TECHNO GEEK FIDOS, FOUND!!!

Remember when your dog got lost and you knocked on every door in the neighborhood? You posted flyers on telephone poles and called the local animal shelter in hopes that a dog or cat remarkably similar to yours was currently being housed there? In fact, you’re wishing your pet just …

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BWAAACK !!! THE BEST PET FOR ME???

Dying to buy a ferret? Really want to cuddle with a gerbil? Want to tame the baby raccoon you found abandoned in a nearby field? But, wait!!! Give it some thought before you dive right in and go out and buy something not suitable. It can save you a lot of …

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BIG WHEELS KEEP ON TURNIN’ AND OTHER PET PHOBIAS

Got a scaredy cat at your house??? Today my sweet Goldendoodle friend Lola and I were strolling through Galloway Gardens, soaking in the sunshine and admiring the golf course pond. It was a perfectly copacetic day. Not a cloud in the sky and warmer temps. Out of the blue, a …

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He Was Here a Minute Ago. Oh Never Mind. He’s Back.

I can’t help myself! Have you been watching the program on Discovery called “I Cloned My Pet”? If not, did you see the recent article in the New York Times on the pet cloning program? Fabulous! Okay, I’m saying that mostly tongue-in-cheek despite clearly advocating the special treatment of pets, even to the point …

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From Alpha Role to Alpha Roll

I just read a great article about “De-Bunking the ‘Alpha Dog’ Theory” on one of my favorite sites, Whole Dog Journal. The point of the article was to explain how the notion of the “alpha dog” came about from observations of wolves in captivity and then applied syllogistically to dog behavior …

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