Catch-all for posts that are about dogs and nothing specific to any of my other categories.
A couple weeks ago you brought home this sweet, fluffy, cuddle-lamb puppy. He was so gentle and cautious about the world around him. Confidently exploring while keeping tabs on you… you know, everything you were looking for in a puppy. And you conquered crate training! Well, maybe mostly-sorta. At least the puppy isn’t screaming in […]
Sometimes good dogs bite. And that’s ok. I know I’m in the minority on this one, and that is ok with me too. But I will never change my mind, no matter how many gasps it elicits. Sometimes good dogs bite. And sometimes (wait for it) people deserve to be bitten. Oh yes, I said […]
Would you cut off a body part for beauty? Since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and is most certainly dependent on the specific society making the judgment and their current trends and norms, it is an ever-changing, dramatically variable standard. What is beautiful today will be ugly in the blink of a […]
Sometimes Hollywood’s depiction of dogs rubs me the wrong way. They misrepresent the true nature of dogs and mislead people. This, I believe, leads to more homeless dogs as well as unethical breeders popping up to sell the newest Hollywood flavor of the week. So here is a small, warm proclamation for all dog lovers. […]
*The price of your puppy is LESS THAN 10% of the total cost of owning a dog!!* Puppies are expensive because it costs a lot of money (and much more time than you think) to produce high quality puppies. What does it cost to raise a high quality litter of puppies? A whole lot more than […]
Dog Years I’ve always found the average computation for “dog years” to be inaccurate. Of course it doesn’t exactly matter. But I happen to need to go do chores so perhaps I’ll delay myself in the name of accuracy 😉 First we need an average age of death for the American Cockapoo. Since there […]
Eden Dog 