Sometimes, the problem isn’t just a matter of not enough love in the beginning, its too much love a little later on. Born in December 2005, he was called “Christmas Beamer.” Save for the fact that he given up at the time… Read More ›
Dogs
A Dog Up For Fun: Fostercare Weimaraner #2: Weimy
In a one-year memorial marking the loss of my dog companion Yeager, all articles running from June 1 through June 3 will reflect that subject, including the last two of three dogs I recently foster-cared from the same rescue shelter… Read More ›
A Dog on the Verge of Loss: Fostercare Weimaraner #1 Paddinginton
A year ago yesterday marks what became the last three-weeks of my dog Yeager’s life. One can find on this website articles I’ve written about some of that experience (with links below). So much of what proved to be a… Read More ›
The White House Easter Egg Roll: Traditions, First Families & A Day for Dogs
At next Monday’s annual White House Easter Egg Roll, the American public will again get an annual chance to enter the White House grounds and perhaps catch a live glimpse of the President, First Lady, First Children and…First Dog. The one… 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 ›
Helping A Very Old Dog Live Longer and Well (Part 1)
In eight profound months, beginning in October of 2010, my perceptions of time, communication, dignity, and the power of intention were forever altered by the paradoxical process of helping my ninety-pound, 16 year old Weimaraner companion named Yeager live well… 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 ›
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