Dogged prose
Once again, a pre-July 4 message from your favorite canine pinch-hitter.
Canine caper
Yes, as a matter of fact, it is hard to operate a keyboard with dog paws.
Lost friends
That sickening feeling -- furry, four-legged style.
Pets in the hereafter?
One day last week, a friend sent me these dueling church sign photos, taken in some Southern town (I can’t remember exactly which one): Looking through them reminded me of something I wrote in this space a few years ago. Considering the DH blogs have a lot more readers now than they did then, I...
Why dogs are better than women
I try to play handball a couple times a week, for fun and also for fitness, and if I do say so myself, I’m in pretty good shape, especially for a 45-year-old. After handball Monday, I called my wife so we could meet at the shop where my pickup is serviced; I was going to...
Pet names
Several months ago we hired a new news clerk, Amanda Robbins. Here she is: Before she’d started working here and before I’d even met her, I told Karen Petersen, our city editor, “I used to have a dog named Amanda.” And here she is: “I wouldn’t tell her that right away,” Karen cautioned, meaning sharing...
Dogs, skateparks, etc.
Odds and ends on a beautiful autumn afternoon … In case you hadn’t heard, Albany officials have been debating what to do about residents who want to own more than two dogs (they’ve also been talking about restricting beekeepers, but I don’t find myself very worked up over that). Anyway, the people who run the...
Barking dogs and horse manure
For all of my adult life, I’ve lived in the country at a household that’s included a variety of animals: Dogs, cats, horses, goats, rabbits and quail (not to mention a gerbil, a few lizards and my daughter’s two pet rats, Bandit and Cleopatra, who have long since gone to rodent heaven). I’ve never had...
