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Star Borne
Earth’s Extraterrestrial History
Ominous Splashing in the Lake on a Dark and Creepy Night
I let the dogs out for their nighttime potty and went out onto the back deck to look up at the stars. It was a week before Thanksgiving and cold weather was reaching its fingers out for a touch, but …
Posted in Animals, Dogs, Ghost Stories, Nature, Otherworldly
Tagged beavers, creepy sounds, dog, lake monsters
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Fireman’s Dog Dies
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We hear about stories in the news such as the hero dog from Afghanistan who foiled a suicide bomber’s attempts to blow up an American barracks, and was later adopted by an Army medic who had witnessed the dog’s bravery. …
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Punched in the Nose by a Dog
Dogs can bite you, body slam you, claw at you, or lick you silly but did you know that a dog can punch you in the nose and give you a nosebleed? I didn’t, until yesterday. I’d already learned about …
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Cat Lady to Dog Person
I was one of those girls that everyone thought would end up as an old maid owning thirty cats. I always had a cat, and no matter where I traveled or moved, my cats went with me. I didn’t ditch …
Posted in Animals, Cats, Dogs, Nature
Tagged cat, cat disease, cat diseases, cat lady, cats, contagious cat disease, dog, dog person, dogs, feline infectious peritonitis, fip, old maid, sick cat
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Cheese Wrapper Party Trick for Dogs
We’d shown off our two dogs for visitors before by demonstrating our dogs’ prowess at playing the Go Find It game and their understanding of sign language. We’d even shown our dogs’ love for sliced cheese, which is a joy …
Posted in Dogs, Nature
Tagged cheese, cheese wrapper, dog, dog eats cheese, dog likes cheese, dog loves cheese, dog trick, dog tricks, dogs, dogs eat cheese, dogs like cheese, dogs love cheese, party trick, party tricks, trick
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Used Dog, Free to Good Home
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She was a dreamboat(What were her previous owners thinking?) We often hesitate to adopt a dog from the dog pound because we figure we don’t know what we’re getting into adopting somebody else’s used dog. We assume that if the …
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Tagged adopt a dog, adopting a dog, bad dog, dog, dog pound, dog rescue, dog shelter, dog training, dogs, good dog, perfect dog, rescue dog, rescue dogs, shelter dog, shelter dogs, train a dog, training a dog, used dog
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Dog Eats Roasted Dead Bugs
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Live bugs are a delicacy in a dog’s diet providing not only a tasty morsel, but the thrill of the chase as well. Noisy, buzzy bugs and small, easy-to-catch animals were prime targets for our dogs, including poisonous toads and …
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Dog Pees From Excitement
I called it “pee pee feet” and I hated visiting my neighbor’s house for it. Their dog peed on the floor every time he got excited which was anytime people came to visit. The worst part was that it was …
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The Right Dog
I’ve talked to quite a few dog owners as a result of writing Bad Dog to Best Friend. Once you write a book about training a problem dog, you find yourself meeting people with problem dogs everywhere you go. One …
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