“The Crate” Or How Urban Legends Get Started

“The Crate” Or How Urban Legends Get Started

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The weather has been stellar in Chicago this week and the neighborhood kids have started emerging from their houses to play together outside.  Our house tends to be party central for K and two of her neighborhood buddies. Here is living proof that sometimes spending too much time with her mother can get K into [...]

My So-Called Domestic Life: A Cat’s Perspective

My So-Called Domestic Life: A Cat’s Perspective

A Day in the Life Of Sabine

As dictated by Sabine (the cat) and transcribed by Renee (the Mom) & K (the Kid) A cat’s life is never easy. I find it ironic that although cats have exceptional intellects, the domestic breed has  comparably small bodies.  It is my opinion that, with the exception of the common house mouse, the smaller the [...]

Can you really teach on old dog new tricks?

E & J, You were both right and I was wrong. Had I listened to your advice in the first place, I would have saved myself quite few blisters and embarrassing moments with my dog. Thank you for getting me to the right place. You saved me quite a bit of $$ and my ego.

I said that I would never get a dog!

Will she be able to overcome her hatred for other members of the canine community or will we be doomed to walk this dog at odd hours of the day and night? Is this simply a lack of self esteem? Or was Maya attacked by a gang of Pugs in her past and continues to hold a grudge?