Tag Archives: pets
Unless you have a tortoise, or maybe a long-lived bird, as a pet owner the odds are good you will have to say goodbye to said pet at some point in your journey together. Not to disparage the level of attachment you may feel for the pet of your choice (and given the variety of…
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away. Actually, no – many years ago in a town not so far away my daughter who was then seven decided that she wanted a pet of her own. We had a dog and two cats but they belonged to the family and she wanted her…
Samson the cat is over 15, no spring chicken in cat years. But he is still spry and active. He manages to jump on the counter when we are not looking and likes to follow along when we walk the dogs. He’s not as fat as he once was and in older cats a little…
I have always had cats and I would say I am neither a cat person nor a dog person. I like both for different reasons and I like having both. In particular I like the esthetic quality of cats around a house, they add something visually to the landscape of a room or garden that…
You can know your dog very well, you can trust them with your life really but there are just some things that you can’t predict in their behavior. You just never know what they are going to do. People say that a lot when it comes to general pit bull breeds. ‘Sure,’ they say, ‘you…
I write a lot about animals that I like, dogs and cats and in particular my dogs and cats because I have an active relationship with them. I know them well, I observe their behavior, we interact. I find them interesting and I love them, probably this is connected. But I live in a place…
People say that if you want to experience true, unconditional love you should get a dog. I say be careful about what kind of dog you get because they might just break your heart. I have three dogs at present and I would say only one truly provides unconditional love. One of the dogs is…
I had three dogs, and then I had two and now I have three again. I suppose because I am crazy. It’s a lot of dogs. When I had three before, the little lost doggie was a bad dog and though we loved him, we loved him in the way you love your crazy relatives:…
California is a dry state. Dry in the sense that we don’t get loads of rain, we do plenty of drinking. There are a lot of parts of California so saying that it is just one thing is a bit of a generalization I know, and I am going to make the statement anyway. We…
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