Should dogs (or their owners) make New Year’s Resolutions? Although dogs note the passage of time differently than we do, mostly by seasons, and when we are home more on the weekends, do they note the year?
Dog Stairs
Does your dog look at you, pleading for help as he contemplates jumping onto the couch or bed? Does he hesitate to jump down?
After Christmas – Green Poop!
Chipper left me a big surprise today when he laid several bright green poops. Although this could be a sign of intestinal problems, or eating too much green material, such as grass
Coon Hound Paralysis
What the ….” I stopped my bicycle in the middle of the forest preserve trail as my three-year-old springer spaniel tried to run alongside. She pumped her back legs hard, but moved in slow motion, her back end not able to keep up with her front legs.
Fall Illnesses in Dogs
After having dogs for my entire life, of over fifty years, I’ve noticed a weird trend. Most of my dogs have become ill from October through December. Here’s the list:
Jinxed
I jinxed myself with the post about skunks. A few nights ago, Chipper got skunked. I had been lucky for decades. I think the skunk was outside our fence, since he didn’t get sprayed too badly, but it did hit his face. Then he ran up to Buffy and rubbed his face on her back. What a mess!
Salivary Gland Disease
One day in the middle of May, Buffy refused to get out of bed and go for a walk. The night before she had been slow on our evening walk, not acting like her normal bouncy self, but I figured that she just ate something that didn’t agree with her and would recover quickly.
The vet sampled her swollen neck glands and warned me of the possibility of lymphatic cancer.
Dogs and Skunks – How to Prevent the Stink
I’ve been extremely fortunate to not have had any of my dogs sprayed by a skunk in the over fifty years that I have had dogs (knock on wood). Several of my dogs have met a skunk while walking loose in 
the woods or camping and amazingly they listened when I called them to me!
Water Dogs
I love water dogs, the one’s that can’t stay out of the water. I’ve had several and have learned that there are swimmers, waders, and one’s that can’t stand to even get their paws wet.
