Dog Blog

What kind of New Year’s resolutions did you set for your dog? I have to admit, I did not set any. But I did write a list of goals before the new year, and some of them included my mutt. One of these goals is to enter my mutt into an agility competition. Notice I said enter him in a competition, not place in one. Another goal is to give him a bath every month. This is something I just haven’t taken the tim ...

I take my mutt for a walk every day. I’ve had him for almost a year and we’ve gone for a walk every day except for a few days when we traveled and also during the two-week road trip I took without my mutt. I live in Fargo, N.D. There is currently a windchill advisory predicting temperatures of -45 degrees. Officials are recommending no driving. When I walked my mutt this morning it was easily below 0. My ...

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I decided to foster a senior dog in November. I wanted an older dog, one that wouldn’t require too much exercise and could be left alone when I went to work. I chose an 8-year-old Staffordshire terrier (pitbull) named Ginger. She was sweet, got along fine with my mutt and tolerated my cat. She seemed like the perfect foster dog at first. I drove her home from the shelter and she sat calmly in the back seat of m ...