I can’t resist reading articles offering tips and advice. Maybe I’ll learn the one thing I most need to transform my life. Of course it hasn’t happened so far. I wonder what would happen if my dog Honey wrote an advice column. What words of wisdom would she have for the world? Honey’s …
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Honey Takes Friends to K9 Kamp
Kamp Kommandants Jodi of Kol’s Notes and Peggy of Peggy’s Pet Place have issued another fitness challenge for K9 Kamp. It’s to use fun and games to make you and your dog more fit. Learn more about the K9 Kamp challenge and enter to win great prizes. I can’t think of anything more scary than …
It’s All About the Dog. Or is it?
This is a dog-centric house. Honey chooses where to walk and how long (usually). She has final say over what foster dogs come into the house. And I respect her pace when we’re trying new things. But that’s not the whole story. There are plenty of things I do to her that Honey just doesn’t …
There’s No Place Like Home – Good for the Dog; Good for You
When a new foster dog comes to my house, he takes a few days (or more) to settle in. It’s no surprise. By the time a dog comes to me, he’s left the home he knows, been processed at a shelter, and delivered to my door. That’s a lot of change for anyone, much less …
How Does Your Dog Greet You When You Come Home?
While getting ready to return home after a month in Panama, Mike and I debated: How would Honey greet us when we got home? Here’s some background: If a friend, neighbor, contractor, or pizza delivery person comes to the door, Honey responds like one of those dogs greeting their long-lost person after months away in …
My Husband Would Never Get a Dog
As he often reminds me, my husband would never have a dog if he wasn’t married to me. And yet he’s more than a casual onlooker in our little Casa de Perra. He’s a full-fledged inmate if I ever saw one. Whether I’m bringing foster dogs home or teaching Honey to ride in a …
How Getting a Dog Saves You Money
People try to tell me how expensive having a dog is. I don’t buy it. Have they ever considered the money we save by getting a dog? Getting a Dog Saves You Money, Really Here’s the short list of ways I’ve saved money by having dogs: Cable Television – Who needs bad television with a perfectly …
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Your Turn: What causes your dog to put on a sad face?
The Healing Power of Animals – Pet Travel Tuesday
Animals, and dogs in particular, carry a heavy burden. Those of us who love them, ascribe all kinds of virtues to them—understanding, compassion, and unconditional love. Maybe dogs have every wonderful trait we praise them for. But I suspect dogs are too complex to be everything we need them to be. Sometimes they’re patient and …
Where’s Something Wagging This Way Comes
For now, the Something Wagging team is split up. As you read this, Mike and I are in Panama. Honey is waiting for us at home. I’ve got the same questions from different people. So I thought I’d answer them in one place for everyone who worries that Honey is feeling neglected. What’s Honey doing …