How do you decide to buy a dog product? Lately I’ve been thinking about dog product reviews. What do you need to know about a product to decide if it’s worth spending money on? A $20 elk antler is way too much to spend if your dog has no interest in it. Let’s not even …
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If We Love Puppies Because… Then Why…
Some A-musings on Puppy Love If we love puppies because they’re furry, why don’t more of us want to date men with hairy backs? If we love puppy breath so much, why do we freak out that some people eat dogs? If we love puppies because they have drooly jowls, why don’t our voices get …
A Tale of Two Shelters – Help Support the Future
I love dogs. But sometimes they frighten me. And I felt a shiver of fear as I walked down the narrow corridor with dogs barking and lunging on each side. Pet adoption shouldn’t be scary Let’s just say it wasn’t the happiest way to look for a dog to adopt. And the dogs were so …
The Puppiness Project – Some Dogs Let You Make Mistakes, Some Dogs Don’t
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. Does your dog let you make mistakes? If you’ve …
Lessons in Grace – The Idealists vs the Realists
For several months I’ve been pondering a post on the tensions that flare up between people who agree on the ends but not the means of achieving social progress. Idealists battling realists I’ve been thinking about Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. And about Dietrich Bonhoeffer and resistance members who outwardly complied with the government while subverting it in private. And I’ve been …
31 Days to Building a Better Blog – Help Me With My Homework?
Building a Better Blog Over at the BlogPaws Community, Dawn Miklich is hosting the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge. With only one task assigned, it’s probably not too late to join. Come on in, the water’s fine. Unfortunately for me, the first task is one I find really tough–writing an elevator speech …
The Puppiness Project – You Can’t Change Everything (and You Shouldn’t Try)
Gretchen Rubin wrote in The Happiness Project about the year she spent “test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happy.” The Puppiness Project is my attempt to learn the same from Honey, my Golden Retriever. Golden Retrievers have a “Soft Mouth” While researching Golden …
Casting a Long Shadow – A Pet Adoption Story
A House is Not a Home Without a Dog. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t live one more week without a dog. I convinced my coworker, Haleigh, to visit the SPCA during our lunch break. Reconnaissance, I told myself. I’m just looking. While Haleigh visited a playful pit mix, my husband’s words echoed in my …
15 Ways to Tell If You’re Dog Crazy
Are you dog crazy? How many apply to you? Some links below are affiliate links. 1. Besides a regular clicker (Amazon), you also have a click stick (Amazon), a clicker with wrist band (Amazon), or a clicker leash. 2. You find bits of dried cheese, salmon jerky, and liver in every jacket pocket, including those you wear for dress …
If Lassie Were a Cat…
I’m not going to get into the whole “who’s better–dogs or cats” debate. But what do you think would have happened if Lassie had been a cat?