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Dog Owners Will Survive this Pandemic

So here we go again, another seismic shock a la 9/11, another slice off the good ole days of yore. Poker with your buddies, coffee with the usual ...

A Dog Makes You Feel Like the Center of the Universe

“What’s your problem, DJ?" I cried. "Never saw someone pee before?” DJ threw me the ole canine classic what-I-do-now look, turned his head to the ...

The Joys of Dog Walking in the Neighborhood

When you're a dog-walker, you feel like the neighborhood is your show, a stage where we are all but actors. It's a beautiful day in the neighborho...

Dogs Play Mind Games on People

Sometimes I feel like the dumbest person alive; getting outwitted by a dog. Again. Worse yet, not even realizing it. I'm telling you, dogs are the...

The Social Benefits of Owning a Dog

There's dog groomers, dog walkers, dog sitters, doggy daycare, how about rent-a-doggy for singles? Though I say this in half-jest, it's a natural....

Recapturing Childhood When You Have a Dog

Once upon a time, a sense of wonder pervaded our very existence. Things like rainbows, cloud formations, the whiskers on Grandma's chin, it was ...

How Dogs Use Their Mouths

I must have the grimiest collection of canine-saliva-coated tennis balls in the city. You see, I live near an elementary school and a park where e...

The Responsibilities of Owners for their Cat or Dog

If you ask me, the whole point to pet ownership is to enjoy the fulfilling benefits of nonjudgmental companionship. But if that experience will st...

Why Your Dog Needs to be Socialized

It's the social gene that binds man and dog. We're both species that live in packs, dogs just seem to be better team players. They also have a bett...

4 Ways to Get Picky Cats and Dogs to Eat Anything

Like the title of iconic dog-trainer, Barbara Woodhouse's best-seller, "No Bad Dogs," I think there should be a book called, "No Picky-Eating Dogs...

Dogs Need a Pack Leader

I'll tell you one thing. Dogs aren't Democrats, Putin is more their style. Canis lupus familiaris understands one thing above all: the Alpha rules....