by Dakota | Apr 19, 2021 | Blog
Meeting the Rottweiler Parents The day you pick out your new dog, or she picks you, is one you never forget. As it turns out, meeting your dog’s parents can be equally memorable. I got my first dog as an adult when I was in my mid-20s. After having fallen instantly in...
by Dakota | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
How do you brush a cat? No, this isn’t one of those jokes like “how do you bathe a cat” that has been going around for years. If it was, I would just write, “very carefully” and be done with it. I think there is an art to brushing a cat. Just ask our cats. We have two...
by Dakota | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
I’ve written a couple of times about how we tend to lie on social media. I don’t mean outright lies, I mean the lies that occur because we prefer to show our best selves — the peaceful beach photos, the happy family, the beautiful meals — rather than the muck of life....
by Dakota | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
Sometimes a dog just comes into your life through no conscious decision of your own. Maybe he was a stray or a dog that a friend could no longer keep, or you were helping a family member choose a dog at a shelter when a fluffy ball of fur locked eyes with you and you...
by Dakota | Mar 1, 2021 | Blog
Has your cat been more attentive since the Covid-19 crisis began? I started wondering about this when my daughter mentioned to me that one of the family cats had barely left her side since the quarantine shut down her school on April 13th. To be more precise, he...
by Dakota | Mar 17, 2020 | Blog
I am excited to let you know that the third installment of the Liz & Toby Adventures is set to be released on April 7th. It just became available today on Kindle pre-order. Check it out: My Snake Smells Mummies. Similar to My Dog Sees Ghosts and My Cat Hears...
