Please spay or neuter your dogs! This is a tragic example of an in-bread dog!  This picture was taken at a home of a dog breader.


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No. What does it matter what I THINK? Animals learn responses, which may include imitating their human companions, but they live only in the moment and have no regrets.

It was horrible. Wednesday evening, Trudy looked at me funny. I wondered why the usually bouncy Golden Retriever was doing a Cujo imitation instead of diving into the supper. She didn't growl, or try to bite, she just gave me The Eye. The other dog, Blackstrap, looked sad.

Trudy didn't eat.

The next morning, dh said, “We have a problem.” He ( Read more... )