The Writer’s Dog Blog
5 Ways to Help Your Cat Get Active
It’s pretty easy to figure out how to help your overweight dog—take him out for a walk. Throw a stick. But what about your cat? Some people describe their feline friends as sedentary, sluggish, laid-back. Okay, lazy. Forget chasing mice. These cats consider exercise...
Monday Pet Roundup
Hi and welcome to Monday Pet Roundup!*Technology is constantly surprising me. PC World reports on a New iphone app that "translates" your dogs barks and then "tweets them out to the world"! Right now my dog would be tweeting zzzzzzz.* More technology news from...
New Guinea Singing Dog
The Eukanuba National Championships and the current Westminster AKC Dog Show have opened my eyes to a wonderful variety of dog breeds. Hairy, hairless, even dredlocked dogs in white, brown, spots and brindle.Is it possible to be familiar with all these different...
Why do pet adoption organizations ask so many questions?
Scrolling down the rows of adorable photos on Petfinder’s website, I came across a reddish-brown spaniel, about 9 months old, with silky ears and soulful brown eyes. I had to have that dog!Before I could adopt Kelly, however, I had to pass an interview conducted by...
Monday Pet Roundup
Hi and welcome to Monday Pet Roundup!*Don't miss this inspiring rescue story from Dog Spelled Forward.* Attending a conference is great, but affording one isn't always easy. Blogpaws tells us how to get a sponsorship that may help you attend this great pet...
Meet the Petit Basset Griffon Verdeen
Watching the AKC/Eukanuba National Championship Dog Show this year, I had the pleasure of seeing many breeds that were less familiar to me. One breed the announcer mentioned sounded something like "Peeby Geeby." What kind of dog was that? Turns out it was...
Monday Pet Roundup
Hi and welcome to Monday Pet Roundup!Fleck is an adorable Basset/Boxer. But he needs your help! His owner suffered a level 4 brain aneurysm in December, and is still in the hospital. A Dog's Life announces a fund is set up to help provide for Fleck's care, and another...
New York Times says some dogs surgically “debarked.”
The old, golden dog heard footsteps on the porch...the door handle turned. Her person was home! She tried to bark a greeting. But all that came out was a raspy squeak. Later, she tried to bark at a squirrel but again, only a squeak. What was wrong?The dog had been...
Kyi Leo
Do you like to play "guess that breed" when you see dogs on the street? I always thought I was pretty knowledgeable about different breeds of dog. But I bought a new bookSmithsonian Handbook-- Dogs, and flipped through the pages only to discover name after name of...
