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You can’t make this stuff up, people. News started coming out this morning about an elderly couple living in a triple-wide trailer (do they even MAKE those?) with between 700 and 800 small dogs and about 80 parrots. The dogs were mostly Chihuahuas, Chinese cresteds, Lhasa apsos, Pomeranians, and and terriers. Neighbors said that the […]

Oh. My. God.
I think I may never leave Pickles outside alone again after reading this article. The short version is that a 15-foot python stalked and then devoured a Chihuahua in Australia earlier this week, while the family’s 5- and 7-year-old watched in terror. I’ll spare you the photo, but for those who are interested, […]

Because yes, now that we can film everything that happens all day we do, here is Pickles with her limited repertoire tricks. See how she does almost everything with hand signals? That’s all me, baby. I rock at training my dog. Just her, though. The other two couldn’t care less about rolling over or even […]

…but they sure hated the present she brought! Check it out as Murphy and Ty make their YouTube debut (and here’s Pickles’ first appearance on YouTube, featuring Isabel).

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Well, if this isn’t irony, I don’t know what is. I came home from being gone maybe an hour, and found the house in utter disarray.
Now, before I get into the details, it’s important to point out that with as well as things have been going since Bark Busters came, we’ve started leaving the dogs […]

Watch to the end — it’s worth it.

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This morning, I took Julius in for his alteration (sounds like he’s having a suit tailored, doesn’t it?) and through the glass door between the clinic and the animal shelter I saw a young couple with the Chihuahua I fell in love with on Monday. I set Julius down by the counter and approached them.

"Are […]

A case out of the UK brings to mind an important and controversial question: Is it better to put your sick pet to sleep, or to let him die naturally at home?
Here are the salient points of the story:

A debate in the United Kingdom centers on whether negligence or kindness killed a 17-year old Great […]

I always thought that it was an unwritten rule of dog owners to pick up the poop if your dog makes a deposit on a walk. In most towns there are “curb your dog” laws, as well. But not every dog owner is as considerate as we might like, especially at the dog park. Here […]

This is not one of those upsetting posts about serious animal neglect or anything like that, so don’t worry. Yesterday, I visited the local animal shelter to pick up paperwork for Julius’ scheduled alteration later this week (more on that as the situation develops), and I swung through the dog kennel on my way out […]