Category Pet Stories

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…

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…