Two year old West Highland Terrier Stella takes her job as protector of the house and its contents very seriously. So much so that she...

Some of my clients swear that their dogs watch TV. I used to be skeptical about such claims. But then I witnessed a Shepherd mix appear...

Edgar is a 2 year old Miniature Dachshund who has never known a day without his siblings Rottweiler Hannah and Pitbull mix J.P. All of...

Oscar is a Lab Shepherd mix, 4 years old, and recently adopted by a young and very earnest couple. No one knows, of course, what Oscar’s...

One of the games that Penny, a one year old Yellow Lab, loves to play is “chase me.” Also known as “keepaway.” Outside in the yard, the...

Imagine having no thumbs. The definition of a thumbless hand is a paw. When you are thumbless, you rely on your mouth to pick things up....

We’ve discussed all manner of dog emanations in this blog, from drool (The D word) to pee (Anything vertical) to poop (The other P word)....

I confess that I do things for my dogs that some people (NOT the people who own dogs themselves, of course) would regard with a critical...

Here’s a MadLib for you. Replace the word “child” in the following paragraph with the word “dog.” My child goes to school. My child has a...

The big black Labrador meandered slowly up a Delmar street, much to the consternation of my client. She froze and clung to the leash,...

I love puppies, as long as they are someone else’s. Don’t get me wrong. There is nothing cuter than that little face while he is...

The ultimate in scratch-off lottery games for some dogs would be Leashtastic!, Lucky Leashes!, or best of all, Win 1,000 Leashes a Week...

Or maybe it should be “Bite, Interrupted.” Because some dogs will take the briefest of nips and back away so quickly that you’re not sure...

I’d heard about the street dogs of India before but never thought I would see them firsthand; but then, I visited India last week. I...

ONE dog can make a lot of noise. Is there an equation that measures the increase in decibel levels when TWO dogs see the garbage...