confused with Baltimores where Ace was brought the biggest bucket of water weve ever been served.
He was far more interested in the tortilla chips, though at least until my pork enchiladas came. Thats when the serious salivation began.
Ace drooled some, too.
This is nacho Baltimore Nacho Mamas, but, with two locations in the Richmond area, its serving up...
Roadside Encounters: Rocky
from ohmidog!
on Thursday August 26th, 2010 at 08:42 PM
Name: Rocky
Age: 6
Breed: Rottweiler-beagle mix
Encountered: At a Motel 6 across from the Richmond airport
Backstory: Rocky has been a guest at this Motel 6 for two years. He lives in a second floor room with his owners, a painter named Dave and his daughter Jessie. At $33 a night, and an even lower rate when you pay by the week, it works out about the same as rent, Dave says. Besides, he adds, I like motels.
Rocky can be seen wandering various parts of the property on his own, and every morning...
Kudzu dogs and trivial pursuits
from ohmidog!
on Thursday August 26th, 2010 at 08:14 PM
Remember that kudzu dog I showed you a few weeks back?
The one I encountered in Alabama?
This one:
It turns out he has friends. In my travels through the south and the trip back to Baltimore, I keptseeing dogs in the kudzu.
Maybe it was just the power of suggestion that after seeing that first one, it made me tend to see more, whether they were there or not. Perhaps one sees in kudzu what they want to see, or perhaps Ive been writing about dogs too long. I became a little obsessed withkudzu...
Seeking Tom Wicker
from ohmidog!
on Wednesday August 25th, 2010 at 08:13 PM
Every once in a while, if not more often, you just have to follow your hunches.
I had one the other day the feeling that fate had led me toturn onto an isolatedcountry road in Virginia; that it was meant for me to drive down that road; and that, by doing so, I would end up meeting one of my idols, Tom Wicker, the famous writer.
It all started with a wasp. Heading north to Richmond on State Highway 10, south of Hopewell, I looked into the rearview mirror to check on Ace and noticed there was...
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