Has anyone truly met a Dog unworthy of serious consideration for sainthood? When you recognize how we all shape the way Dogs develop, who really can blame a Dog for just doing what they’ve learned to believe is natural? Growling,… Read More ›
Yeager the Weimaraner
Remembering a Dog Who Helped Me Forget: Yeager the Weimaraner
June 3, is what I only half-jokingly call Yeager Memorial Day. Two years ago today, my great canine companion, 90-pound 16-year old Yeager the Weimaraner died. Despite the fact that the absence of his large presence still lingers as a… Read More ›
How A Dying Neighbor & Dying Dog Helped Each Other Live: The Tale of Snackhouse
Introduction A year ago today my great daily companion of ten years, Yeager the Weimaraner, died. Of all the “Yeager epistles,” the one I’ve decided to set down on my own “Yeager Memorial Day” is one about that universal reality… Read More ›
Helping Yourself Help A Very Old Dog Live Longer and Well (Part II)
It’s understandable how striving to maintain a very old dog’s well-being may appear futile. Given a dog’s shorter life span, the time, energy and money expended on behalf of what may only be a matter of several weeks or months… Read More ›
The World's Best Dog: A Tribute to Yeager the Weimaraner, 1995-2011
The famous Dog-Whisperer Cesar Milan would’ve been appalled by how Yeager the Weimaraner led me down the path we shared, rather than me guiding him. I simply maintained a pledge to respect his wishes, as best as I could determine them, and… Read More ›
This Old Dog Dons the St. Paddy's Green
As anyone with an Old Dog knows, as long as they want to eat, they want to live. Yeager the Weimaraner gets a dogfood cake on his Independence Day birthday and at Christmas parties he scavenges what he can from… Read More ›
An Old Dog's Last Runyon Run? A Walk in the Park
When I officially adopted Yeager on New Year’s Day 2002, he was six and a half years old, almost to the day. I was spared the frustrating joys of inculcating good behavior in a puppy and got to jump… Read More ›
When Is a Dog Old?
At one point in the life shared between human and dog companions, it will often belatedly dawn on the former that the latter has suddenly found his day to be perfectly fulfilling with just a deeper sleep and a… Read More ›
Reign of King Fido Enters Tenth Year
This new year of 2011 marks the tenth anniversary of the installation of “King Fido,” Yeager Meister I, America‘s Most Beloved Weimaraner, Protector of Foodstuffs in the Kingdom of Carlifornia. With the simply unscrolling of adoption papers, sealed by deliverers Friends For… Read More ›
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