Homeless and Hungry
“Homeless and hungry.” That’s what I read on a cardboard sign being held by a person on the side of the road not far from my beloved dog park the other day. As we drove by, I was instantly overcome...
View ArticleCircle of Love
I don’t get out much. Between the never-ending frigidness that has been this winter and my forever people’s recent attachment to being home with my little person, it’s a reality of life lately. Walks...
View ArticleDodging Bullets
I’ve dodged my fair share of bullets in my five years of doggie life. Not literally (obviously) but figuratively. Emotionally. Mentally. Spiritually. I’ve been attacked in all of these ways and yet I...
View ArticleRear View Mirror
It has many faces and wears many hats. But the faces scare me and (let’s be honest) hats are not a dog’s best friend. Evil. It’s become such a foreign concept to me in my forever home, that it’s...
View ArticleTry Try Again
I had it out with the neighbor dog today. Twice. That’s right – Demon Dog and I had words. Well, I’m sure it sounded like barks to the outside observer. But I could no longer sit idly by and stare at...
View ArticleFrom the Ground Up
Scientists claim us canines can understand somewhere between 100 and 200 people words. I say that’s hogwash. What these calculations can’t account for is our keen awareness of human emotion, which so...
View ArticleThe Time Wings
I don’t think I’d call myself a morning doggie. Like many of my canine comrades, I like my sleep. Though I prefer to call my daytime naps daydreams, let’s be honest. I’m sleeping. I sleep a lot. Not...
View ArticleThe Great Greek Yogurt Caper
I’ve heard this song about how girls just want to have fun? Well let me tell you, I think this is true of dogs regardless of our sex. My tale of fun today began with mom’s container of Blueberry Acai...
View ArticleYour Teacher Heart
Every now and then someone will ask me a question that I truly don’t know how to answer. (Want to go …anywhere…is not the question, in case you were wondering). How did you get so smart? They ask. Even...
View ArticleOn Neighborly Physics
We all have at least one in our lives. One character we wish we had never met. One friend gone bad. One neighbor we can’t stand. For me, it’s Demon Dog in the backyard behind mine. He scares me,...
View ArticleGetting to Know You
It’s embarrassing to the wrong person. Not to me. My mom has this habit of making friends wherever she goes. She looks them in the eye. She asks about their families. She gets to know them. Lana the...
View ArticleIf It Wasn’t This
I don’t get it. Car rides are joyous occasions. More often than not, the journey leads to exciting destinations. Not today. Today I witnessed something terrible from my perch in the passenger seat....
View ArticleRainbows of the Heart
There are those who believe dogs cannot see rainbows. Then there is me, and I’m here to tell you we can. Sure, they may not be quite as vibrant and fabulous as what people see but they are still...
View ArticleThe Board of Life
Personalities. Inside or outside, that’s the first thing I want to explore when I’m faced with an exciting new environment. My nose doesn’t always allow this to happen until after I have also run a...
View ArticleThe Company We Keep
Advertising works. I’ve seen it happen in forever home enough to know it to be true. That latest miracle face cream appearing in the bathroom a few days after the commercial. The occasional trip for...
View ArticleA Tail of Two Faces
I’m not that big a fan of things that are two-faced in life. Take my favorite red leash for example. When mom grabs it out I go absolutely crazy with excitement because I know it means I’m accompanying...
View ArticleEverybody Poops
It’s time to talk poop. That’s right, you read correctly. Everybody does it. I hear there is even a book about it for toddlers who are potty training. Taro Gomi’s aptly named “Everybody Poops,” brings...
View ArticleA Tail of Two Wileys
Life’s little messages startle me sometimes. It happened today on the tails of my introspective commentary and ultimate acceptance of being anything but ordinary. Just yesterday I explored my quest for...
View ArticleA Matter of Life and Death
It’s remarkable to me how often life and death coincide. They seem cyclical, somehow thriving on each other through various moments that piece together the days of our lives. Life and death. Death and...
View ArticleDoes That Make Me Bad?
I did something kind of crazy today. It was one of those moments when my nature completely took over my mind. And in the blink of an eye, it was too late. I peed on my mom at the dog park this...
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