After I recently posted about the importance of restraining your dog properly in the car, I asked two of my favorite pet travel bloggers to explain the best way to achieve that goal. Speaking for the large — and multiple — dog contingent today is Rod Burkert, co-creator with wife Amy Burkert of GoPetFriendly.com. These…
Training Tuesdays: Hitting a Wall
A friend asked me the other day, “So, how’s the dog training going.” That gave me pause. Not because I have any doubts about our trainer, Crystal Saling, who is talented, smart and an advocate (as I am) of positive methods. But at the beginning of the first session we had after my trip to…
Friday Focus: Dog Meet Dog?
There’s been a lot of discussion of dog parks lately at a couple of my favorite sites, two at Dog Star Daily (see Dog Parks and Why You Should Avoid Them and Rethinking Dog Parks) and one at Kenzo The Hovawart, titled Kenzo Stopped Visiting the Dog Park. The talk centered primarily around good dog…
Take Your Dog to Work — Or Vice Versa
Today is Take Your Dog to Work Day, an event started 11 years ago to promote pet adoption by demonstrating to the uninitiated just how charming canine companions can be. For some of us, every day is take your dog to work day. And as much as I bitch and moan about the insecurities of…
Fido & Wino*
It should have been clear from yesterday’s post that Canine Cognitive Dysfunction has not affected the essential personality of Archie, my friend Clare’s dog. Here’s more proof. Just as, before he got diabetes, I used to give Frankie a treat every time I sat down to eat, Clare got into the habit of giving Archie…
Santa Barbara Snaps: Competitive Dining & Drinking
As I wrote before leaving, my visit to Santa Barbara was a bit of a sentimental journey to see my best friend Clare and her best friend Archie, who was recently diagnosed with canine cognitive dysfunction. Leaving them at the end of the visit was tough, but I’m not going to dwell on that here.…
Damn you, Amtrak!
Well, I made it to Santa Barbara from San Diego. And it’s terrific to be here with Clare and Archie. But boy am I annoyed about having had to drive. When it came to choosing a way to get to San Diego from Tucson, it was pretty much a no brainer, Frankie’s car phobia notwithstanding.…
San Diego Snaps: Hotel Indigo
It’s been quite the whirlwind here in San Diego, which I’m about to depart in a few hours for Santa Barbara. Frankie and I will be sorry to leave. We loved the dog-friendly Hotel Indigo, for so many reasons. Location, location, location The hotel is just a couple of blocks from PetCo Park, which is…
GREY2K USA: Meet two dogged board members
Readers of this blog have already met these tireless advocates for animal rights, Twig Mowatt in a guest post on how to photograph your dog and Karyn Zoldan… well, she and her diva greyhound Lily have turned up here many times, most recently for Lily’s 12 1/2 birthday party. So far, Karyn and Twig have…
Caffeine & Dog Calmers & Fabulousness
We’re here! Here being the fabulous Hotel Indigo in fabulous San Diego. I’m not usually so superlative but I’m feeling very upbeat. The three-pronged approach to dog calming — playing the Through a Dog’s Ear CD, using the Calming Collar (though I put it on the car seat, not on Frankie) and giving Frankie an…