Doggedly surviving the winter of 2010
Here in the winter of our discontent in Baltimore — the snowiest city (believe it!) in the continental United States – we are getting by, getting sore and getting a little tired of it. Most dogs...
View ArticleThe art of peeing in the snow
There’s a heated debate going on about yellow snow over at “Unleashed,” the Baltimore Sun pets blog. It all got started when a reader — seeing no art whatsover in what happens when hot yellow dog...
View ArticleThat’s how he rides
I don’t need to tell you it’s hot — pretty much everywhere — but I did want to show you how Ace, as a result of that, has changed his riding style. On particularly hot days, which has been every day as...
View ArticleFlinging French fries in Fargo
There are things to do in Fargo, North Dakota. There’s the Celebrity Walk of Fame at the Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau, where Garth Brooks, Neil Diamond, Debbie Reynolds, Jesse Ventura...
View ArticlePolar Express: All hail breaks loose
With just two days left before Santa comes down the chiminea, even Arizona has decided it’s winter. The last few days in Cave Creek — where I’m living in a (contradiction in terms alert) stationary...
View ArticleDogs anticipate bad weather, and more
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows — at least not if you have a dog. Two-thirds of American pet owners say their pets have a sixth sense about bad weather, according to a...
View ArticleBack in Baltimore, looking for a home
The past week has been a hectic one, mostly spent avoiding snowstorms, seeking out landlines for radio interviews and, just when we thought our traveling was done, traveling some more. No sooner were...
View ArticleDog poop: Do I need to draw you a picture?
“All Over Albany” has noticed that dog poop is, well, all over Albany — and they’ve fashioned a helpful flow chart to help address the (fecal) matter. (Click on the illegible version above to be taken...
View ArticleMan finds his dog in debris left by tornado
After storms and tornadoes passed through North Alabama, Greg Cook rushed home. While there wasn’t much left of it, he was able to find his dog, Coco, in the debris. Cook crawled through a window of...
View ArticleDog found with owner’s body after tornado
When emergency workers found the body of tornado victim Carol Forste Friday in Amelia, Ohio, her dog Kush, was at her side. “Kush would not leave her deceased body’s side…stood right next to her until...
View ArticleTrainer charged in service dog’s heat death
Animal cruelty charges have been filed against an employee of a service animal training organization who police say left a dog in her car for two hours last month while she worked. Worthy, a 2-year-old...
View ArticleSnow, dogs and living in the moment
Dogs, among all the other things they teach us, show us how to live in the moment — to see the snow as something to be played in as opposed to something to be whined about. Then again, they don’t...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue yellow Lab from icy pond
Yesterday’s Washington Post had a great series of photos depicting the rescue of a yellow Lab who wandered into an icy pond in Potomac. A neighbor spotted the dog — named Tully — out his kitchen window...
View ArticleDoggedly surviving the winter of 2010
Here in the winter of our discontent in Baltimore — the snowiest city (believe it!) in the continental United States – we are getting by, getting sore and getting a little tired of it. Most dogs...
View ArticleColombian vice president declines ambassadorship — to stay home with dog
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon says he turned down an ambassadorship in Brazil because the climate there would not be healthy for his dog And when we say climate, we mean the weather. Garzon,...
View ArticleCold and cloudy, with a chance of beagles
Post by KOLR10 & Ozarks Local News. The newest member of the KOLR 10 news team in Springfield, Mo., is making the weather report much more interesting. Griffey belongs to KOLR meteorologist John...
View ArticleWoman and dog rescued as car goes under
A woman and her dog were pulled from their car Saturday, seconds after it disappeared under rising floodwaters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The car was about two-thirds submerged when some men on a boat...
View ArticleWhen is it too cold to leave pets outside? Whenever it’s too cold for you to...
Reports popped up across the country last week — both in the north and south — of dogs freezing to death after being left outside during a bitterly cold stretch of winter weather. As single-digit...
View ArticleDog’s tongue freezes to manhole cover
Be prepared to cringe a bit at this — just like you did with that flagpole scene in “A Christmas Story.” The unlucky dog was spotted attempting to pull her tongue free after it froze to a manhole cover...
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