Affection Can’t Hurt
This is a guest blog post that touched us deeply. Its author, Jenny Efimova, KPA CTP, is the founder and owner of Dogminded. Efimova...
Acorns Can Pose a Danger to Dogs
Not that anyone asked, but my favorite tree in the whole world is the oak tree. We have dozens of species of oaks in...
Bits Of Advice For New Dog Owners
Last week, I “fostered” a dog for four nights – not a big deal. He was a hound-mix, about a year old, who had...
An Update on Foster Puppy Coco
If only it was summer. I have been so eager for the end of the hot, dry weather that characterizes every summer in my...
Haunted by a Mystery Hero Dog
Have you ever read a short little news piece – a bit of journalistic fluff – that you nevertheless couldn’t stop thinking about? Maybe...
My Latest Foster Dog Is Something of a Mystery
There’s an old Chinese parable that goes something like this:
A farmer gets a horse, which soon runs away. A neighbor says, "Oh, so sorry...
Keeping Your Dogs At a Healthy Weight Can Be Tricky
Over the past two years, my senior dog, Otto, has started having trouble maintaining his body mass at a healthy weight. He has had...
Rescue Workers From Across the Country Join the California Wildfire Animal Rescue Efforts
Last week, I mentioned that there were a number of people coming to help locally with the emergency animal shelters established here in Butte...
Disaster Readiness – Yes, Again!
If you have been following the weather news, you might have guessed what this post was going to be about, am I right?
So, we...
When Dog Ownership Gets Tough
Dog ownership is not all puppy breath and humorous or beautiful Instagram photos of our dogs; there are times when it is breathtakingly difficult....
When Senior Dogs Act Like Grumpy Old Men
My senior dog, Otto, is nearly 13 years old. He often acts like a big grump around any puppies or foster dogs I have...
Beware of Service Dog Scams Targeting the Vulnerable
I am certain that if you have a child with a chronic and particularly challenging medical condition or behavioral disorder that cannot be readily...
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No, You Can’t
Of all the “third rail” topics concerning dogs, here’s one I never could have guessed would make some people incensed: A passerby putting a bag of dog poop in their garbage can. Ack! Apparently, this makes some homeowners angry enough that they put signs on or next to their garbage cans, set up security cameras in order to identify and eventually confront the offenders, or threatening penalties for the alleged “theft of services” (using someone else’s garbage service).