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…
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…
…the bond,” Giacoppo 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…
Tags: health, healthy living
…adopt another dog asap, and because my two children have huge hearts, they encouraged me to adopt a rescue dog. The shelter was only two miles from where I’d gone to buy organic grass fed beef from Ron, a farmer…
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…about “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…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…me out of bed 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…
Tags: Nancy McKeon, well-being, women's issues
…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…
…it’s 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…
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…The Speckled Terrazzo Pup Dip Dog Pool, engineered with no inflatable elements to withstand doggie paws (those nails, you know, but they should still be trimmed). It’s $45 at the Minnidip site. If pink will complement your peonies, the…
…caused 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…
Tags: health, healthy living, Mary Carpenter
…rain ponchos are $12.99. / MyLittleBird photo. The Big Bad Woof (6960 Maple Street NW, Takoma D.C.) sells cake pops and doggie donuts from Bubba Rose Biscuit Company. / MyLittleBird photo. Things From Egypt . . . and Beyond (7002…
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TWO DOGGIE GALAS on our calendar for June. The Washington Animal Rescue League–a/k/a the place where I adopted Jeremiah, my now-11-year-old St. Bernard mix–is marking its 101st year in existence by holding its 101 Gala on June 13, 2015. The…
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…we journalists say, she always buried the lede: Dear Daughter, We’re all fine. The weather is fine. Hope you are fine. Love, Mother P.S. The dog died. That was hard to top, but I also remain fond of “P.S. Aunt…
Tags: Mother's Day, Rita Kempley
…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
…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 Pete…
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…
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
…ABOVE: Who do you love? Your pup! Your dog can chew to his heart’s content with this Red Heart Rope Dog Toy ($14, Terrain), which is kind of like doggie dental floss. Manufacturer Jax and Bones is devoted to the…
Tags: janet kelly, Valentine's Day gift
…Both of these doggie items–a wooden pooch to hold your house keys and a cast-iron greyhound door stop–are in one lot, with a pre-auction estimate of $600 to $900. / MyLittleBird photo. Interiors, and discovering that everything you find tempting…
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