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Snow Fun: Dogs, Cats & Humans Enjoy the Blizzard of 2016
Be careful what you wish for Last week, I noted how underwhelmed my dogs were with the first snow of the season. I’m thinking maybe Mother Nature didn’t like being judged. Because she sent us a...
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Haiku by Dog: 12 Haiku Written By Dogs, Inspired By Snow
Blizzard Jonas came blustering up the east coast recently, dumping record-breaking amounts of snow and whipping it up in fanciful drifts of shoveling nightmares. For the Haiku by Dog canines of Life...
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Text from Dog: Technique is important
To dogs, snow is irresistibly diggable. It’s so… there. As in, “Why did you climb that mountain?” “Because it was there.” For dogs, digging is immensely rewarding; it is less about the destination...
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Dogs, Cats & Humans Uncover Snow Joys and Challenges After the Blizzard
After last weekend’s blizzard, our entire landscape had changed. The snow was two feet deep in most places, except in the drifts, where three feet of snow dwarfed my dogs. The only way to get around at...
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Bedecked in Snow: My Dogs Pose Before and After the Blizzard
The day before Blizzard Jonas blew into town, I posed my dogs on the steps of our deck, figuring I might have an opportunity for a Before and After comparison. To create a good Before and After picture...
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Surprise! A Cat Hides in a Box
A recipe for fun in a house of dogs and cats It was a recipe guaranteed to produce hilariousness: Ingredients: 1 box 1 small and pouncy dragon cat (Elsa Clair) 3 nosy dogs 4 curious cats Instructions:...
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Text from Dog: Hydrangeas are evil
What happens when you’re having fun chasing your sister, and she runs past the hydrangeas and you don’t look where you’re going? Jasper found out the hard way. Had he done the math ahead of time, he...
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Speechless in New Jersey: What laryngitis taught me about my relationship...
I leaned back from computer, stretched, looked over at Tucker curled up in one of the dog beds in my office and said, “Well, don’t you look comfortable.” At least that’s what I intended to say. What...
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What My Dogs Do When I’m Down
Desperately Seeking Sun Sometimes I think in a previous life, I was a cat. Or a plant. In the middle of winter, on a cloudless day, I’ll stand in the sunniest spot in my yard and tilt my head to the...
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Suessical Names for Cats or Dogs, or How to Seussify Your Pet’s Name
Tucker, Lilah and Jasper with their favorite Dr. Seuss books In honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday, I put together a list of names from among the spectaculacious characters the good doctor created. The next...
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Haiku by Dog: Tilt
Today’s haiku is by Jasper. I’m sure there’s a mathematical formula somewhere that describes the relationship between a dog’s titled head and the chance of him getting a treat. The greater the tilt,...
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Want to Save Your Dog’s Life? Train Him or Her to Come When Called
A routine walk and training exercise with my dogs could have turned deadly. Lilah, Jasper and Tucker ready for their walking practice. Training with a new harness A few days ago, I was practicing leash...
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Boy and dog: a story of empathy
It was one of those spring tease days — temperatures in the 70s, a chorus of birdsong, and that moist gritty smell of thawed earth in the air. It would be weeks before warm days are less exception and...
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Text from Dog: Visualizing the goal
Ever watch elite athletes close their eyes and focus right before the big event? They’re using a technique called imaging, where they’re picturing their optimal performance. Squirrels. The ultimate...
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Haiku by Dog: Message
Today’s haiku is by Jasper. To those who can read Jasper’s message, it’s pretty clear what he’s saying. Of course it is possible, others have been here before, each leaving a similar claim. I imagine,...
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Kind-hearted Women
Years ago, for her birthday, I bought my mom a plaque with a drawing carved on it that looked something like this: Yes, I drew this. Though it may look a bit crude (the version above was drawn with...
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My Dog Doesn’t Like Getting His Feet Wet
Jasper in his natural environment My dog Jasper looks like a stretched out lab, all seventy-something pounds of him. He is the epitome of dogness: long bushy tail, floppy ears, and soulful brown eyes...
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Friends in High Places: My Cat Finds a New Bestie
Calvin curled up next to his friend. My dogs love stuffed animals. They love to chew on them. They love to play tug with them. They love to de-stuffify them. They love to shred them. It doesn’t take...
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Haiku by Dog: Seconds
The watchers at the window press wet noses against the glass, leaving snotmarks of sadness. Even if you don’t turn back to see the soulful eyes staring at you, the hopeful hint of a wag, you can hear...
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Text from Dog: I can’t even
Jasper hates walking through wet grass. After it rains, and in the morning when the dew hasn’t evaporated, Jasper tiptoes around the yard, trying to keep his feet dry. Or he stands his ground on an...
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