Adventures in Dog Biscotti

As a special treat, I attempted some dog-friendly biscotti this weekend. It’s mostly peanut butter and whole wheat, and it looked pretty easy. I ended up making 2

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A new treat vendor we like

One of the problems with boutique dog bakeries is that the food, while super wholesome, rarely comes in training treat sizes. So, imagine my joy at meeting Judy

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Meet Diane and Gracie

I’ve met a lot of service dogs over the years, but until this weekend I’d never meet an Italian Greyhound working in a service capacity. And, I fell

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More on Calming Music for Dogs

So, we’ve had our CD of special dog-calming music (Through a Dog’s Ear: Music to Calm Your Canine Companion) for a couple weeks now. It’s about an hour

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2 Requests

I need your help. Heading into spring, I’m working on 2 projects, and I need examples, ideas, and advice on a couple of topics. Feel free to link

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McDevitt Defends CU Training

Personally, I’ve not heard or read about people criticizing Leslie McDevitt’s training methods, but I guess some people are. Last week, in her Yahoo Group, she posted this

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Shopping notes again

Seriously, I have to stop looking at dog t-shirts. This is getting silly. While working on a potential writing project, I looked on Cathy Lester’s website about her

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Some “experts” are idiots

Recently, I received a plea for help from a colleague with a dog dilemma. Just a week before her daughter’s wedding, the groom’s mother suggested putting down the

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Calming Music for Dogs

Noise of the modern world is akin to second-hand cigarette smoke. It poses a danger to us and our dogs, according to the authors of “Through a Dog’s

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Speaking of age-related things

I originally pitched and sold this magazine article about 18 months ago. The idea sold right away. I researched and wrote it. I even got paid (quite well,

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