Tip: Inexpensive soft-sided crates (Bed Bath & Beyond)

Thanks to Arlene, who belongs to the Baggage Agility Yahoo Group, here’s a tip. Bed Bath & Beyond has some inexpensive soft-sided crates for just $20. Sadly, they

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Another news item that makes me go … hmmmm

You can now rent a dog for a few hours or up to a week. It’s touted as a way to give homeless animals an option other than

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Typhoid Lil, the return

Last week, we made a mad dash to the veterinarian. Lilly suffered from both tapeworms (as a result of catching and eating things in the pasture) and a

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Puppy in chief

Lilly now has her own business cards to help promote the blog. The plan is to hand them out to people we meet on the street to help

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SNAKE!

Yesterday afternoon, I sat out on the back deck to re-read the final Harry Potter book. (I read it cover to cover on Saturday, but I always immediately

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Dog books are HUGE

An article in yesterday’s New York Times notes the hot dog-book market. It’s something those of us in the dog world have known for years. In fact, it’s

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Time magazine dog essay causes stir

An essay by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen from the July 2, 2007, issue of Time caused a stir and a growing pile of hate mail, it seems. In “Demoting

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No camp this year

After much consideration and feedback from “Take my poll, please,” I’ve decided to skip this summer’s agility camp in Colorado. I really want to go. Yet, I’m torn.

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Mind your knees

Lilly molested a man in public last Saturday. While shopping at our local farmer’s market, she gave a grandpa-dude quite a shock by kissing the backs of his

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Happy Birthday, Lilly and Ginko

So, happy birthday, Lilly and Ginko. This year Ginko will be 7. Lilly will be 3. After our very old Dalmatian dieWe don’t really know Lilly’s birthday, but

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