Paw-tickle physics
I admit I’ve tormented my dozing dog with my own version of the paw tickle — ever so lightly touching his pads to make them jerk and quiver, until he finally wakes up to see what’s going on. It’s not...
View ArticleMass. town tries dog park experiment
There’s an experiment underway up in Newton, Mass — a compromise of sorts between those who would never allow dogs to be off leashes in a municipal park and those who think dogs need to, once in a...
View ArticleAnimal Control: Stuck in the mud
Here’s a nutty, and muddy, little story — one we’ll tell in pictures and words. All the pictures were taken Sunday, at Riverside Park in Baltimore, where after three straight days of rain, sunny...
View ArticleRoadside Encounters: Alex and Run
Names: Run (above) and Alex Ages: Run is 13, Alex is 2 Breeds: Run is a shih-tzu; Alex is a Maltese Encountered: Outside a convenience store in Tucumcari, New Mexico Headed: To Santa Fe and Taos...
View ArticleBARCStober Fest is this Saturday
Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter’s annual fundraiser is this Saturday (October 20, 2012). The event begins at 11 a.m. near the pagoda in Patterson Park, but you’re welcome to come earlier and...
View ArticleLab wants to see how you and your dog play
The Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab in New York City is looking for some playful dogs, and their playful humans. The lab at Barnard College, run by Alexandra Horowitz , author of Inside of a Dog,” is...
View ArticleSee Daisy run
A Chihuaua mix named Daisy is running as she has never run before — thanks to some blade-like prosthetics. Abandoned on the streets of Los Angeles when she was two months old, Daisy had congenital...
View ArticleWhen you’re feeling way older than your dog
I’m still a few days away from reclaiming my dog Jinjja, being cared for by a friend while I recover from some recent surgery, but I did stop by to take him for a test walk last week. (That’s not us in...
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