Ask a Terrier: Paper Training
Professional Advice from a Licensed Dog. Dear Budleigh, Are you kidding me? What is it with you dogs and paper? I leave my Labrador Retrievers Vex (nose above) and River (nose below) for an […]
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Adopting a Dog: It Take a Village. Also a Pooper Scooper
On National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, remember: Dogs are people too. Well… except that they’re dogs. We rescued a terrier, although why anyone would is beyond me. Terriers are what dingos strive to be […]
Ask a Terrier: What’s Bugging Budleigh?
Budleigh the Terrier offers professional advice from a licensed dog. Dear Budleigh, In a recent column you mentioned eating spiders, which got me thinking, “Ewwww!” It also got me thinking about recent video of a […]
Wow! That Smarts!
Dogs are stupider than we thought, although probably they’d argue the point if they had a clue. OK, maybe not stupider. Maybe even smart, but certainly not exceptional, according to a new study of the […]
Dogs vs. Holiday Meals: Fa-La-La-La-Laaa, La, Aach! Haauk! Blaarf!
In this festive season of holiday parties, bountiful meals, and homemade cookies embellished with those silver ball-bearing things, take comfort knowing that your canines are in the dog park, plotting. ENGLISH SHEEPDOG: “OK, everyone! Finish […]
Ask a Terrier: Budleigh Reminds Vacationers, “Hey, Ya’ Got this Dog Here!”
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 […]
A Quiet, Retiring Dog
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, […]
Doggone Funny
Harry: “. . . and then I let another one rip and blamed it on Joey the Pug! His human said no more cheesy treats until his flatulence subsides. I tell ya’ Jimmy, I’m gonna […]