I read recently that it is officially the dog days of August.  If this is true then who the hell gave them to us?  Because let me tell you we don’t want them.  Gosh, you decide to give us one month and it has to be August.This must have been done by old white men.  The same old white men who gave black people February because it’s cold and short.  Old white men are always giving away months they don’t want anything to do with.  And August is nothing more than summer’s February.July is the…See More

Dear Aunt Foley:  We are in a pack of three chocolate labs.  We do everything together, play, swim, and nervously wait for Mommy to get home from work.  But on Sunday Mommy got ready like she always does and we three labs planned to wait for her and worry.  But then she took one of us Dodger, and left us behind.  What the Fido?  Why does Mommy prefer Dodger over us?  And is there anything we should be doing to be more like Dodger?  Personally, we don’t think that is possible. - Reba and…See More

 For those of us who are lucky enough to know Smoochy there isn’t a better friend to have in the world.  He is there to pick us up when we are down, to make us smile when we are sad, to make us feel loved when we’re lonely.  Earlier this summer he almost had his ticket to the Bridge punched when he choked on a small ball.  His…See More

We have bunnies!  Oh not the cute ones that live in a cage just outside your house and wiggle their noses when you feed them carrots.  These are the wild ones that hop across your yard and eat Mommy’s flowers.Now our Mommy has busted her butt on her flower gardens.  Really she has!  She was watering her flowers the other day,…See More

Starting late next week the delicate structure of power I have worked so hard to maintain is going to be overturned when our puppy cousin Neely comes to stay with us for a week.  This is him.  Yes, I know, all eyes, tongue and tail.  Just a little ball of excitement. Neely will be the sibling Pocket always wanted, someone to run…See More

Every day for the last week I have gone to our Cathedral and said the same prayer.  “I ask that my sweet friend Sierra be given one more day.”  Then I say I will be back the next day to ask the same question. So far, each day, thanks to the Big Giant Dog Gods, the prayers have been answered.  And their answers have been nothing…See More

I don’t know if I’d want to be a human.  I think human’s lives are quite hard.  There is work, losing work, money, losing money, children, children moving away, parents, parents passing on.  It’s a weekly drama.During this time us dogs sleep, snuggle, play, pee, poop, and bother humans for walks and attention.  But we also know when…See More

All dogs can identify that during the day aggressions build up and we need to let them loose.  Some of us go outside and run in circles, some…See More

This morning I anxiously opened an e-mail that said it was about how dogs are good for humans’ health.  Well, any pup who has ever taken care of their parents when they were sick know that.  But to see it published in the slope nosed media was very exciting.With great anticipation I read the opening line.  “Dogs may be good at more than fetching sticks and greeting you after a long day at work.”  Exbarking excuse me?  Good for more than fetching sticks and greeting you?  Has this bi-ped ever…See More

I always get sad when my friends go to the Bridge.  I feel bad for them, knowing they will miss their humans, and their friends, and I feel bad for me.  Because when friends go to the Bridge it can be too painful for their Moms or Dads to revisit their page and talk with their friends, so we lose contact with the entire family.  So I am always excited when the parents who lost their pup…See More