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Blog Feature: Kenzo the Hovawart and Viva


28 Jan

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I know, your first questions is “What is a Hovawart?”. Can I answer that by saying that Kenzo and Viva live in Denmark. I know that’s not an answer, especially since the breed appears to be almost as rare in Europe as it is here in the US.

Hovawarts look kind of like Golden Retrievers to me, so it amazes me that they are one of the breeds often discriminated against, as a “dangerous”, but they are.

I hate breed specific legislation and my favorite thing about this blog is the dedication to making it visible, and fighting against it.

Animal Rescue


27 Jan

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I will do a longer post about this next week over on Life by Pets, but I think this article by Emily Yoffe over at Slate is something all animal lovers should be paying attention to. On online boards, I’ve been around people who accuse anyone who buys a pet from a breeder of “killing shelter pets”. And while in some shelters, it’s still pretty easy to just walk in and find a pet, that’s not always the case. Rescue organizations need to figure out that a perfect home isn’t likely, and a good “forever” home is better than none.

Blog Feature: Two Pitties in the City


14 Jan

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Given a Chicago alderman’s renewed attempt to ban Pit Bulls in the city, I want to highlight the wonderful people at Two Pitties in the City.

I love Pits. I think they are absolutely wonderful, sweet, and loving dogs. It is not the fault of the dogs that they’re currently the breed of choice for idiots.

The people at Two Pitties are also the founders of SociaBulls (look for them on FaceBook), a group that takes their Pits (and other dogs) on large group walks throughout the city. Hopefully, they will be able to counter some of the negative press.

Dogs Know


06 Jan

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Dog owners know that our dogs understand not just the tone of our voices or our body language, they understand our facial expressions too. You can’t hide what you’re feeling from you dog. Science has now proven what we know.

Scientists say dogs have evolved to read humans. A dog trainer doesn’t agree. She thinks that that’s just the way dogs communicate.

Honestly, I have to agree with the scientists. Yes, dogs read body language of other dogs and humans, but dogs don’t have facial expressions the way humans do. We have bred an understanding of us in to them.

Blog Feature: Doggerel


31 Dec

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Abby over at Doggerel was the first other pet blogger I started following on a regular basis. A lot of the other pet sites I now follow came originally from her Pup Links.  So, thank you for introducing me to some great sites.

Abby doesn’t have a dog, yet, but hopes that will change soon. In the meantime, she’s doing all the studying and volunteering she can, in order to be the best dog owner ever when she finally gets her chance.

What I know is that whatever dog Abby and her husband bring home, will be one lucky pup.

Blog Feature: That Mutt


18 Dec

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Sick yesterday so forgot to post this

 

I read mostly personal finance and pet blogs. Since I started this feature with a personal finance blog, this week, we’re looking at a pet blog. Lindsay at ThatMutt is one of my favorite pet bloggers. She has a practical world view and is more about getting pets into good homes than into a “perfect” home. As Voltiare said, “the perfect is the enemy of the good”.

Today, I am highlighting her post about running with dogs, since that’s her business and I am uber impressed by her ability to run a marathon, let alone roughly 15 miles, every day.

To Do List


19 Nov

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Today’s list of things to do includes taking Larry to the dog park. Junebug could use a run, too, but not a good idea with the stitches. Then I need to take income verification paperwork to my MIL for her to sign and then go drop that off at her apartment complex. Then it’s home to start the cleaning so that I don’t have 5 million things to do on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving- vacuuming, bathroom clean up, preliminary kitchen clean, start the decluttering process. And maybe finish the day with buying a turkey fryer (oil-less).  What a fun day.

Running behind on a Saturday


05 Nov

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On round 4 of antibiotics for June, the second round of Baytril, and she’s finally responding the way you expect an animal (or person) to respond- ie the swelling in her glands is significantly down. We don’t know if the infection finally broke, if it has to do with the fact that it was a bug bite that caused it (and a google search seemed to indicate that those took longer to respond) or if the first round of Baytril was past its expiriation date. We don’t know, but don’t really care. She’s getting better and that’s all that matters.

Book Review: Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron & Bret Witter


01 Nov

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Dewey is not the story of a cat. It is the story of librarian and co-writer Vicki Myron. There is nothing wrong with this. The “dogoir”, as it’s come to be called, is hugely popular form of memoir that uses a dog as it’s focal point. Dewey is a “catoir”.

It was an easy to read book, and I love animals, so stories about them engage me. In person I probably would have been one of Dewey’s fans, however, the book just wasn’t that interesting to me. Not every pet, not even ones lots of people love, needs a book.

Perceptions in Advertising


25 Oct

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It’s funny to me what different people notice about the same thing. There’s currently a Toyota commercial where a guy walks out to an empty driveway and the car is built around him. I hate it because it starts with check text messages and FaceBook, and I don’t think that’s something you should be doing while driving. That doesn’t bother my husband, because the guy’s still in the driveway when it happens.

What does our new roommate notice about the commercial? When he adds a dog, then a bigger dog, both are wearing doggie seatbelt harnesses. That I can support.

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