Why Do Dogs Eat Grass? “This is Shasta. She’s a vegan” That was the simple introduction made by my hubby as he placed the little blue-eyed husky mix – cleverly disguised as a ball of fur with giant ears and a pink tongue – into my open arms.  Through the “getting to know you” puppy […]

Crate Training Puppies Bear – his registered name was Ursus Americanus – was the second dog I ever owned. An obsidian black Chow Chow without a speck of any other color anywhere. From his black fur to his black nails and every square inch of him. My little licorice jellybean was a fluffy bundle of […]

Ever have one of those days where you wish you could hit ‘rewind’? Or just crawl into a little hole and not come out for an hour – or a year? Yeah, I had me one of those recently. My husband walked in on me coming absolutely, positively unglued – something that in all of […]

Puppy Love: Finding the Perfect Canine Companion Of all the animals in the world, there’s no greater variety than found within Canis Lupus Familiaris – better known as the common dog. Big and small, tall and short, fat and thin, hairy or naked, and pretty much any color combination you can come up with, these […]

Why I Switched to Homemade Dog Food A few years ago, I came home to find my poor 16 year old pup lying on the ground in agony. I quickly rushed her to the vet to find out that she had broken her back leg, probably from something as normal as jumping down from the […]

It was so subtle, we actually missed it. It’s not that we didn’t notice – we did – but it was just easy to rationalize away… It’s cold, he doesn’t want to leave the warm spot in front of the fire. He was up late barking at that stupid cat, he’s just tired. He doesn’t […]