This was first published in The Bark in 2005. The Hacienda restaurant has closed and re-opened in the interim. I’m not sure whether Deb, the dog psychic, is still doing her Sedona thing. Pamper Your Paws & Check Your Chakras “For real softness, I’d recommend baby shampoo, followed by conditioning with Garnier Fructese,” said the…
TV Dogs: Props, Gods & Shapeshifters
Watching HBO (not TV!) this past Sunday, I was reminded of a blog post I read by Christie Keith on Pet Connection several months ago. She noted the lack of pets in TV comedies or dramas (in the larger context of a similar dearth of gay and lesbian characters), deeming it especially odd given the…
Cleanliness: Next to Dog-liness?
Frankie is lucky. I’m not overly obsessed with housecleaning. Many people think that my home must be spotless, what with it doubling as my office and all, but when I want to avoid writing, clutter and dust never seem to demand my attention (my refrigerator, on the hand, practically grabs me by the throat). However,…
Biker, Cowboy, Lover: Which Dog Do You Like Best?
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The truth about cats & dogs
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…
Traveling with your dog? Size counts.
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…
Bad to the bone
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…
Frankie doodle, doggie diva
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…
Banning Puppy Mills/Farming: A Strategy Update
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…
No dogs were harmed…
…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…