It was almost ten years ago when lymphoma took him from his beloved Wisconsin family (two adults and one small canine brother). He was just a few days away from celebrating his seventh birthday. His name was Simba and he was a dog, more specifically a morkie (yorkie-maltese mix). ...
Dogs
Seven Year Old Dog Sold To A Strange Woman-Story Unfolds At Portland Airport
Years ago in the Portland, Oregon airport I found myself waiting in line to go through security check. It was about 8:45 in the morning and it was busy. It seemed that everyone must have decided to take an early flight, because I have never seen the lines that...
A Dose of cuteness. Four Legged one lifts spirits. Few can resist smiling! How about you?
We met a few days ago, last Saturday mid morning to be exact. It wasn’t a place that one might expect to meet a four-legged friend. It was on someone’s front lawn . The Labrador German Sheppard mix lying on the grass next to a woman who was...
Beyond Distance, Beyond Time
Blog, Cats, Dogs, Wild Animals
Bert knew it in his bones when his best friend Celia, passed away. It was a feeling , a conviction, a knowing that he felt as he was walked barefooted along a beach. He checked the time on his cell phone. It was about 3 p.m. He received a...
Apologize Even When You Don’t Know Why?
There doesn’t seem to be a reason! You don’t know what happened. You haven’t a clue, and that is clue spelled with a capital “C.” Your beloved animal friend, companion and family member is creating a problem and therefore you have an issue that you didn’t have before. You...
Dog Interview – Part 2
This post is continued from Part 1. Q. How do you and Joseph resolve conflict? A. I usually win. I can bark, scratch, bite, which I seldom do, and ignore him. He hates it when I won’t sit next to him on the sofa or sleep next to him on the bed. Speaking...
Dog Interview – Part 1
This post is continued from Part 1.Wonder what your dog thinks? Curious what your cat is saying when it looks at you? What opinions does your beloved furry and feathery friends have? Many people believe that their animals think because they witness this and thus it is real for...
Do Animals Have Empathy? Really. Who Wants to Know?
Yes, I heard it on public radio one morning this week. Perhaps I was too tired and really misunderstood. Can people really be asking this question?!! The radio person who announced this story told the listeners that animal lovers readily accept the notion/understand that empathy and compassion are inherent...
Here Comes Simba– AGAIN!!
He was amazing. Lots of people say that about the dogs that they adore. Lots of people find their dogs and others pretty spectacular. And so it should be, shouldn’t it? The animals that love and give to us so freely and without inhibition surely deserved a little idolizing...
Please Don’t Mistake Small Size for Small Intelligence!
I don’t know why people do this, but many do. It seems that some people decide that small animals lack intelligence.Is it because their head size is small? Do these same people assume that humans who are short with little heads lack great intelligence? These two little sisters seem...