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PetSmart
“PetSmart is like Home Depot for pets,” my friend Hannah says as she pulls into a parking spot outside the giant store. I have never before set foot inside a PetSmart, and my heart rate quickens as I see people walking in and out of the store with their dogs on leashes. Even better, today
Category: Dog
Long Distance Mutt
And just what is this Mutts4Resue outfit, anyway? I figure I ought to know a bit more about this organization that put Bubbles on my radar so I go to the homepage and learn it’s a group of volunteers dedicated to saving homeless dogs who’ve been abandoned or surrendered to high-kill shelters. “Our mission is
Category: Dog
Thank You For Shopping
So I’ve committed to adopting a rescue dog I spotted on the Internet – a six-month-old, seven pound Chihuahua/Terrier mix (temporarily) named Bubbles, and I’m looking at the shopping list I’ve made – crate, bowls, lead, bed — things I’m certain we’re going to need. I have another list of questions to ask friends
Category: Dog
The Name Game
It’s been years since I’ve trained a dog and I long ago gave away my dog training books – my “Monks of New Skete” and the Barbara Woodhouse “No Bad Dogs.” The truth is that I didn’t train my previous dogs out of a book – it was an organic, instinctive process that I’m sure
Category: Dog
Dirtwater Dogs
The first dogs I remember belonged to our next-door neighbors, George and Maria Pflug, immigrants from Germany who spoke accented English and who kept pigeons and rabbits in coops and hutches in their lush, green backyard. “Hansie unt Gretchen” were their dachshunds — one black and the other was red — and I remember
Category: Dog
My Imaginary Friend
I’m thinking about dogs. Actually, I’m thinking about a specific, imaginary dog. Not too big, but not too small. Doesn’t bark too much. Likes to take walks, but also likes to snooze beside me on the chair while I read. And I read a lot. This imaginary dog doesn’t shed much, it doesn’t chew shoes
Category: Dog