Blog – Mrs. Meadys

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Confession: I'm jealous of my dog, DJ. Not because the women fawn all over him, or that he's got a full head of hair, or that he's bold and fearles...

Metoo, the Canine Version

The way I see it, the canine Metoo movement always lurked beneath the furry coats of our dog buddies. Just that it's more like the toddler version ...

Eating Like a Dog

It was perplexing: Why wouldn't my dog, DJ, eat out of a bowl like any other well-mannered graduate of private canine obedience school? I noticed o...

Life With a Dog is Good

As the years sail into the sunset like dust in the wind, I'm becoming more like a dog.But that's good.Except when I'm eating. That's not so good.L...

Dogs Are Like

Dogs are like accountants. They thrive in an orderly world. But they’re also like anarchists - seeking mayhem, destroying property, eating tax bill...

Born Free?

Such a strange thing when you think about it: Sharing your life with another species, namely a cat or dog. And yet we think nothing of it. Mundane ...

Preventing Problems Before

I’ve never been one of those guys who runs to the vet every time their dog sneezes. Don't see why. The remarkable thing about a dog's body is how f...

Days of Heaven

What kid hasn't whined for a dog?What parent hasn't caved?"You’ll have to walk it every day.”“I promise.”Right.A dog is a rite of passage, a corner...

Know Your Neighbors: With a Dog

I live on 123 Any Street, Anytown, Canada and it’s nice. On weekends neighbors mow the lawn, walk the dog, carpool the kids to hockey. Slices of li...

A Dog Discovers

“How's DJ liking the new place?” Pudge asked over a heaping platter of smoke meat. “McLovin’ it, “ I answered, stealing a fry off his platter of p...

Adding Years To Your Pet's Life

He jumps like a grasshopper and floats like a bee. Don't call him old, especially when he flashes his pearly whites and cozies up to the ladies. Th...

Darwinian Plans

My first Big Dream was to free all the world's oppressed people and live in a castle surrounded by a moat filled with alligators. When that fell th...