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Pandiculation
Every morning when he wakes up, Gordon goes through the same routine. First, he has to find his way out from under the covers on my bed. As a little guy, he doesn’t have a lot of insulation, so the first thing he does when he goes to sleep at night is burrow deep under…
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Happy Birthday Gordon!
Today is Gordon’s designated birthday – the one used for his official paperwork with the city of Palm Springs (dog license, vaccination record, etc.) and by his vet. It is “designated” because it marks the day, three years ago, that the Friends of the Palm Springs Animal Shelter rescued him from being put down at…
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How are you celebrating DOGust?
Ever heard someone refer to their dog as their “fur baby” and thought it just a figure of speech? Research has shown that when a mother stares into her baby’s eyes, the baby’s levels of the “feel good” hormone oxytocin rise, which causes the infant to stare back into its mother’s eyes, which causes the…
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From TaxPoodles to Maltipoos
The wonderful thing about TiggersIs Tiggers are wonderful things!Their tops are made out of rubberTheir bottoms are made out of springs!They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncyFun, fun, fun, fun, fun!But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers isI’m the only one That’s “The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers,” the theme song and personal anthem of Tigger, whom we…
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The scariest night of the year
The 4th of July is just around the corner. Remind me to tell you sometime about when some friends of mine and I left LA for a long, drunken 4th of July weekend at the Sunrise Lanai condos in Palm Springs not far from where I live now, and as the fireworks lit up the…
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Palm Springs includes pets in its disaster plan
Back in January, as Los Angeles endured horrific devastation due to wildfires, I wrote about a subject I fear is all too often an afterthought, if it is thought of at all: in the event of a disaster, what happens to people’s pets? At the time, I observed: In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that…
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Don’t forget the pets
Good morning: the devastating pictures coming out of Los Angeles make it hard to begin with that salutation, because for many Angelenos it is anything but a good morning. As an Angeleno myself who went to school within sight of Altadena, I am heartbroken. It’s one thing watching the aftermath of a disaster in some…
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Going to the Dogs
Last month, Subaru ran a commercial on tv entitled Support the ASPCA® When You Get a New Subaru During the Subaru Share the Love® Event. The commercial opens with a young-ish girl who looks to be in her early twenties sweeping a dimly lit hallway. One can make out that there are kennels on either…
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Schopenhauer’s Poodles
The 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, an influence on Nietzsche and a contemporary of Hegel, was known for his philosophical Pessimism. I should explain. To a student of Philosophy, pessimism does not mean negativity or expecting the worse; rather, it is an outlook that views the world as aimless and our existence as one of…
Your mileage may vary.