Pet Adoptions in the Time of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Do any of you work in a veterinarian’s office or shelter? If so, what are the words that you wish you could forbid people...
Preparing Your Fireworks-Phobic Dog for July 4th
The July 4 holiday is almost upon us – a source of distress for many dogs, with its days and days of popping and...
Happy Gotcha Day, Otto
I adopted Otto from my local shelter on June 16, 2008. He was an estimated 7 months old when I met him. He had...
Volunteering with a therapy dog? Look out for fake registries.
I love the idea of therapy dogs – that is, dogs who have a special affinity for humans, who love nothing more than to...
What’s your charitable dog cause?
When it comes to our spare time, we all find different things to become involved with – different causes grab us for different reasons....
Lost Dogs and Questions Without Answers
Why do “stray” dogs always seem to appear when you have the least amount of time to deal with them?
In your experience, what proportion...
Lawns: A Dog Owner’s Guilty Pleasure
I think it’s been pretty well established that lawns are environmentally unfriendly. They require massive amounts of water. Fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides get carried...
Helping Dogs Adjust to Being Home Alone Again
Though many people who have been sheltering in place for weeks report being confused as to the day of the week, I have been...
New World Order, Puppy Edition
In a world where maintaining safe social distances is going to be the new normal for a while, there are a number of dog-related...
Watching Your Dog Age Is Hard
Barbara Dobbins, my friend and frequent contributor to WDJ,
once wrote a post
for this space that described how her senior Border Collie, Daisy, had earned...
Puppy Potty Training: Simple, But Not Easy
The litter of 10 pups that my good friend was fostering for
our local shelter at her home had a spay/neuter surgery date, and I...
Pet Food Shortages? Don’t Panic
I read an article the
other day about a pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, shutting
down due to hundreds of workers becoming infected...
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Take the Canine Good Citizen Test
I have been aware of the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen program for ages, and I always imagined that my dogs would rather...