Do you ever wonder if domestic dogs would be happier if they weren’t confined by our homes? I keep my dogs inside when we’re not home because I’m afraid of them escaping or getting kidnapped or digging under the fence or annoying the neighbors by barking. They’re safer inside. When we’re home, we let themContinue reading “My very own Rez Dog”
Category Archives: doggies
Leo’s metaphoric ladder of success
Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward Leo would love to climb this ladder, but I doubt he ever will. He doesn’t seem to understand the nuances of his hind legs. Not that he’s disabled in any way. He can run and jump just fine. He is capable of jumping or climbing on the furniture, but half theContinue reading “Leo’s metaphoric ladder of success”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss
One of these weeks, I’m going to take a picture especially for the Weekly Photo Challenge. But for each of the three weeks I’ve participated, I’ve already had the perfect picture: When I first took this picture (in November 2008, according to the metadata), I asked my mom if she thought it was too intimateContinue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Kiss”
Everybody pees
I saw more than one ridiculous commercial this morning about an app to help you reward your child for using the potty. One even depicted a fantastical “first flush party.” People do this? (Evidently they do.) Reminded me of some criticism I’ve gotten for talking too much about peeing in my memoir. Fair criticism, I’llContinue reading “Everybody pees”
Weekly Writing Challenge: Character
I’ve gotten some feedback recently that I don’t describe people as well as I describe dogs. No huge surprise, since I don’t like people as much as I like dogs. But I would like my readers to be able to “see” the human characters, or at least, that’s what they keep telling me they wantContinue reading “Weekly Writing Challenge: Character”
The anniversary you hope to forget
Last Saturday marked the second anniversary of Isis’s death. One the first anniversary, I attended a funeral with Rob and his parents. Naturally this put me in a somber mood, even though I didn’t know the guy. I wrapped Isis’s beaded necklace around my wrist and wore it for two days. Isis happened to dieContinue reading “The anniversary you hope to forget”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique
At my friend Jolene’s suggestion, here’s my contribution to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Last night I revised the prologue to my memoir to include a description of this photo of Isis. Maybe it’s not unique under the larger category of dogs running on beaches, but as I wrote about the photo, I tried to findContinue reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Unique”
Appropriate dog park behavior or party foul?
We haven’t been to the off-leash park in a while, so we thought we’d go Sunday during the Super Bowl, when we’d have it mostly to ourselves. Our favorite park isn’t fully fenced, but the play area is between a really steep hill and a waste treatment facility. One trail leads down the steep hill,Continue reading “Appropriate dog park behavior or party foul?”
No poop left behind
I take pride in being the most conscientious dog poop picker upper in the world. The worst thing that can happen to a dog mom like me is to have my dog poop while off leash at the dog park, and then not be able to find it. I have wandered icy fields in futileContinue reading “No poop left behind”
The Accidental Teacher Dog
Mia and I helped socialize an 11-month-old Great Dane today. Back when Leo was a puppy and needed lots of stimulation, I sometimes took him to a large ball field at lunchtime hoping to find like-minded dog parents with suitable playmates for him. We also took him to doggie socials on weekends, but since heContinue reading “The Accidental Teacher Dog”
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