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Farewell to Champ: One Woman’s Best Friend

Monday, November 24th, 2008

He was doing fine last week, and then, in what seemed like an instant, he was gone.

 One of my friends sent me an email this morning, letting me know that her best friend, Champ, had passed away. As one of my dearest friends, and as Champ was Webster’s best playing buddy, we are sad. Webster is moping. Maybe… Read More

For the Love of a Dog – Celebrating Webster

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Webster arrived in our lives at a point when our hearts were aching. We were still feeling pain, grieving over the loss of our dogs, Katie and Sophia. Tragically, we lost them during the summer and only two months apart, Sophia staying long enough to wish me a happy birthday and then departed with the same spirit and determination that governed her… Read More

The Obama Mutt Saga Continues …

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I originally posted that Obama adopted this mutt, but my facts were wrong, based on a news article I read last night that had its facts wrong and stated that he had adopted the dog. It's a good thing you can repost your facts quickly on the Internet. 

What Obama did do was promise… Read More

Someone’s Getting Chubby

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
Webster-sunbathing
  Webster loves to eat. Whenever there is food, there he is, under foot, patiently waiting, sometimes stooping to whatever cheap tactics will make him look utterly adorable so that you'll be charmed into bending over to give him a morsel of whatever it is that you're eating. Never mind that such tactics have worked often enough… Read More

Animals: No Excuse for Abuse

Monday, October 22nd, 2007
Cooper1_10 At dinner the other night, my husband asked me, “Did you see the story about the Cocker Spaniel?” Sigh … No, I had not, and I had a feeling that I didn’t want to. “Did a dog die? If a dog died, I don’t want to hear about it,” I concluded. He flinched, telling me that I did want to know about it, but maybe just not right then.… Read More