Is your dog afraid of thunderstorms?
I live in the desert, and rain is always an occasion for joy.  After almost two months of sunshine and a week of the weatherman’s no good promises, it finally rained today.  I sat outside, just watching, for almost an hour.  I made coffee and listened to Joni Mitchell.
In my […]

Smile?
I know this question’s been around the block, but I wondered if I could dig up some damning evidence to end speculation.  After much research, I am happy to say….

its debatable.  Sorry guys.  It seems that there are as many answers to that question as there are theories on why dogs do the things they […]

It’s Spring cleaning time and there’s dog hair everywhere. I can’t help but wonder while throwing this mess away if there’s some other use for it…

Pet owners who wear their dogs

2007 Waste as Art Competition
(It’s a dog made of dog hair.)

They make wigs out of dog hair,

blankets,

Even diamonds!
Have any interesting uses for your pet’s hair?

In my latest meanderings of the wide web, I have come across an alarming prejudice. It seems, black dogs are the least likely to be adopted. Thankfully, I have also come across much outrage and many attempts to bring awareness to this issue. Why don’t more people take home black dogs? […]

The owners of Wawa, a three year old pug, in Xi’an, Northwest Shaanxi Province, claim that Wawa can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers up to ten. Mr. Pang, his owner, noticed early that Wawa displayed a particular sensitivity towards numbers. He taught Wawa to bark once when he heard one, bark twice […]

This story comes from Mary Z. of Albuquerque, NM:
“A while back, I had a dog named Taxi. He was a beautiful greyhound, and I used to call him by whistling and shouting ‘Taxi!’–isn’t that a perfect name for a dog? Anyway, once he darted out the door in the middle of the night and […]

MEET HERCULES.

March 25th, 2008, from The Hindu

At a zen Buddhist temple in southern Japan, a monk’s puppy acquired an interesting trick. Eighteen month old black and white Chihuahua, Conan, joins his owner , Joei Yoshikuni, in the daily prayers at the Shuri Kannodo temple. Tourists marvel as Conan sits up on its hind legs and […]