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The Joke’s on Me!

Fellow pet owners, you’ve probably run into this one before: the moment when your pet makes you look like a fool. I had mine on New Year’s Eve. I had to work on New Year’s Day, so I wasn’t planning to go out on New Year’s Eve. But I did invite a few friends over to help me ring in 2008. We had a good time laughing and talking, playing with the dogs, and feasting on snacks. I was telling the story of how my dogs joined the family. Lally was a stray; I adopted her from a Vermont shelter … Continue reading →

Dogs Teaching Dogs, Exhibit C

I’ve been asking around in various online pet communities, trying to find other stories of dogs teaching dogs. Here are a few of my favorites! I have a six year old shepherd mutt named Harley, and about a month ago I got a Jack Russell mix puppy, who I named Jeter. He’s constantly following her and trying to do what she does, usually with little success. She did kinda clue him in on the fact that when I let them out they usually have to pee, as soon as she went to go he’d go off a ways and go … Continue reading →

Dogs Teaching Dogs, Exhibit B

A couple weekends ago, we watched 8 month old puppy Casey for some friends of mine. Casey had been over for play visits a few times, since we have a nice big fenced yard and Casey and her family live in a townhouse without a fenced yard. Casey alone (or with other dogs) is a total energy dog! She springs around with seemingly endless energy. In fact, she didn’t really sleep the night that she was here; she napped for an hour or two, then bounced up to play again. Her indoor playmate was my Lally, but when we were … Continue reading →

Aimee’s Cast of Characters, part two

These are the dogs in my extended family… I can definitely say I never met a dog I didn’t like! Becca… joined the family 8/1998 We talked my father into “just going to the shelter to look” at dogs. We visited Jersey Shore Animal Center in Brick, NJ twice just to look, and ended up taking a lot of dogs into the meet n greet yard. Mom liked Kelly best, an aging German Shepherd. Mikey (my brother) liked an energetic mutt called Peanut. Dad liked a fluffy chowchow mix named Rebecca – she reminded him of Sparky, the dog we … Continue reading →