The Writer’s Dog Blog
Dogs in the News- Contest
Do you love your dog so much you wish there were two? Here's your chance!BioArts International, a California based company, is sponsoring a "Golden Clone Giveaway" contest. All you have to do is write a 500-word essay extolling your dog's virtues, and you could win...
Redecorating is not for wimps
I'm staring at my empty computer screen, I'm on deadline, and all I can think of is the awful color paint we used last night to paint the bathroom. In the home decorating store, it all looked like it would go. A classic yellow stripe for above the wainscoting. And...
Raining cats and dogs
It's raining today and Kelly is just looking listlessly out the window staring at the raindrops. I'm kinda the same way too. It took me 2 hours to send a message to contacts about a change of email address. (Don't ask!)Kelly and I have been trying to get more...
Dogs in the News- Toby
Faithful Friend Saves Woman's Life by Performing the HeimlichDebbie Parkhurt's 2 year old golden retriever sensed danger, jumped to his paws and performed the Heimlich--or is that Heim-lick?One afternoon last May, Debbie choked on a chunk of apple. She attempted to...
Hot Dogs
Kelly doesn't do well in the heat. Sometimes she pants so heavily, it's like listening to an obscene phone caller (do they exist anymore in this text-message world? I'm sure they do, just in a different way.) She also tries to crawl under furniture to escape the heat....
Announcing New Dog Blog postings
Kelly--Sometimes I think she looks kind of like this guinea pig. Don't you?Some people may wonder, "What do your posts about baby falcons and hunky jumpropers have to do with the writer's dog?" Well, not much. I've realized that my blogs, initially about Kelly and I...
Wednesday Diet Tip #11
(Warning: gratuitous picture!)Hi and Welcome to Peggy and Kelly's Wednesday Diet Tip! What form of exercise do you enjoy? Are you like me---none? Well it's true! I'm having a difficult time motivating myself to get up and out and do anything terribly physical. So my...
Sunday
It used to be that church was an obligation, something I went to because I felt it was good for me. That all changed, gradually, when I found the right church and most importantly, the right church family. A few years ago when my husband needed emergency surgery, I...
Wednesday Diet Tip #10
Hi and welcome to Peggy and Kelly's Wednesday Diet Tip! Can drinking diet sodas make you fat? The experts say yes! According to research by the University of Texas Health Science Center, the more diet sodas a person drinks, the more likely they are to gain weight.I...