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I've gotta say, this article today totally cracked me up.

I don't want to start a partisan discussion here, but I'm curious - did you in the primary, or will you in the general election, take pet ownership into consideration when selecting a presidential candidate?

I'm somewhat surprised to realize that I had no idea whether any of the candidates had pets or not until now. Surprising because I admit, rel… Continue

The term "backyard breeder" should be broken down further. Those with the welfare of the breed in mind and those with money in mind. Many "backyard breeders" are honestly just trying to better their breed.

This comment sent me off on a tangent. My tangent: what exactly does "better their breed" mean?

When I look at a dog, I don't see a breed. I see a dog. A living, loving creature who wants love, food, play, love, exercise, sleep, and love. A dog that doesn't care what breed he or she i… Continue

During a discussion on a friend's journal about the surplus or lack of pens in one's life, I admitted that we never have pens. We have several dogs that like to chew them up, and they all somehow - miraculously - know where to find pens even when we are convinced there are no more pens to be had because we need to endorse a check and have been scouring the house for hours, and as soon as we give up and endorse it in crayon or a piece of coal scavenged out of the furnace, some dog will come tromp… Continue