My Yorkie Libby has taught us a lot in six years. Patience, fortitude, and endurance come to mind. But she’s also given some unexpected life lessons, maybe even caused us to look at ourselves differently. Here are five things our pint-sized Libby does each day, which I’ve added to my regime too… Adventure – It […]
Do you have a family member you find a little embarrassing in public? They mean well. You love them. But going out in the world with them is tricky because they always “make a scene”. This happens whenever I take my small Yorkie terrier Libby anywhere, but especially to our local dog park. Here are […]
You know the feeling when you shouldn’t do something, but you do it anyway? That happened this week when I came upon a very large, very old snapping turtle in the middle of the road. “What was that?” I asked my son, Paul, when we first drove past the creature. The turtle was standing […]
Ever find a bunch of old products that seemed like a good idea at the time? When cleaning out our garage, my husband Randy and I came upon a pile of cataclysmic pet items we had bought over the years. I sighed. They’d come with such high hopes. But reality soon set in. The Electric […]
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, you look out your window and find a sight that stops your heart. This happened to me on a recent Monday morning when I heard a strange sound from our driveway. No, I didn’t spot a lion or tiger. Instead, a huge black bear stood there, rummaging […]
It’s easy to get discouraged by the human race these days. So much fighting, turmoil, and hate. But there’s one place I go where I see great diversity. Different breeds get along fine, no matter color, age, shape, or size. Yes, over at the dog park, good manners abound — with one notable exception. Everyone […]
The sight of that plastic sphere around Libby’s neck hit me harder than expected, her head poking out like she lived in Elizabethan times. After one night in the veterinary surgery, my baby looked tired, spent, and in pain. At pick-up, the nurse carried her out to our car and placed her on my son […]
I recently saw the most perfect product for sale possible – a lifelike robotic canine. It comes with soft fur, a pliable body, and even a “heartbeat.” It moves its head and gives the cutest life-like “responses” to petting and words. Then I looked at our terrier Libby. Don’t worry, I’m not thinking of […]
It finally happened. My dog Libby got to run around outside, off-leash. On our neighborhood walks, it always breaks my heart this pint-size Yorkie can’t go off on her own since… well, she can’t be trusted and would end up in the next county. Instead, she tugs (and tugs and tugs), performing a slow-motion gallop, […]
There’s a rumble happening. It’s mean and nasty and you can cut the tension with a knife. It doesn’t help that our Yorkie terrier is the instigator, getting everyone riled up and on edge. According to Libby there are too many birds on our back deck and even worse, they’re joined by the biggest […]
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