This is Maggie, and she’s sensitive. Not sensitive in that she needs a comforting pet when a loud truck zooms by or that she loves hugs. Those are both true, but Maggie is an ESP (extrasensory pupper). She sees dead people. Maybe you have your own ESP. When Maggie barks in the middle of the […]
Rudy, tag champ
This is Rudy, and he loves to play tag. He’s got that fantastic, Lemmy-esque head of hair that catches the wind while he shreds the grass and mulch and porch beneath his feet, and you can almost hear him wailing Ace of Spades while sister Mattie’s the perfect accompaniment, jammin on drums as she goes […]
Bamboo, the cure
Oh, Bam, the cure for any Monday feelings He don’t care what day of the week it is or what the clock says – he just knows it’s walk time! (with a side of bear hug/growly toy time) I felt like we should’ve had the Rocky theme playing for us today – as we wound […]
Bamboo, know his name
My boy Bamboo has long been the face of the Critter Chronicler but has remained a mystery so far. No longer! He’ll answer to Bam or Boo, Bamboo if he’s being naughty, Booby for silly times, Whoa Black Betty Bamba Lamb if the music strikes him, but never Bambi – that gets the fangs bared […]
Celebrity Doppelgangers
Lulu vs. Adam Driver (photo from wtop.com) Our pets are celebrities around the house, but sometimes they resemble Hollywood-types: Mocha vs. Snoop (photos from Sarah H. bodyartguru.com) Savannah vs. Sophie Turner (photos from Suka and popsugar.com) Does your pet look like a celebrity? Let me know!
Hug Your Cat Day
Today is Hug Your Cat Day! Click through to find out how to do it right
Pet Appreciation Week
This week (like every week) is Pet Appreciation Week. If you don’t have a pet to appreciate, now’s a great time to adopt! My father the vet once adopted a bulldog from an old man that couldn’t care for him anymore. According to the old man, Bud had a tendancy to chase cattle and pop […]
Memorial Day
Give your pet a hug today. They, like all loved ones, won’t be around forever. Remember There is no such thing as quantity in lovemy mother said, correcting me. No such thing as “much” love.You can’t count it. No such thing as “all my love.”You can’t contain it. Love expands.There’s an endless supply. I love […]
Gordon, Belle, Buddy, Jackson, & Sadie, life in the Green
Who’d have thought these farm dogs were poetry lovers? It’s not that surprising, really, as only a poet could capture the beauty of Kentucky in the spring. A little Madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown – Who ponders this tremendous scene – This whole Experiment of Green – As if […]
EmmyLou, bootlegger
This is EmmyLou. I’ve gotten to know her real well during this quarantine while her momma goes out to save the world. EmmyLou didn’t always have her life so together, though. She tells me there was a time she’d run bags of Ol’ Roy missing their tax stickers over the mountains. Sometimes she’d have to […]