Animal Planet is a big, fat tease. Whenever I go somewhere that has television, I look forward to catching It’s Me Or The Dog or Dogs 101. But do I ever see them? No! Because it’s always Shark Week. Or else they’re airing 20 Creepy Crawlies You Wouldn’t Invite To Dinner, over and over again. …
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7 Books I Wish Dog Trainers Would Write
My bookshelves are filled with books by dog experts. I rely on them often. But here are the books I really wish they would write: •Drool School: Five Days To Getting More Water In The Dog And Less Water On The Floor •How Not To Interrupt Outdoor Training Sessions – A Manual For …
A Modest Puposal
A Modest Puposal for Preventing Ignorant Dog Owners From Being a Burden on Animal Shelters, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick (with apologies to Jonathan Swift) The Problem: Obnoxious Little Dogs You’ve seen them. The little dogs on long leashes who garotte your ankles. The fashion accessories who take a nip when you reach …
I Could Do That! Jinx the Agility “Star”
I love seeing disastrous failures! No, it’s not schadenfreude. If I see someone being successful, it’s easy to come up with reasons I can’t duplicate their achievements: I’m not as smart. I’m too shy. I didn’t go to Harvard. I’m ugly and my mother dresses me funny. But I can always learn something from a …
Look What Came In Through the Cat Door – Friday Funnies
I’ve read all kinds of stories lately about strange critters that find their way into houses through unsecure cat doors. But I didn’t read anything that equalled what happened to my neighbor in Philadelphia. Officer, I Found Something Stuck in My Cat Door I lived in Philadelphia just as crack made its way into the …
Visit a Doggy Happy Place
The internet is a sad place lately. Many are grieving the senseless death of Lennox. I’ve been silent. I have no words. But Lennox’s horrible story turns my mind in circles: to thoughts of life and death, who makes decisions about such things, and our responsibilities for the lives of other animals, both human and …
Wacky Pet Products: Pet Paint
At BlogPaws, I saw a new pet product to join the illustrious list that includes Neuticles, a Doggy Chastity Belt, and the Turd Burglar. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Pet Paint. The dogs who accompanied these sponsors didn’t seem to mind being painted. And they were certainly eye-catching. Pet Paint is not yet available in …
Something Swagging This Way Comes 2012 – Play the Match Game
Win BlogPaws Swag After schlepping BlogPaws swag through four, count them, four airports, whoever wins this booty will have to work for it. Enter the Something Swagging This Way Comes 2012 Match Game. Match Game Board Below you’ll find pictures of 10 mystery kids and 10 secret pups that each live with one of the “kids.” …
Get Ready; It’s Coming – Something Swagging 2012
She Works Hard for Her Funny BlogPaws is a few short days away. And if I’m going to be schlepping a big bag o’swag through three airports (count them, three) and arriving home near midnight (if I’m lucky) just to have to be at work by 9 a.m. the next morning, I want to get …
Save Time Walking the Dog – Don’t Try This At Home
In five short days I’m heading to Salt Lake City for BlogPaws 2012. This year, I’m a speaker covering the topic I most wanted to see on their agenda: Making Time to Blog. As you can imagine, I’ve been generating ideas all year on how to make the most of the time we have each day. …