Halloween is all about the treats for my dogs. Yum. And if they don’t get the treats, they get a little wicked witch like. I like to keep them happy, so I keep the Halloween treats coming. It’s all fun and games until someone has one too many. Then it’s time to sleep it off. This is the Dobermann version of spooning. Meanwhile, even the neighborhood tortoises are on the road to trick or treating. Maybe he’s on his way {Read More}
The Energetic Adolescent Dog
October 29, 2019 by
The devil made him do it. Or was he just being a dog? That’s my boy sniffing in the middle. All my dogs are now in their matching Halloween collars as of this morning, so is that what put the mischief into my adolescent boy? Did the spirit of Halloween seep into him? Can you see it on his face and all over his tongue? Is that graveyard dirt? Or just happiness? He did just get a chance to run {Read More}
Keeping Heads Above Water: Hurricane Survivors
September 13, 2019 by
I continue to contemplate about how horrible Hurricane Dorian was to the people, animals, and environment of the Bahamas. I am a Southern Californian now living, and most likely remaining, in South Florida, and I’ve been through both earthquakes and hurricanes. Both are frightening, and both get more devastating in tandem with strength. Hurricane Irma was the worst I’d been through and it was a category 3. My seven dogs and I were trapped in a friend’s hurricane proof house {Read More}
The Humane Society of Grand Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Devastation
September 5, 2019 by
I have been friends with Tip Burrows for well over a decade. Tip is the hard working director of the Humane Society of the Grand Bahamas and is now facing massive clean-up and picking up the pieces that Hurricane Dorian left behind. We were very lucky to have been spared from Hurricane Dorian’s wrath in Florida, so if you can find it in your heart to donate anything to help Tip, her staff, and shelter volunteers, five of which lost {Read More}
Protect The Hand That Feeds The Dog
August 9, 2019 by
When a dog takes a food reward, if he doesn’t take it gently, it’s no fun for the person giving the food. I think we’d all agree it’s important that a do takes food gently from our hands, and most importantly, leaves our fingers intact. No toothy indentations on the palm or fingers is also a good thing. Generally speaking, if we deliver a food reward from the palm of our hand instead of with our fingers, the do is {Read More}
