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…