1. Take two dogs that look like this.
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We thought Pancho's ear was all healed up - and the day before he was supposed to go in for a follow-up, the symptoms returned. He'd walk around with his head tilted to the left as if he was trying to hear a whisper and then would shake his head like no, that's not it. Another vet visit and a diagnosis of a partially ruptured eardrum - they did ( Read more... )

We've had a recent cold snap and the temperatures have been in the teens. Normally when I put the dogs out, they want to dick around and smell every inch of the yard before deigning to take a dump ( Read more... )

• What is the Secret Dog Club, you ask? On our days off (while Kurtis sleeps in), I spend time with the pups. They get a boatload of equal attention, we play and (their favorite part) I make extra scrambled eggs to share with them. I've always done it - I figure it makes up for them being home alone - but Kurtis named it and the name just stuck. I'm ( Read more... )

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I watched that movie Friday night with Kurtis - his first time and probably my 100th. It still holds up ( Read more... )

So far this weekend, I've done the laundry (only three loads this weekend since Kurtis did his work stuff), cleaned all the floors, ran the dishwasher, emptied all the trash and made a nice dinner. Kurtis organized the freezer and emptied the cat boxes. We did the shopping together and dropped off the dogs off at the groomers ( Read more... )

Kurtis picked up Sabu today - turns out the black cat of the litter was female so we took a tiger. He's shy for now as he gets used to his new home but we've already got him purring ( Read more... )