This is the second in a two-part story that originally ran in Catnip, the newsletter of Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts; here is Part 1, which described the disease and focused on causes and diagnosis. My primary veterinary source at Tufts was Orla Mahony, ACVIM, ECVIM, a specialist in small animal endocrinology, and…
Feline Diabetes, Part 1
Anyone who has read this blog for any length of time knows that nothing annoys me more than the conflating of feline and canine diabetes — sometimes by medical professionals. I’ve posted about canine diabetes, which is akin to Type 1 in humans, several times because it’s an important part of my life with Frankie.…
Was My Mother Reincarnated As My Dog?
Bear with me here. I have a bit of a shaggy dog story to tell. But I have a bit of a shaggy dog — one whose designated birthday is today. Some background… My UPS Angel I’ve ranted against UPS and their canine insulin delivery before, and I don’t have much nice to say about…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself: Cats!
Will my dog hate me* if I blog about cats? Not if you don’t tell him. In looking through my draft files for the blogs I’ve always meant to post, I found several feline-oriented ones. This pet adoption video isn’t really funny, but that was never my sole criterion for the series. It’s charming, it…
How to Make a Dog Toy Out of a Cat Toy
Frankie is a picky dog. He is picky about food, both what he eats and where he eats it; he won’t touch anything outside the house. Since he is diabetic and he needs a full stomach in order to get his insulin, this can require some special planning. He is also picky about his companions.…
Laparoscopic Spay: Less Pain, Except on the Wallet
This article is a version of one that originally appeared in Your Dog, the newsletter of The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. You will be seeing several more of these articles in the coming weeks, as Will My Dog Hate Me moves towards its final days. I’ll continue to mention this countdown…
Dogs in Need of Space
I realized, as I shared this poster on Facebook this morning, that I had meant to blog about this issue and about Notes from a Dogwalker, the site that has done so much to publicize it, months ago, when I first discovered its existence. Dogs in Need of Space (DINOS) come in all forms. Frankie…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself, 6/23
This video was made for No-Kill Los Angeles, an initiative of Best Friends Animal Society along with a coalition of animal organizations across Los Angeles. I like Kevin Nealon, and of course I like the message, but I thought a little too much time was spent on the lead in to the money shot: A…
Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself 6/16
Speed dating meets pet adoption in this very funny entry into Will My Dog Hate Me’s Pet Adoption Videos That Don’t Make Me Want to Kill Myself series
I’m My Dog’s Seeing-Eye Person
Frankie’s eyesight is failing, though I’m not sure to what extent. Although they’re not completely obscured, his lenses look cloudy. I’ve also noticed that Frankie is hesitant to jump off things as low as the mattress on the floor where we sleep. (Yes, when he had back problems years ago, I opted to put my…