Monthly Archives: July 2009

Biker, Cowboy, Lover: Which Dog Do You Like Best?

July 30, 2009
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The truth about cats & dogs

July 28, 2009
Or at least the truth about one cat, Luna, and one dog, Frankie. It’s the love that dare not speak its name, an interspecies romance. I blame the French. Yes, Frankie’s latest adventure in selling AM I BORING MY DOG took him to Paris. He didn’t tell me precisely what he did there aside from bookselling, but I [...]
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Traveling with your dog? Size counts.

July 24, 2009
As I’ve often mentioned, Frankie has transportation problems. He doesn’t like car rides. Taking him on a plane — as yet untried — is pricey and a hassle. Besides, Frankie is offended at the idea of himself as “carry on luggage,” especially now that he’s a famous spokesdog for  my new book, AM I BORING [...]
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Bad to the bone

July 21, 2009
Frankie was in a funk. Why wasn’t he getting the media attention he deserved, he wondered, after his stellar YouTube debut? I told him I tried again to get him into PeoplePets.com on Twitter, sending them a link of him in full cowboy regalia. I was sure that smug head turn at the end would [...]
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Frankie doodle, doggie diva

July 18, 2009
Frankie is getting annoyed at me. Here he is, embarking on a world book tour to help sell my book, AM I BORING MY DOG, and what do I do? Blog about puppy mills. I’ve tried to explain to him that other dogs are just as worthy of rescue as he was, and that if everyone [...]
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Banning Puppy Mills/Farming: A Strategy Update

July 17, 2009
After posing the question of what the Twitter community could do to help ban puppy mills/farming (see July 14th post), I came across an article in Newsweek about Bill Smith, founder of Main Line Animal Rescue. Smith discovered that the farmer who ran B & R, a puppy mill in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was also also [...]
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No dogs were harmed…

July 15, 2009
…in the making of this video. I’m afraid I don’t have any production shots that show the smoke and mirrors — or, to be precise, green screen and owner crouching under a table and cradling her dog’s butt — but trust me. Unlike the videographers of Open Lens Productions who set up large, hot lights [...]
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Banning Puppy Mills/Farms: What Can Twitter Do?

July 14, 2009
This is not a rhetorical question. It came to mind because someone on Twitter this morning suggested linking #woofwednesday with #banpuppyfarming or #banpuppymills campaigns. For those not familiar with these weekly rituals, #woofwednesdays are a way to say hey to others in the dog tweeting community or to recommend them to others (the # indicates a [...]
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My dog, the trendsetter

July 11, 2009
As you’ll see in the next six weeks, as the video promos for AM I BORING MY DOG are posted, Frankie is a natural media star. I don’t doubt that he will soon be besieged by the puparazzi. But even in these pre-fame days, his opinion is already being sought after. After July 13, many pups [...]
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Diabetic and loving it? Yes, says an Alaskan malamute

July 8, 2009
At first, she seemed like just another Twitter dog; great looking, I’ll grant, and with an exotic home base in Australia, but not otherwise distinguishable from the pack of tweeting pooches. She was a dog without a blog, unaffiliated with either a pet business or  rescue organization. But a phrase in the short biography of Jasmine_woo_woo, [...]
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