Miss Molly is a 15lb Caern terrier who belongs to a dear friend of mine. She comes over to visit just about any time he does, and we are her default pet sitters. She is always a total joy to have around. When Molly came over to visit Smokey and …
There was a pit bull roaming the neighborhood this last week, and he almost became my third dog. In this case, we had never seen him before (and trust me, I know by sight the dogs that live in our neighborhood), but had a good idea of where he belonged. …
Like many babies, June likes having a pacifier. In her case, it is anything soft. At 18 months, she still loves to have a blanket, pillow, or a piece of your clothing in her mouth as she gets ready to go to sleep. This can be very cute, but she …
Morning Star was my father’s horse. She was a non-spotted appaloosa, or more accurately, her spots were brown on brown, so you really couldn’t see them. When I was quite young, her pasture took up the back half of our yard. Our fort, Fort Crooked, was in the middle of …
We used to joke that as far as Moree was concerned, we existed for three reasons, fetch, food, and pets, in that order. He loved to play fetch, and would do so to the exclusion of all else (unless we were at the dog park). When we first got him, …
My father posted this picture on FaceBook and titled it “The Babysitter.” It’s of our GSD, Beelzebub, and my older brother, E, when he was just a baby. I remember hearing, when I was quite young, a story about how E, when he was a little older than this, used …
Smokey has always been my eager to please dog. If someone in the house is in trouble, he’s certain its him, and he will come to make amends. If someone is being called, he’s certain he needs to be there as well. Most of the time, this isn’t a problem, …
Moree was not an escape artist. I’ve watched dogs climb the corner of chain link fences to get out, and that was not Moree. But he was an escape opportunist- meaning whenever the opportunity presented itself, off he would go. And he knew when he had escaped versus when we …
This is not my house. At my house, the cat wouldn’t want to sleep under the tree. I won’t even put presents under it. (This is my father’s house, and his adorable Tazzie cat taking a nap.)You see, here in the PNW, it is wet in the winter and my …
Smokey hates getting his nails trimmed- HATES it. It is the worst punishment we could ever inflict on him, and he has no idea what he has done to deserve it. He has always been like this, from when we got him from the shelter. He gets nervous if you …
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