Budleigh the Terrier offers professional advice from a licensed dog. Dear Budleigh, I’m having a disagreement with my Cockapoo, Mighty, and I’m hoping you can straighten one of us out. Maybe both. According to a…
Canines have lived in symbiotic harmony with humans for more than 30,000 years. Except in my neighborhood. GIANT 2: “Don’t let Budleigh pee there, Dave.” GIANT 1: “But it’s a hydrant. That’s a part of…
In full-throated summer, colorful, chaotic farmers markets offer a hot weather oasis where you can shop for locally produced, organically grown corn while your dog is torn apart by vicious, unsupervised hellhounds. While such incidents…
Dave JaffeWriter, columnist, former Chicago reporter, humorist Dave Jaffe has written for online, print, television, and radio. Creative, clever, witty – these are traits that kept Dave in detention for most of the eighth grade.…
Dave JaffeWriter, columnist, former Chicago reporter, humorist Dave Jaffe has written for online, print, television, and radio. Creative, clever, witty – these are traits that kept Dave in detention for most of the eighth grade.…
Dear Budleigh, I’m really looking forward to a summer getaway, but am worried about Hanover, our mixed breed “guilt hound,” who can’t come with us. She was a shelter dog, so I worry about boarding…
How heart-warming when a professional dog can retire before she’s blown up. So many of us just settle for Medicare. After an eight-year career as a bomb-detecting dog at Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway airports, Lacy,…
Dear Budleigh, So Barbra Streisand cloned her dog? Seriously? They can do that? Does it cost a lot? How much lightning is involved? Is the clone exactly like the original dog or more of a…
Dave JaffeWriter, columnist, former Chicago reporter, humorist Dave Jaffe has written for online, print, television, and radio. Creative, clever, witty – these are traits that kept Dave in detention for most of the eighth grade.…
On a commercial flight, the benefit of sitting next to a peacock outweighs the drawbacks. During a midair emergency I plan to grab anything with wings that might provides extra lift. PILOT: “Passengers, assume brace…
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