We don’t deserve dogs.

We don’t deserve dogs.

I am a dog person. I love dogs, all dogs and right now, my true love is our pug Izzy. Cats are fine and all that but there is nothing like the love of a dog. Frankly, I am in awe of it. Izzy has no idea what goes on in our human lives. She has no clue what we do for a...
Things I tell my dog-how do you self-soothe?

Things I tell my dog-how do you self-soothe?

How do you self soothe? Family, children, finances, health issues, we all have them.  I am neither pounding my chest, or feeling ‘special’ in this regard.  It just is what it is. Like many people, I struggle now and then. I am a talker. Talking is...
Life lessons from my pug.

Life lessons from my pug.

Pugs are a breed of lovers.  They are gentle, kind and ready to take a nap at a moment’s notice.  You will not find them running for hours in a dog park or on the bike path.  They are not anatomically or emotionally built for it. Yesterday morning I was walking Izzy...
A Sicilian Message From My Pug

A Sicilian Message From My Pug

If you have a dog, you know that dogs cannot actually speak with words but they have no trouble getting their message across.  Years ago we had a 2 pound poodle named Sukki. She was so tiny and so cute and so very much a poodle. Sukki did not like to be anything other...
God’s best- a dog.

God’s best- a dog.

I love my dog Izzy. She is an 8 year old Pug and a very large part of our family life. Izzy is aging and things are beginning to change.  Her hearing is gone, her shoulder is sublaxed and basically she is a pug so say no more. I took her to the vet recently because...