Your Dog Is Not Your Date

“…the girlfriend is a good cook so the dog has to go.”
Yep! You’ve probably guessed it. Somebum (as opposed to someone) is getting rid of his hound in favor of a new girlfriend. Testosterone and culinary ability take precedence over “…a good well trained dog (that) is house trained, kennel trained, and very smart…..loves children, [...]

Did You Know? Only 1% of Your HSUS Donation Goes To Animal Shelters

We’ve all seen them. Those pitiable pictures of dirty, skeletal dogs and cats. Or TV ads, usually with a celebrity spokesperson, pleading for funds to help starving, homeless and brutalized pets.
Here’s the thing, just how much of your hard-earned cash actually helps those animals?

There’s a site, humanewatch.org, that devotes itself to tracking the Humane Society [...]

Yet Another Dog Park No No

Why do people assume that all dogs will get on together? After all, you don’t like everyone you meet, do you? Here’s another example of foolish pet-parent behavior at the dog park.
There were just a handful of us at the park with our pooches when along came two women with three large dogs. They opened [...]

Pick It Up, People!

It’s happened again! For the umpteenth time at the dog park I stepped in someone else’s doggie-do.
This isn’t exactly a tasteful topic but I need to vent. There’s simply no good reason to have to navigate the park as if you were tiptoeing through a minefield. Though we all miss noticing our pets’ deposits at [...]

Picking a Pet Sitter

How do you find a pet sitter?

I thought I had the perfect (well, near-perfect) pet-sitter but I just discovered you can never rest on your laurels and assume things won’t change.
Returning from a recent trip, my husband and I walked into our home and were first hit with the smell. We’d taken our three dogs [...]

A Good Girl Named Remy

16 month, blue-brindle, female pitbull. 40-45 lbs who will be coming in heat anytime now. If you’re interested, please email me. Thank you. Rehoming fee of $250 obo.
That’s how a recent post read on Craigslist. But it left me with a few questions like……. If she’s such a good girl, why are you getting rid [...]

PETA Picks A Petty Dogfight

For crying out loud, PETA! Taking your fight into the ring of Madison Square Garden just before the final of the Westminster Dog Show does no service to the plight of the millions of needy hounds in the world. In fact, as far as I’m concerned it’s further evidence that PETA (People For The Ethical [...]

Danger In The Dog Park

It’s tough enough to keep a careful eye on your pets at the park; don’t let them bug other dogs or owners, watch out for them around unruly hounds, be diligent about poop scoop duty. And I’ve written before about other risks that can confront the unsuspecting pet parent. Well now, it seems, we must [...]

Order In The Dog Park

I love the dog park! For an all-be-it unwilling suburbanite like me it can be a godsend. My alternatives are pounding the pavement while choking down exhaust fumes, driving miles to reach an area that at least has pretensions of being countryside, or confining my canines to the backyard. However, there are also some definite [...]

MOOSE Obama

Hey, I like the name Moose! As of this writing there are 362 dogs named Moose on dogster.com and I don’t doubt they’re all fine animals and a credit to the name.
In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, in a recent interview with People Magazine, first lady, Michelle Obama, announced that daughters, Malia [...]