Dogs | Dogs
May.10.2013
And let us not forget the birds: "After Grip died, Dickens had him taxidermied. Literary historians believe the bird inspired Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven,” written shortly after Poe reviewed Dickens’s Barnaby Rudge, which features a talkative raven. Grip now lives in the Rare Books...
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May.01.2013
It's time to rant again about dogs. Don't get me wrong. I have owned my fair share of man's best friend - and woman's too. However, they were owned under the old rules that I followed. They were dogs. They stayed home when we traveled by air or dined in restaurants....
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Apr.30.2013
Chasing Victory is a delightful debut novel by first-time author Joanne Jaytanie.
Our beautiful protagonist, Victory Winters, is a veterinarian and geneticist specializing in molecular biology for Claremont Research in Poulsbo, Washington. She also has a special innate ability she keeps...
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Apr.21.2013
I'm pleased to announce the PRINT version of my latest cat book has been released, and is also available as an audio book and Ebook. The Kindle version is on sale (for the rest of today only).
May it help all those puzzled and frustrated or just plain curious about cat behavior!
ComPETability:...
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Mar.30.2013
I was lying on my bed, where I had fallen asleep reading my book. The next thing I realized was my ear was twitching, so reached up to scratch it and felt claws. That is when I realized that something was terribly wrong. I sat up in my bed and looked around. Everything seemed normal, except that I...
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Mar.27.2013
NO one has ever used that term in reference to me, much less said it while looking into my eyes. Until today.
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Mar.17.2013
One of the most energetic breeds, the German Shorthaired Pointer is a hunting dog by nature. When they lack in exercise they can become high strung, and frustrated. The GSP will not listen if they sense that they are stronger minded than their owner, however they...
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Mar.16.2013
Earlier today a television interviewer asked me some questions about War Pugs. As a long time Pug fancier I did my best to satisfy his curiosity but I realized there may be more people out there with questions. So I’ve set down this brief set of facts, tidbits, and trivia . . .
I’m...
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Mar.08.2013
The dark gray Dalek sat broodingly near the half opened door of the balcony, the blue light peeking through the grill inside its shell, beckoning the creatures of the desert. For long months it kept its vigil, waiting for the day when the heat of the Dubai summer would pass and the cool nights of...
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Mar.05.2013
After Image
Outside, a field bent by a recent snow. A truck idles by the shed. Red, surrounded by a black wavering cloud. I have your necklace in my boot. The music of faulty tractors, the milking shed crying and bleating. Blackened egg shells by the tip of the hose. Our dog flings...
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