I had to go away: first for a weekend, and then for…
November 15, 2021
Imagine you have just turned 18, and have had a rough life,…
July 26, 2022
M said Sammy was okay with other animals, and it’s true. He…
June 24, 2022
September 8, 2020
Theo and I decided to take Sammy for a walk around the pond. According to Sammy, walks have a definite script for how they ought to be conducted. First, you show him the leash; preferably when he is in his safe basket. Notice the look on his face. It is easy to read his mind:I…
August 12, 2020
July 3, 2020
It is autumn here and our backyard is filled with leaves. Sir Poops-a-lot was doing his thing, happy as a clam. (Why do we say clams are happy? How do we know?) In any case, he was not in spook-mode. After he did his business, he did the next doggie-thing, which is utterly useless, and…
July 3, 2020
There was no help for it. I had a writer’s conference in Calgary to attend for the weekend, and Sammy had to be alone with Daddy. We were not at all sure that this would go well. We suspected there might be a few hiccups.We were right.Theo had closed the bedroom door so he couldn’t…
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