Its 25F here for a couple days. We had stuck Meatball down there because we had some people over that aren't real happy about big dogs ( Read more... )

A few years ago, or when I was a kid anyhow, a dog's sweater was a big thing that covered up most of the dog ( Read more... )

And at this point I'm mightily relieved he did not make 'alterations' to it ( Read more... )

Its already getting cold at night here. This has been going on for a couple weeks now. I expect we are going to get an early, very cold winter ( Read more... )

Meatball is at the groomer's right now, getting his annual summer shave ( Read more... )

We took our dogs to the vet today for a check up. Meatball is his usual, jolly self. Ever since we figured out he was a celiac dog, he's been fine, except for getting carsick ( Read more... )

I have been trying 2-3 weeks now to get Meatball to use his paw to push open doors that are partly open. The idea is starting to get on his last nerve.  Tonight he wasn't standing close enough to the door for me to get his paw and use it to close the door so when I tried to scoot him closer he laid down on the floor and began sliding backwards, ( Read more... )

Meatball has celiac disease. http://www.ehow.com/facts_5802396_canine-celiac-disease.htmlRead more... )

Meatball has a horrible gut thing.  He doesn't have regular dog farts, he has industrial strength chemical factory dog farts because he has poor digestion. We actually have a prescription for him from the vet for this. Its a little brown powdered probiotic that we put on food. Our choice is yogurt. He gets this for a few days and then his gut ( Read more... )

Tonight I introduced Meatball to my littlest niece. He's never met anyone so small and she's never been near a dog bigger than about 12 lbs before. We've left him in the yard when she's been over before ( Read more... )