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
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.
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
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
At the Sound of the Tone, the Time Will Be
Part of fixing Lilly’s nighttime anxiety behaviors at home required restructuring our evenings to prevent any conflict over coming inside and to encourage her to remain in the
Yawn Talking
Knock on wood, so far we’ve seen no real side-effects from Lilly’s new medicines (clomipramine & alprazolam). One thing we have noticed, however, is that she’s rather talkative.
Lonely, Lonely Summer
Gosh, could I be any more isolated this summer? Between gas prices limiting my driving, other economic woes affecting my budget, Tom spending long hours several days a
Split, Don’t Lump
As the parsing of stimuli continues, I find myself also splitting out individual behaviors from their many partners for sanity’s sake. Take the hubbub at the door before
Tribute to Onchu
I’m sad to report the passing of my friends’ (Jess and Linda) lovely sheltie, Onchu (pronounced Awn-shoo, which is Gaelic and translates roughly as “mighty dog”). He was