Happy New Year! If the New Year means a new fitness program for you and your dog — now’s the time to get started. Begin with checking in with the vet. (Let’s assume your doc has given you the go-ahead.) What does your dog weigh now? What is his target weight? Hips and joints in… Continue reading Get Fit With Your Dog

Sometimes, compassionate people are so eager to help a dog in a shelter or rescue situation, they just don’t have on their thinking caps. The call yesterday was from a first-time mom with a new baby. Two weeks before her due date, mom goes with a friend (who wanted a kitten) to a shelter. It…

If you’ve been hanging out at my house, you know that my dogs will howl in concert with each other, or  when the fire engines are passing, or when there’s one on TV, or if someone is crying, or with certain music. I ran across this article about why they howl and thought it was… Continue reading Why Dogs Howl at Sirens