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June 2016

June 30, 2016

5 ways to keep your dog happy this Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July just around the corner, here are a few tips to...

June 03, 2016

Animals, humans, and Yellowstone National Park

Animals in Yellowstone are just trying to live their lives without interference from humans who...

June 02, 2016

A gorilla, a boy, and life in the balance

What transpires between man and beast when they come face to face and only one...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Update on Lucy, the chicken with vertigo

I wrote that the vet prescribed antibiotics and rest for my chicken with vertigo. How...

May 25, 2016

To kill or not to kill spiders

I stood there and pondered the spider nest, baby arachnids hatching and scurrying in every...

May 20, 2016

Taking my chicken to the vet, and other dizzying thoughts

This isn't the first time I've taken a chicken to the vet. My friends think...

May 13, 2016

Groundhogs, coffin parts, and other cemetery surprises

While walking my dog in the cemetery, we came across a groundhog hole surrounded by...

May 09, 2016

My dog eats a live bird (musings on animals doing what animals do)

My dog Bailey was just outside, just hanging out in the grass, enjoying the evening...

November 2015

November 02, 2015

Musician records video in wolf sanctuary and the wolves join in the song

The great thing about the internet is that sometimes something fascinating shows up in your...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

Gates Police and Fire rescue duckling from storm grate (video)

In an age where police are wearing body cameras, often as a way to...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

How wolves changed the geography of Yellowstone Park

Have you ever considered how intertwined living creatures are? When wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone...

October 01, 2014

Renowned animal behaviorist Dr. Sophia Yin dead at 48

The dog community is mourning the loss this week of renowned veterinarian and animal behaviorist Dr....

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Mrs. Robin and her babies: the final chapter, part 3

If you're following along with today's story, we saw the robin babies getting more active...

May 29, 2014

Mrs. Robin and her babies: the final chapter, part 2

It was just this morning that I noticed a lot of activity in the robin's...

May 29, 2014

Mrs Robin and her babies: the last chapter, part 1

This morning, I noticed that Mrs. Robin's babies were getting active in the nest. Crowded, antsy,...

May 28, 2014

Mrs. Robin’s babies – almost ready to leave the nest

It's been almost a week since I last reported on Mrs. Robin and her babies....

May 21, 2014

Robin babies and dove eggs – what a difference a day makes! (photos)

Yesterday I shared some up close photos of Mrs. Robin's babies, and commented on how...

May 20, 2014

Up close with Mrs. Robin’s baby birds (photos)

The good news with today's update on Mrs. Robin and her babies is that egg...

May 19, 2014

Mrs Robin’s egg – uh oh, did we lose a baby?

Mrs. Robin snuck away this afternoon - to do a little worm hunting, I imagine...

May 17, 2014

Mrs. Robin hatches egg #3, and Mrs. Morning Dove sits on her nest

Curiosity got the best of me this morning, so I snuck outside to see if...

May 04, 2014

Mrs Robin adds to her nest – three more eggs!

Hopefully you're not sick of my updates about Mrs. Robin and her nest. But watching...

May 01, 2014

Mrs. Robin lays her egg

If you've been following along with the saga of Mrs. Robin's nest, after a week...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

Mrs. Robin builds a nest – a lesson in perseverance

There's a robin building a next in the window of our neighbor's house. I suppose...

January 2014

January 17, 2014

Dog and baby photos: are they cute or dangerous?

This meme is making the rounds on Facebook - it's a photo of a...

November 2013

November 19, 2013

If your dog could talk, would he speak like a preschooler?

A friend posted on Facebook today: "Who decided that if dogs were able to speak...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Dog training, the Shedd Aquarium way

I saw a story this weekend on NBC Nightly News that highlights positive dog training...

March 2013

March 29, 2013

Training your dog with a prong collar (or shock collar, shake can, alpha roll) is not positive

I was coming out of our local natural food store yesterday when I saw this...

March 23, 2013

Meggie the lost dog comes home – nine months after she disappeared

On July 1, 2012, while her owners, Jennie Lloyd and Connie Gates, were away on a trip to...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

Bloodhounds, the most feared dogs on earth?

I was at my alma mater St. John Fisher College yesterday for a day long...

February 20, 2013

Can dogs be introverted or extroverted?

Not long ago, I did a post reflecting on Susan Cain’s book, “Quiet: The Power of...