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Who Knows Your Pet Best?
Allow me this rhetorical question, if you will. As a pet owner, I am continuously amazed by how friends and strangers alike seem to think they know other people's pets better than the people [...]
Bad Manners Case File: The Little Dogs Who Liked to Bark
But when I was telling the story about the yapping and the whining and the snuffling, there was one little detail I forgot to mention: my second dog. Meet Larry.
Dept. of Bad Manners: My Dog on a Plane
I’d like to apologize to anyone who sat near me in Rows 16 or 17 last week. You know who you are. You are the ones who heard my little dog, Sticky, yip and moan and wheeze theatrically. For six hours. All the way from New York to California. And back.
Halloween Costumes for Pets?
There, I’ve asked the question, and all my friends with no pets can wonder where my head is and all my friends with pets can clamor for more information. But first, a picture, of [...]
Pet Names: From Fido and Fluffy to Molly and Chloe
My cousin called the other day with big news–she and her husband had chosen a name for their soon-to-be-born baby girl! Let's hope the name matches the baby's personality. As we all know, you [...]
Can You Read Your Pet’s Mind?
More often than I'd like to admit, I'd answer affirmatively to this question, no matter how foolish that might be. But the other night, my answer would have been an emphatic "no." I could [...]
When Nothing is Too Over-the-Top for Your Pet
Greetings, fellow pet-lovers. Before we get into serious debate about what pets do and do not understand or how to pick the best pet insurance or when to let go and make the tough decisions, I figured a bit of lighthearted confession was in order.
Nothing is too good for our pet. No piece of furniture (ok, well maybe the antique desk in my parents’ home), no choice morsel of food (all it takes is one imploring look for me to set a piece aside on my plate), no mode of transportation (the car’s seen better days but that’s what vacuums are for).
What have my husband and I done that could be considered over-the-top behavior?
