Tag Archives: Dogs

Leaving on a jet plane

Soooo, who did decide that nine minutes was the most appropriate time for a snooze on an alarm clock? Who is this person, Abby, Zoey and I want to know. Inquiring minds want to know!!! God I absolutely hate, hate, hate leaving Abby in NY when she knows exactly what is happening. She sees the […]

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What We’re Going to Have to Deal With

So the dogs that are being auctioned off on Saturday are now online.  Wow, what a frightening list!  If you can believe this, there are 15 pages (!) worth of dogs being auctioned, almost all of which have sired or whelped dozens of puppies since the mill started operating about 7 years ago.  Many, many […]

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A Horrible Website

If you want to be horrified, go to kennelspotlight.com.  It’s written from the perspective of a puppy mill owner/breeder and is as you would expect.  Perusing the articles on the front page make clear that kennel and mill owners view their animals as just that, animals, meant to live in the wild, prey on weaker […]

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Two Hearts Are Better Than One

Why did we even think about getting Zoey in the first place?  It was because our older dog, Abby, was displaying extreme separation anxiety when I would leave in the morning (I am always last out of the house), pouting, laying on the bed, and generally being unresponsive.  There was no question that she was […]

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Zoey Takes a Toke of Central Park

I have been walking the girls around the neighborhood and taking them to the community garden.  We are having a bit of a heat wave here in the city so I saw the playground across the street and saw little Z all overheated.  Luckily, one of the good things about this tiny park is that […]

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Why you should Adopt (and not Shop) for a dog

-25% of the dogs in the pound are purebred. -Number of cats and dogs entering a shelter each year 6-8 million -Average number of cats and dogs adopted out each year from the shelter:  4-6 million -Average number of cats and dogs euthanized each year:  4-6 million

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