Your Dog Doggie 101 LittleBird Kathy’s dogs Sugar and Buster, BFFs obviously. Maybe this new course on Dog Cognition can tell us what they’re talking about. / MyLittleBird photo. Not sure yet what to think about this, but Dr. Steve,…
Tags: Nancy McKeon
says. Two of Sajery’s clients got creative. “One would bring her dog over and they could hang out together and then get walked together. The dogs were separated at night and had their owners.” A dog’s ability to adapt to…
Tags: health, healthy living
…“Cat Person” led to an outpouring of comments and questions about cat people (versus dog people)—with many echoing the general consensus: cat people are more introverted than dog people. Although dogs may “expand your social circle in the real world”—because…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
at a reasonable hour. Now this dog, this ideal dog, has to be kinda old, with a little less bounce in his step, just like his owner. I adopted my last dog, Jeremiah, at age 9 (his age, not mine),…
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Step-dog Tallula probably can’t read, but she tries her best to respect the neighborhood flora. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. THERE’S AN ART to walking a dog in a city neighborhood like this one. With a few grand exceptions, Washington’s…
…to loose your dog. I say that as the grandmother of the magnificent Lula the Murderess, a Plott Hound-Lab mix who is conducting a brief stay, and of whom I am fond enough to sleep even though she stinks at the…
…not a “wrong dog.” Please don’t misinterpret: Puppies are adorable creatures, and I join the oohing and aahing when a new little life arrives at the dog park. But I didn’t have to housebreak my older dog, Jeremiah, whom I adopted…
Tags: Nancy McKeon, well-being
…oxytocin to fall,” wrote Zak. With dogs, previously owning pets “seems to have trained our brains to bond with them.” Dogs also reduced stress hormones better than cats, which “may tell us why people who own dogs are judged as…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…stopping to toss the baggie in the corner trashcan. Mornings I was to take her to the doggy hill in Central Park to network with other dogs and their owners before they left for their offices. I had looked forward…
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…to let us in. We peered through the leaded-glass window into the dimness of the foyer. No sign of anyone, even the dog, who must’ve been in his kennel by the laundry room. I rang again, calling to the dog…
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THE SAINTED JEREMIAH, as one friend called my good old dog, died in December 2017 at age 14. For a St. Bernard mix that wasn’t bad, right? But even better: He lives on! In a goofy but ultimately satisfying way….
Tags: Nancy McKeon, shopping
ago. She’s still looking for it.” Damn cat. Where’s that damn cat? I know you’re around somewhere. Come out here so I can eat you, she’s saying. I speak dog. Or grand-dog, to be precise. Baby and her Personal Prince…
The dogwood path at the National Arboretum in Washington DC begins. / Photo by Stephanie Cavanaugh. Blue Shadow Dogwood, seen at the National Arboretum in Washington DC. / Photos by Stephanie Cavanaugh. The fountain at the end of the dogwood…
iStock MEDITATION IS so in right now. That and yoga. And eating yogurt with probiotics for a healthy digestive tract. And suddenly it is very important to be mindful. Mindfulness is definitely in. Wanting to be in,…
Tags: Andrea Rouda, mindfulness
… A splash? A dividend? One more? A dollop for you, Commodore? Life’s dinginess dissolves like fog. Aunt Ag slips Triscuits to the dog. Clearness returns, as in a pool where color trembles,…
Tags: book excerpts, books, Weekend Reading
…all the while the dog is pulling to get a move on already. It’s hard to do without letting go of the umbrella, the dog or the poop—or all three. (Though I must say it’s entertaining to watch…someone else.) A lot…
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even doggie dogs displaying their bones. The butler here in Chevy Chase, Maryland, is happy to serve his master pup. / MyLittleBird photo. A Georgetown student rental house put its ground floor to use, projecting skulls, even waltzing skeletons (next…
Tags: decorating ideas, holidays
…scary dogs will soon be gone (go visit while you can), but the first-edition dog books, dog and horse paintings and, of course, leashes and collars and fleece coats for winter will be there for you whenever you stop by….
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