Stories

I have a pet board in my office. It started when I was in a more stressful job and hung on the wall of my cube. It was a place to display pictures of my pets as well as pets belonging to friends and family. It grew to include pictures …

Last weekend we almost ended up with a 3rd dog for real, as were at PetCo during an adoption event. There were two little doggies that we adored, but at a minimum adoption fee of $500, it was a bit much for an impulse purchase. (I will note that I …

I love the concept of those dog collars that will supposedly tell you what your dog is saying, but in order for them to work, you essentially have to know what your dog is trying to tell you already, since you have to input the circumstances in order for the …

My numerous “almost 3rd dogs” do not come as a surprise to anyone in my family. The willingness to take strays in appears to be a genetic trait, or at least one that is passed down via nurture. My brother found abandoned kittens when he lived in the Baltimore area. …

My father will tell you he is not a cat person, doesn’t even really like cats. He’s a dog person, a horse person, but not a cat person. He’s lying. My father is a pet person, an any creature with four legs and fur person. Beelzebub died 26 years ago. …

For over 10 years, I insulted one of our cats every day, and never even realized it. Her name was Dummy. And no, it never occurred to me that I was calling her dumb. That was just her name. That was not what her name was to start though. Before …

Beelzebub did not play fetch, and he did not respond to any shortening of his name. His name was Beelzebub. If you wanted him to respond to you, you had better say the whole thing. If you threw something away, you obviously did not want it. He took the trouble …

Morning Star had no desire to jump the fence. Jumping was mundane; it was what you expected horses to do. No, when Star decided she wanted to take a stroll around the neighborhood, she crawled through the fence. First, she would put a front leg through, between the top and …