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Category: Dogdom

The Case Against Free Radicals – And We’re Not Talking ‘Black Panthers’ Here

We’re talking about free radicals IN THE BODY! I picture them kind of like this dude here, whose picture I took in a local parade last year. He was hoofing it around scaring all the little kids and generally creating chaos. Wow! That’s exactly what […]

Life Is All In The Way You Look At It

Lately I’ve been carting my little baby dog, Frida, around in a puppy pack. She really wants to go with me every time I feed my horses (or go anywhere else, for that matter) and can scoot out the door without my even seeing her. […]

Chiweenie Love

I thought it was about time I checked in with Tucker, my Chiweenie heartthrob, to find out how he feels about Frida, our Chihuahua puppy, since she’s now a little over three months old and has been here about seven weeks. Tucker just sighed and […]

Gained: 10 Ounces & a Ton of Wisdom

It has been soooo long since I’ve raised a puppy. Not just a few have passed through my life, but it has been many years since the last young one. Most of my animals are rescues, but Frida was a different kind of choice: one […]

Do Dogs Dream?

I remember clearly talking to a small shaggy Toto-type dog a few years ago and his telling me that he loved to sleep because when he was asleep he always dreamed he was flying. Actually I don’t think he said he dreamed he was flying; […]

Charlie – Genghis Khan?

The conversation went very fast: “Who do you think you’re like, Charlie?” “Genghis Khan” (Charlie replied without missing a beat). I was totally bowled over by this response, as Charlie is the most loving dog you ever met. “Why, Charlie?!” “Because he was a great […]

Forget the Baby Food!

Do you remember Frida Kahlo? She was that amazing Mexican painter and idependent spirit in the mid-1900’s? She was famous for her unique “uni-brow,” the effect created by her thick eyebrows that grew so close together they looked like one long line of hair. Anyway, […]

The Poopy Puppy Blues

God bless everybody out there who does animal rescue! I’m sure anyone reading this blog has done more than their share and taken in many homeless animals who would have otherwise ended up . . . well, we won’t go there. So you all well […]