Today my best canine friend, Callie, is four years old. Actually, we don't really know when her birthday is. As a pup we adopted through the Kentucky Humane Society, her date of birth is more of a guess, so we say it's April 1 just to easily remember it. After losing my previous dog, Bonnie, …
Category: Pets
Lessons From My Dog
For years I've kept a tall poster hanging beside my favorite chair. The poster is titled "All I Need to Know About Life I Learned From my Dog." It contains the following advice which makes perfect sense for dogs and to some extent for people, although I can't vouch for the effectiveness of all the …
Animals and Children Belong Together
Apart from the observation that some children appear to be animals, this post is a commentary on how well children and animals go together. I had the chance over the past few days to witness this fact again for the millionth time, first when my wife and I took our granddaughter to the zoo on …
Dog Owners, Please Do This
From the very day we got our Border Collie/Lab mix Callie a little over three years ago at the age of two months, we socialized her. I took her on walks and intentionally headed toward places where other people and dogs would be found. She has a sweet disposition, anyway, but it was still important …
