From Show Dog to Tripaw
In the late summer of 2010, I flew from our long-time Alaskan home to Seattle to pick up a very special delivery – an eight-week-old, 20-pound Akita puppy. He was tired and cautious after his long flight from Ohio, but…
"Helping Pets Live their Best Lives"
"Helping Pets Live their Best Lives"
Cat Perception
When I wrote my last blog about the way dogs perceive things, I said I would give it a go about cats as well, and here we are. Truthfully, I don’t know as much about cats because I’ve always been…
My Shelter Dog Experience
Facebook is evil, right? For all its shortcomings, issues and “hacks,” I’ll never say that. Facebook introduced me to the canine love of my life. In December of 2009, I was scrolling through my Facebook (FB) timeline and came across…
The Charmed Life of Ulysses
I casually dropped into a previous post that I brought a purple chipmunk back to a friend in Peru. He’s recently got himself a puppy, and my plan was to put myself in the good graces of said puppy. Well,…
How Dog Senses Are Different Than Ours
Part of how I’m supporting myself in Peru is through teaching English online. It’s a simple format; most of my students like to read daily news articles. I like it because it keeps me abreast of some of the finer…
Not the Same for the Family Dogs
As a traveler, I’ve become a bit of a loner. I visit countries solo with the assumption that I’ll meet people through my projects, and usually intense relationships form with the rapidness of shared desperation. When we part ways, we…