Coronavirus, Your Dog, and You
From past work on articles about canine vaccination protocols, I was familiar with the word “coronavirus” when the stories about coronavirus disease 2019—better known...
Volunteering: When it’s Time to Get Back to Work
Anyone who has ever volunteered in animal rescue can relate: You vow to take a break. Maybe your circumstances have changed in a way...
The Strongest Reinforcements
Ask a dog trainer to tell you one of their biggest pet peeves about their training clients, and they will almost always mention the...
What You Should Do (and Not Do) If You Find a Lost Dog
If you are a dog lover and you spend any amount of time on Facebook or any of those community website/discussion groups such as...
Mind Your Cues
Hang around with enough dog owners, and inevitably you will hear someone say to their distracted or recalcitrant dog, “Sit! Sit! Sit! SIT!” I’m...
Can You Put a Price Tag on Your Dog’s Life?
Readers, dog owners, can I ask
you a question? Or, actually, a few related questions:
If you had to put a dollar
figure on it, what would...
Zeal of the convert: Canine seat belts
Just over a week ago, I was in one of those car accidents
that remind you to slow down and not take life and health...
What Is Socially Conscious Sheltering?
In the February issue, which will be in mailboxes and online
soon, we have an article about a new model for communities looking to improve
the...
Feeding Time: On the Dot, or Not?
I have long advised friends and family members to keep their
dogs’ mealtimes vague, in order to prevent “clock-watching” and demand
behaviors from dogs who are...
Winter Worries
My “very mixed-breed” dog, Otto, turned 12 years old at some
point in the past couple of months. For a big dog (currently 72 pounds),...
An Ice-Prevention Product That Is Safe for Pets?
I’ll never forget my first wintertime visit to the
northeastern U.S. As a native of northern California, the coldest place I had
visited previously was either...
Finding the Perfect Dogs for Friends
My young adult son lives in the San Francisco Bay area with
his girlfriend, a couple of roommates, and his all-black Black and Tan
Coonhound, Cole....
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A Fish Story
What’s worse than a skunked dog? A dog who has rolled in a long-dead, rotten salmon carcass. Rolled in it at length, luxuriously, with relish while ignoring the calls and whistles of her foster provider—even after being abandoned by the other dogs, who did heed their owners’ calls.