I’ve been hinting at some exciting Yorkie action, a project Frankie and I have been working on with Dexter and Alana of Dexter’s Ruff Life and Steve and Luciana of the Gangs of New Yorkie. Well, it’s almost here! Just a brief teaser of fun to come…
Interview with Mary-Alice Pomputius of Dog Jaunt
I’ve known Mary-Alice Pomputius and her blog, Dog Jaunt, for quite a while…well, quite a while in blog years, which are similar to dog years for telescoping time. Looking back through my email files to see just how long, I saw that I asked her to write a guest post for me in November 2009,…
Spay & Neuter with a Smile, #3
This is another entry in my continuing series of funny pet population control videos by those talented folks at the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals. Warning for those opposed to talking animals: They rule this video. And they have strange accents. I can live with those things. You?
Road trip! Book signing! Hot sisters!
Lately, my book selling world has been a bit bleak. The online bootleg versions of AM I BORING MY DOG have slowed to a trickle, as opposed to the torrent of thefts that first emerged the week between Christmas and New Year’s. I dutifully forward all the Google alerts of new ripoffs to my publisher,…
RVs: A Great Way To Travel With Pets
Today, for my continuing Pet Travel Thursday series, I’m turning my blog over to Rod Burkert, 1/4 of the Go Pet Friendly team. Sure, Rod and Amy are the drivers and the food providers, but Ty and Buster are the inspiration for their venture — and they’re very photogenic — so I’m giving them equal…
Petfinder Adoptable Pet #12: Chester, a Capitol Pup
First and foremost — Chester needs a foster home. He is currently being boarded. And when you’re a wire-hair fox terrier mix, you need a little room to move and a bit of attention. Not that Chester is overly rambunctious. At three years old, he’s more or less settled in. As for the attention —…
Petfinder Adoptable Pet #11: Connect with Connecticut’s Maxie (& help Rascal the Town Hall Cat)
It must be the dreaded Black Dog Syndrome — you know, where dark colored dogs are less likely to be adopted because they blend into the background or shed on light-colored clothing….or something. I never really understood that phenomenon but I do know it exists. Otherwise I can’t imagine why Maxie, a gorgeous Black Lab…
Petfinder Adoptable Pet #10: Little Rock’s Artful Dodger
This is not a political statement, but if it were you wouldn’t know whether I was talking about Bill Clinton or Mike Huckabee — so chill. No, I’m alluding to the fact that this puppy dodged a bullet, metaphorically speaking (at least I hope it’s a metaphor): He was rescued on the day he was…
Petfinder Adoptable Pet #9: Flagstaff’s Old Smokey
Smokey the Papillon is hardly old at 9 years. Small dogs live a long time, and Smokey is a spry little guy. I just can’t resist a pun and an insider joke. I live in Arizona, and I know that an ancient volcanic field created the fertile soil that Flagstaff was built on. It’s also…
Petfinder Adoptable Pet #8: British Columbia’s Beau
Sharpeis are so ridiculously photogenic that it was tough to choose from the two pictures of Beau on the Petfinder site. I decided to go for dignity because the other shot was so blatantly manipulative — “I’m so worried about you,” it seemed to say, “You need me in your household!” — that I decided…