Everyone knows what Kongs are, right? Those dog toys shaped a little bit like a cross between a football and a snowman? They’re supposed to be pretty tough, but my dog could destroy a Kong pretty easily. I watched him do it; he bites right where the two segments meet and just keeps working it. Eventually the segments separate and then he pulls off pieces of rubber. And my dog is a golden mix; not even a breed with strong…
I first built a dog ramp when our husky mix became too old to use the stairs. Well, actually two ramps: one from the dog door to a landing, then another from the landing to the ground. I found a few pages on the web about how to build a ramp, but every one of them uses plywood. I really, really dislike plywood. It seems to fall apart to quickly. My original ramp was plywood, painted. It looked great at…
I’m in the dog care profession and we always recommend Easy Walk Harnesses for our clients who have dogs that are big pullers. Recently I bought one myself for a client from Amazon. As soon as I took it out of the box, I could tell something was wrong. It felt about half the weight it should be. The buckles were really cheap feeling when I clipped and unclipped them. But the thing that really clued me in was that…
My husband had been experimenting with Photoshop, taking images and using filters, etc. to make them look like paintings. He did one of our dog Kelly at our favorite vacation place, a friend’s cabin in Maine. It came out so well that he had it printed on canvas by Canvas Press as a surprise anniversary present. Here’s a funny story–I knew he was working on this image (it wasn’t a secret), and I thought I had a great idea: why…
Ever since I’ve lived in a house instead of an apartment, I’ve had dogs, usually two or three. We’ve almost always gotten them from owners who had to rehome them; friends, neighbors of friends, co-workers. This is my first experience adopting a truly stray dog. We sadly found ourselves with just one dog. When you’re used to multiples, the house is just too quiet with one. But this time we did something different. I googled ‘high kill shelter’ which eventually…