Minty fresh puppy dog breath

We’ve begun leaving the girls out while we’re gone. For years, we’ve crated the dogs or put them in the bathroom with a couple of big, fluffy dog beds. Now that Sarah, the Trash Destroyer Extraordinaire  is gone, though, we thought we’d let the pups have the run of the living room and kitchen in our [...]

Dogs, grief and gratitude

Our year ended on a sad note as we said goodbye to our sweet old girl, Sarah. She was our coffee-loving, bean crunching girl. We got her in 1999, the same year we bought our house. Howie and I both grew up with dogs and loved them, but as renters we’d not been able to [...]

Norah Jones sings to her dog

This new release from Norah Jones’ album, The Fall is great! Any dog lover should appreciate it, especially any single dog lovers. Here are the lyrics to her new song, Man Of The Hour: Man of the Hour It’s him and me That’s what he said But I can’t choose between a vegan and a [...]

Teaching my dog to be a pillow

Hey, Tami…A video blog that shows ME. Are you happy? I will try to do these more often. Having the webcam on the laptop gives me no excuse. As you can see, I was still in my jammies and sporting bedhead when I made this one. Ah well, I am who I am!

Miss Lean Cuisine

She eats like a horse, but burns it off. She’s just right for a gangly 5-month old pup.

A happy brindle baby

I just love that big pink tongue. I’m sitting in the grass with Stella, waiting for Howie, Ben and Shawna to get back from their bike ride on the bike path.

On your mark, get set, gobble!

Stella can really pack away the food, and fast! Her new record? Thirty seconds flat. She dined alfresco last night, but nothing slowed her down. If there was a Guinness World Record category for “fasted ingestion of food by a puppy”, she’d hold the record.