Dog Writings General!

The Kneecap Rule!

We have had to be very cautious with giving Ray chew toys because not only does he destroy them, but he is also a “gulper” (he does not chew). We had an incident with a “heavy duty” animal bone which he proceeded to break into sharp fragments! We took it away from him before he attempted to swallow a piece! Continue reading →

Thanks… I think!

To all you people who tried to divert some of your snow to us, would you please try a little harder? Continue reading →

A Dog’s Life?

The expression “It’s a dog’s life” means that life is hard; unpleasant; unrewarding,  and apparently has 16th century origins when dog’s were working animals and treated as such.  It was also the original title for the book about Ray “Who Said I was up for Adoption?”, because of the blatant contradiction between a “dog’s life” and Ray’s life! Continue reading →

Body Language!

In 2013 Ray lunged at, and grabbed, our neighbor’s arm. It was a very bad misreading of body language (The full story is in his book – see right side of screen). Continue reading →

Enlightened… yet again!

I have noted on a number of Posts about Ray’s unfortunate habit of going up to somebody he knows, and suddenly going through his lunge and bark routine. Continue reading →

Loss of a friend.

I have read a number of Posts recently in the social media about the sad loss of various family dogs. Continue reading →

Turkey Time – Part 2

This time, the bag of shredded turkey meat was thawed well in advance of the planned walk! Continue reading →