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Why Have Rules?

January 13, 2015

The midterm elections are now well behind us now, though some of us are still be afraid to answer the phone lest a “robo-caller” be at the other end. Despite the mind-numbing frequency of political ads, the elections put many of us in the mood to do our civic duty with pride. We paid attention […]

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At First Crack

December 4, 2014

Thanksgiving is now behind us, and judging from comments I’ve gotten in response to the innocent question, “How was your Thanksgiving?” it would seem that heated discussions over the dinner table were as much a tradition in some households as the turkey and gravy. Religion and politics, the standard bearers of topics one is never […]

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Dogs, Dallas and Ebola

October 21, 2014

My house is pulsating with activity this week as we prepare for an event that’s been on the calendar for a year: The first wedding in the family in over 30 years. We’ve foreseen wondering what to pack for a black tie wedding held out of state. What we didn’t anticipate was speculating as to […]

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Not Your Father’s AKC

October 9, 2014

When Bill Clinton was president and in the throes of his “Monica Difficulties,” I happened to hear a radio interview of someone whose name I never did catch. I could picture the man shrug as he opined that no one should be shocked by Clinton’s behavior around women because that’s just who he was. In […]

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Conduct Unbecoming?

September 17, 2014

How easy do we make it for novices to know what’s acceptable behavior at a dog show? How easy do we make it for the person without a mentor or accessible breeder to know what is preferred conduct? Are the people who whelp puppies in their motor home at a dog show in violation of […]

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How To Feed a Dog That Won’t Eat

September 2, 2014

It’s something we will encounter at least once in our lives as dog owners, and in my opinion (possibly because of a cultural heritage that associates food with comfort and love) it’s one of the most frustrating of all problems. Our dog won’t eat. What on earth do we do? Thirty years ago, we didn’t […]

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Guest Column: Saving the Sport

August 22, 2014

Note: This week, I’m posting a guest column because the inherent message of this article is too important not to share with everyone who has a dog, friend, neighbor, acquaintance or relative. The author, Tray Pittman (whose kind permission I have to share it) wrote the piece in response to a couple of incidents involving Shelties […]

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Piper and Justina: The Same Difference?

August 13, 2014

It’s never a good idea to weigh in on a contentious issue without knowing all the facts, and I may come to regret doing exactly that as I write about the on-going saga of “Piper,” the Shetland Sheepdog. But first, I want to tell you about Justina Pelletier. Justina had been undergoing treatment at Tufts […]

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Everything Old is New Again

July 31, 2014

Last weekend, I was sixteen again. Richard Nixon was President. A man walked on the moon for the first time. Sirhan Sirhan admitted to killing Robert Kennedy, James Earl Ray plead guilty to killing Martin Luther King, and Ted Kennedy plead guilty to leaving the scene of the fatal Chappaquiddick accident. Sesame Street debuted on […]

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