With every dog, I seem to learn about different diseases. My parent’s dogs never seemed to get sick until they were quite old, and then they’d euthanize them. My sister’s cocker is still very healthy at 15. Maybe I just have bad luck. I feed them a higher quality dog food than the rest of … Read more
Buffy, my 9-year old cocker spaniel, started bumping into the walls on Sunday morning—meaning she was blind. This has happened before, but each time it’s worse. Buffy has glaucoma and only one eye. She had her first eye removed at the end of June after glaucoma caused her to lose her vision and drugs no … Read more
The death of the pug placed in an overhead compartment during a United Airlines flight in mid-March was a tragedy. The flight attendant demanded the pet owner place the pet carrier in the overhead compartment because it was too large to fit fully under the seat. The owner argued, but finally obeyed. Passengers state that … Read more
I have attended the last three BlogPaws conferences, half of these with dogs (I brought my dogs on the last day to my first conference). I’ve learned a few things on what can make this a pleasant experience for both you and your pets. Is your pet healthy? Obviously, you wouldn’t bring an unhealthy pet … Read more
At 1:30 in the morning, I heard my cocker spaniel, Buffy, pacing my bedroom. She never does that. Normally, she hardly moves since, in the winter, I often cover her with a towel and it is still in place when I get up in the morning. I heard her nails clicking on the spaces between … Read more
Why do some dogs like to eat frozen poop? I’ll confess my cocker spaniels, Buffy and Chipper, used to eat poop, and not just the frozen kind—sometimes fresh out of the oven! I saw Chipper stand inches from Buffy’s butt while she stooped over, then he gobbled it up as soon as it hit the … Read more
By Stanley Coren A few of our dogs stand out as exceptional—changing our lives in some way. For psychologist Stanley Coren, that was Flint, a gray Carin Terrier, the same breed as Toto in The Wizard of Oz. Coren had many episodes as a child that led him to study psychology and dogs. One was … Read more
“There’s the Buffy cat.” I announced to my cocker spaniel, Buffy, while we sat on the enclosed, heated front porch. My husband and I call this feral cat, the Buffy cat, because it is the same buff color as Buffy. I’m sure you do that too. Black and white tuxedo cats with a white blaze, … Read more
We used to call it road salt or just salt. That was when the only thing available was rock salt (sodium chloride). Now, there are so many formulations, many of which say “Environmentally Friendly,” or “Safe for Pets.” But are they? My elderly mom used to put down loads of rock salt between her back … Read more
