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Jan.26.2012
Just like the demise of the sole family medical doctor, small veterinary practices are disappearing. Vets are expanding their practices with new facilities, state-of-the-art technology, additional vets, and larger staffs. But despite the many improvements, a human touch may be lost in shuffle....
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Nov.11.2011
Sam has no real job, yet he gets plenty to eat. He's not on unemployment; he does not receive welfare or any type of Social Security benefits. Sam pays no rent and doesn't own a house, but he sleeps in a comfortable bed every night and it's not at a shelter. He doesn't go to a free clinic or get...
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Aug.29.2011
No matter what I am doing, writing, cooking, watching television, working in my garden, my dog Sadie waits for me. I wake up at night sometimes and she is watching me…waiting.
It’s no surprise. The day I drove to PetSmart to “look” at puppies…a little dog...
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Aug.11.2011
Some students aren't choosing colleges for their academic rating, diverse majors, or the sports programs. Instead many college bound students think the most important criteria their future alma mater can offer is room in the dorm for their dog. Ever since Elle Wood (Reese Witherspoon in...
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Jul.13.2011
Paris Hilton made it fashionable in the '00s to carry a small dog around in a designer tote. Unfortunately, that's not a practical form of pet care for anyone with a dog heavier than five pounds. For most dog owners, the time comes when we need someone to tend to our dogs while we are at work.
The...
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Apr.26.2011
My sister Amy wanted an outdoor wedding ... in late September, in Pennsylvania. She and her fiancé decided to hold the reception at a local state park picnic pavilion with outhouses for bathrooms. Despite protests from both sides of the family, the engaged couple prevailed, and on the wedding day,...
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Apr.24.2011
(Originally posted on The Dog Diet, April 16th, 2010.)
I don't read newspaper editorials because they're usually boring political issues. I do though have a habit of buying local newspapers wherever I am, and when Sadie and I were in the Smokey Mountains working on our book, I read an editorial...
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Apr.24.2011
(Posted originally on The Dog Diet, July 14th, 2009.)
Sadie and I sold our large house right in the center of Charleston over a year ago now. There really was no pressing reason to do so except that I had a poster with a message that haunted me for months. The poster was a scene of an ocean...
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Jan.17.2011
You might get taken to the cleaners in the divorce, but it’s possible to hang on to your hound with a little understanding of how the family court views the family pet. Divorce is never easy, and sadly when even a once idyllic love affair ends, it brings out the beast in us. Of course its...
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Jan.13.2009
Last week Sadie and I escaped to an island of the coast of North Carolina. We needed to rest…to reflect…to feel the sea air and let the endless sound of the ocean cover all the thoughts that run through my mind these days. I think of Liz. I think of her lying in her hospital bed…I think of where...
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Oct.10.2008
My sister Liz is eating tropical fruit salad tonight…not in the tropics though…from a container in a refrigerator in a nursing home…a place she lives now. A place where she never planned to spend any time…a place she didn’t fill out a change of address for. She has no choice here except to rely on...
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Jul.28.2008
Sadie and I sold our house. The packing, scavenging for boxes, sales, and decisions seemed like they would never end, but they did and there we were alone in a big empty house the night before the closing. We used the foam mattress topper and the comforters and bedding that we weren’t taking...
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May.18.2008
Sadie and I have downsiized. When the opportunity came to sell our house...that was way too big for just the two of us...we took it. Maybe we are guilty of leaping before looking, but the deal is done...the moving sale over...all the taping and packing and lugging and tugging...done... and now...
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Mar.23.2008
I used to try to teach people how to write...well they were high school students who most of the time didn't act like "people" but needless to say it paid the bills...at first...and then it became more. Trying to keep the attention of a room crammed full of teenagers while you...
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About Patti
Patti Lawson's first book, The Dog Diet, A Memoir: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress and Getting a New Leash On Life, was released by Health Communications, Inc. in April of 2006. The book received excellent reviews in The Bark...
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Causes Patti Lawson Supports
The Humane Society of the United States!
All causes that are kind to people and animals.
PETA
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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