If you live your life with dogs, you will no doubt have to say good-bye to your beloved fur kid/s along the way. The sad fact is that they live accelerated lives compared to ours. But they still go through the stages of infancy, juvenile, adult, and senior. In all of those stages, your dog needs to be cared for and loved. As much as we laugh at the puppy antics our dogs go through, we need to embrace and {Read More}

Some dogs are sun worshippers and some are not. Some get sun burned even because they have delicate white or pink skin that get’s burned easily. I used to have a Dalmatian who I had to put sun block on before going into the sunshine to compete in obedience trials. I also had a black dog who did not like doing the long sit or down in sunny circumstances because it wass atllthe hotter for tehm What do you have? {Read More}

Suddenly it’s different. I’m cutting chicken up for a client’s dog and everyone’s there, but you. You’re in the other room, lying down on the futon. Alone and in another world. I’ve never known you to skip a family event especially one involving food preparation. When I can no longer see the knife, I have to stop and wipe away the tears. You’ve been on the planet 12 years and 3 months. Except for the first of those years, you {Read More}