Danica, I'm so relieved you "came back" here & I can assure you most of us know exactly what you're going through right now & we're holding you in our hearts & prayers during this VERY difficult time. I've been thinking of you since you last poste...

I'm sickened & outraged! Thank you "gunny" for publicizing this email exchange, & thank you, too, Lorrix, for providing those links. I'm delighted to hear that apparently Sgt. Hess is being flooded with emails of support, & I'm tickled silly that...

It boils down to pet rescue places trying desperately to find loving & responsible homes for their dogs. Suppose your (intact) male dog gets out & impregnates a neighborhood female. There's a (very sad) chance that in a few short months the pet r...

My heart goes out to you... Having been in your position more times than I care to remember I came to the conclusion years ago that dogs are put here to teach us about life, love, loyalty, laughter (lots & lots of laugher), & (tragically) loss. W...

Okay, you'll probably think I'm crazy but here goes... one of our dogs is an excitable "jumper" too & I came across this "trick" totally by accident. Our guy is SOOO excitable & used to nail us whenever we got ready to go anywhere, tried to get o...