What’s more beautiful? Great photographs of dogs having fun? Or the thought of every dog finding a loving home? In Daily Dog Tag, you get both. Beth Patterson features the best pet photographers. But she also emphasizes gorgeous images that give a homeless dog a better chance to find a forever home. One photographer featured recently, …
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What I Wish I Could Explain To My Dog
My dog Honey knows when I’m going out and if I’m taking her with me or going alone. She understands that if she barks for breakfast before the scheduled time, I’ll tell her to settle down for a few more minutes. And she knows, if she’s uncertain about anything, to look to me for help. …
12 Weird Things Dog Lovers Do (that freak normal people out)
Let’s face it. Dog lovers are weird. It’s a good thing we have each other to hang around with. Because if normal people saw what dog lovers do every day, they would freak out. Weird Things Dog Lovers Do Am I telling secrets if I publish this list? Smell dog’s feet. You can’t hide the truth …
Train Your Dog, Build Your Bond
The Real Challenge is Deciding What to Do Once again, it’s Train Your Dog Month. Should I teach Honey to pull children from burning buildings? Dance the Merengue? Climb a ladder? She could learn all of those things. But I can’t teach them. In past challenges, I tried to train Honey to ride in her Doggy …
Looking Back at the Sexy Dog Blog
The hardest part of blogging is writing something I’m proud of just to have it lost among the hundreds of other posts I’ve written before. So you can imagine how good I feel when something I’ve written moves someone to share it on Facebook. Or when I write about something people are searching for but can’t …
New Year’s Eve and the Gifts are Still Pouring In
I know I was supposed to get all the thankfulness out of my system back in November. But as we come to the end of another calendar year, I’m overflowing with gratitude. I feel so privileged to hang out with such an amazing group of animal lovers. You truly are S’Waggers. And you’ve won my …
Make Allowances for Others – Good for the Dog; Good for You
When the vet lifted the restriction on Ginny playing, I sighed with relief. It was hard to keep her from jumping on Honey. And I knew I was expecting a lot from Honey to expect her not to play back when Ginny pulled on her tail or nipped at her ankles. Luckily, Honey knows how …
What Makes a Dog Easy to Foster?
Despite my freaking out initial misgivings about her medical needs, Ginny has been an easy foster dog. I could see people lining up to adopt her. She’s cute petite easy to walk not a big barker house trained plays well with other dogs cuddly Oh, and did I mention she’s cute? What makes some dogs easy to …
14 Reasons to Walk Your Dog Today
In the spring, I see dogs and their people everywhere I go. It’s like puppy rush hour on the D.C. Beltway. But now that it’s cold and grey? Not so much. There are dogs in my neighborhood I haven’t seen in months. Why is it that so many people don’t walk the dog in winter? …
My Boyfriend Doesn’t Understand Why I’m Mourning My Dog
Every morning I peek to see what search terms brought people to Something Wagging This Way Comes the day before. There’s the usual mix of funny and disturbing queries about dogs and sex. I always have a few people searching on poop, because, really, it’s all about the poop. And then there are the boring …