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From the Guardian: “The search for the world’s smartest dog kicks into gear Wednesday 1PM, as contenders compete in a live-streamed event to be crowned top of the canine class.
Researchers in Hungary have spent more than two years searching for dogs who could recognize the names of their different toys, advertising for owners to come forward on social media. Now the canines they have discovered are set to take part … Read More
Without Graidy as Wink’s point person, he has become even more attached to me, if that’s possible. Which means he doesn’t do well when I’m not in his immediate orbit.
So I stopped going for walks because Wink, at 12 1/2 years old, can’t walk as far as I like to go. Then I thought–that’s silly, there must be a solution. And sure enough…
I found this No-Zip Expedition Zipperless Entry Pet Stroller on Amazon
Graidy has been gone for a month now. It’s been 20 years since we’ve been a one-dog-family. It’s taking some adjusting for both me and Wink.
I worried that Wink would go into a deep depression without his best bud. And he did for a little while. But he seems to have rebounded.
In part, because he gets to do something now that rarely happened when Graidy was alive. He gets to come on walks with me now.
No matter … Read More
The first day I met Graidy at Glen Highland Farm Rescue.
Whenever I think of Graidy, this is the pose I think of him in the most. Facing out, looking off into the distance. In fact, this is the first vision I had of him before I even met him. I wrote this story as fiction because it’s pretty fantastical about how he found me. But every word of it is true.
This is my favorite photo of him. … Read More
Wilson is a dead ringer for Kiera in looks and work ethic. Meanwhile, my couch potatoes are waiting for their first unemployment check.
Check out Wilson on #AussiesDoingThings on Instagram.… Read More
So. Life in the very slow lane. What does that look like?
Graidy is 18ish, Finn is 15 and Wink is 12. All are still going strong-ish.
But all now have heart problems. And Finn’s about to go get nuked with a radioactive shot to the tune of $3k to kill a benign tumor that’s making him hyperthyroid.
I know. It’s nuts. But I’m pathological. I can’t not do it, because Finn isn’t ready to go yet. These animals have … Read More
There is nothing more heart-wrenching than losing a beloved pet.
When I was 5 years old, I remember spending hours walking around and tacking flyers to every outside flat surface I could find when we had lost a beloved dog. Then the world evolved to also placing lost and found ads, and so on.
Now there’s a much better way. You can reach potentially tens of thousands of people through social media.
Just came across this well-done example on … Read More
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