When you go to this site, you will see a dog looking at you. Underneath the dog is a box, where you can type commands for the dog, and he will do tricks for you! Type in some of the common ones like sit, down, etc. Then try a nonsense word like “zoiwher” and see what happens. When you’re done playing, type “kiss” to get your reward!
(OK, yes, this is technicallyan ad, but you don’t have to click on the ad to enjoy the puppy doing cool tricks.)
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
There’s been so much interest in the indoor potty patch posts, I thought maybe it would be fun to do a poll on the subject.
Continue reading Saturday Survey: Where is your dog’s bathroom?
According to a recent story in the Canton Repository, kudos are due to Jada, a mixed breed who lives here in Canton with Tabitha Billings. Seems an intruder broke into their home and threatened Tabitha and her 3-year old son with a gun.
Poor Maggie. We were out of town Friday & Saturday. (Proud mom moment: my oldest son’s softball team won the state championship! Great picture here of him sliding into 2nd. )
But I digress – back to Maggie. We left her sister’s pills on the kitchen table for the sitter, and Maggie ate not only all of the medication, but also half of the plastic bottle as well.
Just before we got home, she apparently brought back up everything she’d eaten for the past week, so we had a lovely odor to come home to, and she didn’t feel quite up to par all day Sunday.
She was so funny – she didn’t want her food, but she wanted to make sure no one else got it, either. I’d let all four of them into the kitchen for their food, and she would just dance around her dish until I picked it up and put it out of reach of the other dogs, then she would go lie down and sleep until time to go out again.
But, she was feeling much better this morning, and gobbled her food like there was no tomorrow, so I guess she’ll live.
Remember, this is the same dog that cost me $1600 in emergency surgery to have what looked like a paper clip on the X-ray removed from her stomach over a holiday weekend a few years ago. (Ended up being a kid’s toy piece that had a piece of metal inside so it would stick to a magnet. Would have eventually passed with no problem…probably.)
I keep waiting for her to learn not to eat things that make her sick, but I think maybe her humans need better training on not leaving things out where she can get them!
Until next time,
Good day, and good dog!
We’ve all seen movies or pictures where young children tumble on an impossibly green lawn (free of dog poop), frolicking with a litter of puppies. The reality, however, isn’t always that pretty. Puppies nip. Children pull tails. So, how does your dog do around children?
Research has shown that secondhand smoke is linked to certain cancers and allergies in dogs. Now WebMD reports that many smokers are willing to try to quit if it means it will improve their pets’ health.
If you’ve been following along this week, you will remember the post from Thursday that talks about chaining dogs to their doghouses for hours on end. But, I do realize that if you don’t have a fence, you may not have options, so I’m not judging! I thought it might make an interesting poll question though. Please participate below.
Continue reading Saturday Survey: Do You Chain Your Dog Outside?
OK, my dogs like to chase baseballs, tennis balls, basically anything that moves. But I think Bertie, a Pointer mix from England, has them beat. Continue reading Dog eats NINE golf balls
Different dogs I’ve had all have had distinctive barks. How does yours sound?
Continue reading Saturday Survey: How does your dog bark when he’s excited?
It used to be I couldn’t watch the lottery’s TV show because my dog would bark her head off every time the bells dinged indicating someone had won. I’ve also had dogs that loved to watch dog shows. Have you ever had a dog join you in the easy chair for a show?