Dog Etiquette (Or: Things I Wish People Would Do Around Dogs)

Friday the 13th and Animal Superstitions

Today is Friday the 13th (the second one of 2017!) and in many countries and cultures around the world, this day is considered unlucky. Not everyone in the world thinks today is unlucky, as there are countries and cultures that are superstitious of other numbers. But...

Service and Therapy Animals.

There are days in which the animals I care for the only reason I make it out of bed. Having depression and anxiety make it difficult to do even the most basic things at times but I know that I’m able to do a whole lot more each day because I have all these animals...

The Western Pond Turtle

On a sunny day a few months ago, I was walking with a dog around Bellingham’s Lake Padden. That park is a great place to take dogs and I’ve so often I grew up swimming during the summer breaks between the school years, even swan across the lake a couple of times....

Senior Dogs.

When we originally got Rooster, the vets and foster organization guessed that he was about seven years old. He was on the verge of becoming a senior dog, as bigger dogs are often considered seniors around 6-8 years old, but he still had all the spunk of a young dog....