Few Bricks Shy

These two produce an inordinate amount of poop. When we decided to get our second dog, Tony , I did not think of how I was going to hav...

Travelling in the car is a bit more of a production, too. I’m just getting used to having two dogs, but here’s what I’ve discovered so ...

Lola and Tony Tony was left in a motel lobby, by someone hoping some suckers nice people would take him in.  I thought, no big d...

I used to think of myself as a morning person. But my husband reminded me that, when we both had to be at work early, I used to ask h...

© Diana Thomson OK, so most of us know, even if we don’t like and even if we don’t do it, that dog owners are supposed to pick ...

Did somebody say "walk"?   Lola loves walks, grabbing her leash and running to the gate when it’s time. They are her walks...

© Diana Thomson Someday, archeologists are going to excavate our landfills and find millions of little plastic bags, each one co...

If you put a hat (or a tiara) on Lola's head and tell her she's pretty, she will wear it -- even though she has her doubts. The...

For some reason, our dog Lola has decided that the thing to do, when someone throws a blanket over  her head, is to stay stock still until...

Our dog Lola likes to lie on the laundry. If there’s a pile of laundry anywhere – and there often is, she Lola on the job. will climb t...

I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs. I also don’t trust people whom dogs don’t like. Of course, my dog loves, loves, LOVES everyb...

Someone in the dog park once told me that a dog’s name should be two syllables, ending with a vowel, but it shouldn’t contain the “o” sound ...