Veterinary Expectations

Monday, Dr. Patty Khuly at Dolittler posted a piece called “Top 10 Reasons to Break Up With Your Vet”. Here’s one I’ve been pondering lately based not only

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Lilly, The Larva Rancher

Fair warning … if you are at all squeamish, stop reading now. But, if a little gross humor sounds like fun, pull up a bale of hay and

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Dog People and Politics

I got a press release last week announcing that an AKC poll says Barack Obama‘s family should get a poodle, mostly because of allergy concerns with his daughters.

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Shelter Shopping

While putting together our evacuation plan, I needed to look up some phone numbers of local shelters. As I clicked around, I realized that one of them uses

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Who me? Getting OCD?

Lilly’s regimented behavior modification plan may help her overcome her generalized anxiety, social phobia, sound sensitivity, and other fear-based issues, including snarking at other dogs. BUT, I think

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Taking Dog-Dog Issues Seriously: Another cautionary tale

Last Friday, one of my canine nieces underwent surgery to repair a compound fracture in one of her rear legs. Daisy, a poodle-yorkie mix (apparently known as Yoodles

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On the Scale of Dog Loyalty

By now, you’ve likely heard news reports about the German Shepherd who stayed with her owner’s body for 6 weeks, after the man committed suicide in a rural

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Dog Character in Joe Coomer Novel Pegs Fearful Dogs

My local library recently went through a lobby renovation that allows people to check out books themselves and to pick up any held items from a public area.

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Curses Upon Their Cheesy Heads

Cheese plays a tremendous role here at Champion of My Heart. I hide pills in cheese for easier medication dispensing. I use cheese as training food. We’re a

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Why the Focus on Sit-Stay

Loyal reader and occasional classmate Claire asked in her comment Friday: “Just curious — what’s the idea underlying all of the sit-stay work?” I bet a lot of

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