Many years ago, I won a contest (and a t-shirt!) that was sponsored by the Humane Society of the Gallatin Valley, which is now called...

A comedian (Paula Poundstone? Elaine Boosler?) once told a joke about the mother who was having difficulty accepting that her child was...

Black Labrador Tanya sees the world as a dangerous and scary place. Tanya’s owners thought it would be a fabulous idea to bring her to...

I thought about giving this post a different title: Looks Are Deceiving. Because my dog Todd, age 9, hiked Little Porter Mountain in the...

English Mastiffs don’t speak English. Italian Greyhounds don’t speak Italian. German Short-Haired Pointers don’t speak German. None of...

I recently saw the trailer for Marmaduke the movie. It made my heart sink for two reasons. One: In the film, the “miracle” of CGI gives...

A perfect match. That’s how you want all of your long-term commitments to be. Your job. Your significant other. Your house. Even your...

Clyde loves being outdoors. Clyde is a Siberian Husky, no surprise there. At the first indication of a mere crack in the space between...

You have to love the commercials for Sweet Million. What is sweeter than baby pigs, bunnies, kittens and of course, We humans melt when...

Spoiler Alert: This blog is about dogs but not dog training. Filling out forms and taking surveys – most people avoid doing these tedious...

Lacey always has something to say. Like some people I know (but will not name), the 4-year-old Rat Terrier does not have a single...

Dogs are a different species than us. I state this as a fact, because I am often asked to train dogs – or in some cases, untrain dogs –...

It started with Lassie, the Collie. Or maybe it was Rin Tin Tin, the German Shepherd. Or that dog Asta, the Jack Russell Terrier, from...