“I’m breaking up with my boyfriend because he refuses to let my Bichon share the bed with us when he sleeps over. I’ve had Maggie for ten years, but have been with him for just a year. I told him that she was here long before he was!” A Bichon Frise is a small white …
I noticed last year I was suffering from writer’s block. My blog sucked and had a hard time putting on my Funny Blogger hat (there is literally a hat for that) and churning out some amusing anecdotes. I traced the source of my creative malaise back to the death of my dog, Chewie the Chihuahua. …
Halloween costumes for pets are big business. They are an intersect between the seven-billion-dollar Halloween industry and the sixty-billion-dollar pet industry. We love our cats and dogs, and we love to dress them up in costumes, too. While they make cat costumes, it’s easier to get toothpaste back in the tube than to put a Mario …
Every family is different. Learning from how other families work is an important part of growing up. In Claudia Schmidt’s case, this was especially true for family pets. Read more from Claudia on her blog, My Left Breast. My mother was a snob. A literary snob, the worst kind. She never had to resort to …
Naming your dog? So you don’t want to give your dog an ordinary name like Fido or Spot. And you love books. So, naturally, you turn to your favorite literary classics when it’s time to name the new puppy. The result? This list of actual canine names inspired by literature (from The Giant Book of Dog …
