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Weekend Plans with Dogs Today’s post is gently recycled. Weekend plans with dogs are always different from weekend plans without them. Long meals in a restaurant don’t happen. Do we take a day tip, or find a place for the night where the dogs are welcome? If we’re hitting antique shops and craft fairs, will… [Read More]

A Big Dog Party This weekend I attended a big dog party. There were big dogs and little doge, black dogs and white dogs, red dogs and blue dogs – all going around and around! But not in cars. Go Dog, Go! is probably my favorite children’s illustrated books. P. D. Eatsman was a fantastic… [Read More]

High Iron Treats for Dogs – Liver Logs The latest treat from Jones Natural Chews, Liver Logs, are high iron treats for dogs. Why on earth would you want to give your dog treats high in iron, you ask? Just like people, dogs can become anemic. Anemia is a sign of low iron in the… [Read More]

Life Saving Dogs Happy Funny Bone Monday! Today we veer slightly from the funny to enjoy a few heart warming videos about life saving dogs. Who doesn’t love a good story with a hero, especially when that hero has four legs and a fur coat? Dogs aren’t called man’s best friend for nothing, after all…. [Read More]

Lap Chickens I’m feeling nostalgic today, y’all. We’re readying our house to move. It’s like a show home! And in the process, we rehomed our hens. They went back to their original home for breeding. So I’m missing my lap chickens. Granted, I currently have a duck and three large goslings roaming (and pooping prolifically… [Read More]

What Is a Merle Dog? I met a beautiful blue merle dog, a Great Dane this weekend, Harper. He’s everything a Great Dane should be – soft mouth, a leaner, huge, laid back. What is a merle dog? What have you heard about merles? I’ve heard that merles are prone to insanity. Is it true?… [Read More]

My Dog is Shedding Like Crazy! Do you have one of those dogs? The kind with the double coat? What do you do when your dog is shedding like crazy? Do you spend a lot of money for grooming? For de-furmination? Do you launder your dog? Comb or brush? Twelve years with an Australian shepherd… [Read More]

Liver Logs, New from Jones Natural Chews Today is a beautiful combination of two special things – a Tuesday giveaway and Talk Like a Pirate Day! The bulk of this post will be about Jones Natural Chews new Liver Logs (which your dog will smile about), but let’s take a second to recognize my favorite… [Read More]