Pet Ownership Benefits and Drawbacks

It turns out that sometimes the pet ownership benefits either aren't as strong as we often believe or the drawbacks can be worse for some people. A recent

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Book Review: Inside of a Dog

Friday’s eureka-moment post about Lilly’s summertime fears of the house comes from something I read in Alexandra Horowitz’s book “Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and

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Canine Gravity for Stressful Times

Pressures of modern life — be they related to work, families, political climate, or global catastrophes — make a girl wish she could simply float away for a

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Fearful Dogs and Human Emotion

We’ve long established that Lilly, our canine heroine, responds to every shift around her. That’s true at home. It’s true when we’re out in public. It’s true in

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Love Seat Geometry

More often than not lately, in a pathetic state, I curl up on the love seat after dinner. Lilly often joins me, either spooning with the backs of

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Fanning the Flames

Maybe I look like I’m holding my breath a lot, but people often remind me to BREATHE amid all the stress that continues unabated, going on 15 months

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Quit Making Me Cry, People!

Seriously, I’m a weepy disaster most days from stress and fatigue, but I swear my fellow bloggers and dog friends are wearing me down with sad tales. Empathy

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