No Comment: High Profile Dog Biting Incidents Bring Baseless Speculation
High profile incidents of dog aggression and biting often lead to speculation as to what caused the incident. However, as those speculating are unfamiliar with the dog, its handling, and its health this often leads to baseless blame.
Discontinued? Nooooo!
Things started devolving a few days ago, when I was busy watching my almost-2-year-old dog Boone chase a herding ball around my two-acre property....
Fall Allergies – and Planning Ahead
My dog Otto (now resting in peace) used to get a flare-up of allergies every spring. His body knew before any human in our...
When Your Dog Is On The Same Meds as You
Somehow I know only peripherally posted this meme on social media post recently:
“Raise your hand if you and your dog take the same anxiety...
Foster Dogs Are Like a Box of Chocolates
Early in July I mentioned a litter of puppies I was fostering for my local shelter, and mentioned one pup I was particularly worried...
Appreciating Our Dogs
I was looking through my Google photo storage, trying to find a picture to go with an article about a veterinary topic for WDJ....
Comparing Results from Mixed-Breed DNA Tests
I recently received the results of my dog Boone’s mixed-breed DNA test from Darwin’s Ark, a nonprofit scientific research organization (which I previously wrote...
Turn Your Back for Just a SECOND
The difficulty and importance of supervising kids and dogs.
We’ve had lots of articles in WDJ about kids and dogs: choosing when to get a...
Long-Term Sheltering in No-Kill Shelters
When you have a career that involves dogs, everyone you know sends you memes and articles about dogs. Unfortunately, those little gems, meant to...
A Budding Crisis in Animal Shelters?
The potential for the loss of liability insurance is closing shelter doors to volunteers.
As many of you know from personal experience, volunteers in animal...
Parvovirus and Foster Puppies
With just a couple of exceptions, every time I have fostered a dog or litter of puppies, I’ve done it for my local shelter....
The Dog Days of Summer
I hope you and your companion animals all survived Independence Day, the least favorite holiday of many of us dog owners. I live close...
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Tips for Dog Owners Near a Disaster Zone
Could you evacuate your home 15 minutes from now, with everything you would need to live with your pets in a hotel for a few days, weeks, or months? What if you had an hour’s notice?