Category Life With Dogs

There is something about having a dog that gets even better as we get older. Maybe it’s because somewhere along the way, we stop needing every day to be exciting. We begin to appreciate quiet mornings. Comfortable clothes. Sitting outside…

Dogs don’t need words to tell us how they feel. They tell us in the little things. It’s the dog who follows you into the kitchen even though you aren’t making anything interesting. It’s the sleepy head that somehow ends…

Halloween is supposed to be fun. Someone apparently forgot to tell the dogs that. While we’re carving pumpkins, filling candy bowls, and trying to remember where we put the decorations from last year, some dogs are approaching October 31 like…

There was a time when a good day meant going somewhere. There needed to be plans, people to see, errands to run, or something interesting happening. Staying home all day could almost feel like I was wasting it. I don’t…

Before you bring a dog home, you have rules. Good rules. Sensible rules. The dog won’t be allowed on the furniture. There will be no begging at the table. Dog toys will stay neatly in one place, and under absolutely…

When you first get a dog, you may have certain standards. The couch will stay clean. Dogs won’t sleep in the bed. You’ll never be one of those people who talks to a dog like it’s another person. And there…

Before you lived with dogs, you probably had certain ideas about how things would be. The dog would sleep in their own bed. You wouldn’t feed them from your plate. Your furniture would remain relatively clean. And you certainly wouldn’t…

Living with dogs changes your definition of normal. You stop questioning why there is a dog watching you make a sandwich. You learn to step over sleeping bodies without waking them. You discover that certain words can no longer be…