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I'm not a dog lover. I come from a family of dog lovers, and we've always had dogs, but I'm not one of those people who adores animals at large. For me, it's about one dog. The dog who'd been with my for most of my adult life depa
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Remember How Foxy Used To...
Well, no. Of course you don't. You didn't know Foxy, did you? Foxy was the beautiful Sheltie I got for (but not on) my twelfth birthday. She died the summer after my first year of law school--May ...
Hank Peed on My Back
And I never got over it. For years, whenever someone mentioned my sister's dog's name, I'd say, "Hank peed on my back." Of course, everyone already knew that, but it was a summary of my views on Han...
A dog love story
It's Love Thursday and I've posted a little Valentine to my dog Sydney on my other blog.http://sothethingisblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/love-or-something-thursday.html...
Meet Mopsy
Since my family always had dogs, many dogs are mentioned in passing on this blog. For instance, I know that I mentioned Mopsy (though perhaps not by name) in my post about pet burials--I said, "there...
Lost and Found for your Dog
Many years ago, before there were blogs (or at least, before I knew about them), I had the idea to set up a website where people could report on missing pets and pets they'd found. The idea was to cr...
The Best Dog in the World?
Years ago I heard a comedian (I can't remember which one) talking about dogs. He said that poodles were the smartest dog (something I firmly believe after living for years with a poodle who turned th...
The German Shepherd Next Door, Part III
It rained all day today and the German Shepherd next door lay in the mud for most of the day. It wasn't terribly cold, but it was a cold rain and not something you'd want to lie on the ground through...
The German Shepherd Next Door
Well, not next door to me. Next door to my parents.I stopped by my mom's this morning, and while I was there I asked her if she wanted to join my dog blog. She's a Dog Person who, by her own admissio...
Dogs Die
My sister said that, resentfully, not long after her miniature poodle Hank was hit by a car. She seemed to mean that dogs should be avoided, that they couldn't be trusted to live. I can't blame her ...
