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Gadgets Gone Wild: Do I Really Need to LoJack My Dog?

Posted on 10/13/2011 by | Home & Family blogger | Comments

Home & Family | Technology | Your LifeAfter reading this entry from the Smithsonian’s Innvoations blog I feel way too analog when it comes to my dogs. I love my gadgets, don’t get me wrong, but never in a million years would I dream of having a LoJack on my critter. Ask anyone who knows me, I love my two beagles. They roll their eyes and cringe when they hear a sentence that begins with “Blarney did the funniest thing today” or “Did I tell you the …

Wonder Dog Reminds Me What’s Important

Posted on 08/16/2011 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | RelationshipsSome days, amid the stress and demands of caregiving, I get so overwhelmed that I forget about the important things. Fortunately, life has a way of jerking me back into focus. One day not too long ago, my Dad had an endoscopy, which consumed a big chunk of his — and my — time. I took him to the medical center, waited nervously while the procedure took place, then, relieved he was okay, brought him home. Next on the agenda …

Feeding Jackson

Posted on 05/12/2011 by | Multigenerational & Family Issues | Comments

Caregiving | RelationshipsMy Dad has always had a way with animals. When he was a kid, he always wanted a dog but his mother worked and wouldn’t allow it. When he and Mom married, they brought their first dog into the family, and ever since then we’ve almost always had at least one four-legged family member…including dogs, cats, horses, cows – oh and the chickens. Dad could hold those Banty chickens in his arms and pet them like cats. I found Jackson, a “Schnoodle,” …

Who Will Be Top Dog?

Posted on 02/14/2011 by | Home & Family blogger | Comments

RelationshipsAnd good night … catch up with your tomorrow night for round two and naming of the Top Dog! Good on the Shar-Pei … 9:16 – We’re rooting for the bulldog here. Let’s see which one will win. Did you ever read our interview with Stump, the Sussex spaniel and oldest ever winner of Westminster?  http://aarp.us/iaCf6p Photo on the right. 8:57 – Best name of the night, hands down from the Chow Chow: Liontamer’s Dial 1-800-Hotstuff 8:53 – Boston terrier:  …

“No grandchildren, but I have three granddogs!”

Posted on 11/1/2010 by | General News | Comments

RelationshipsI’ve got pets on the brain with the recent additions to my family pictured here: meet Nelson and Riley, my new aunt and uncle! Well, they are my grandparents’ new cats, so what else would that make them? It may sound strange, but I came across this article today from Newsweek – and making pets part of the family is not so strange at all! Particularly, it is extremely common for folks to have “granddogs.” The article is very interesting, …