By now, this image should be familiar to most people who follow ‘dog news’ and most people who don’t. Christian Cooper, a senior biomedical editor at Health Science Communications and – joy to the hearts of nerds everywhere – a… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Phoenix has found a home! If you’re in the Vancouver, BC region or even on Vancouver Island and want to bring a Shiba who is definitely a Shiba into your life, take a look at Phoenix. Phoenix was adopted… Continue Reading
It’s over. Punky is dead. The four-year-old Australian Cattle Dog was the subject of a years-long fight in Vancouver, BC, by his owner, Susan Santics, to keep him from being euthanized. On Thursday, January 23, 2020, Punky was euthanized. Santics… Continue Reading
We’re currently working on the #100DaysOfDogTrainingChallenge! Goals: To post photos or videos of training my dogs to the group linked above for 100 days. I realized at day 3/100 that I’m going to have to pick some things to work… Continue Reading
In the 1980’s, Wally Conron was in charge of puppy breeding management at the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia. He wanted to create a dog that could do the work of a guide dog, but that didn’t shed. He… Continue Reading
Sooo… yeah. Where was I? If you’re a friend on Facebook or following TMS or Tierce and Shimi, you might have some idea: Graduated from my Administration program, but the first job I got didn’t end up working out (it… Continue Reading
In the last installment, I looked at how a growing middle class started looking at purebreds as one of the luxuries their income and leisure could now well afford. Mid-century modern society wanted the mid-century modern dog to keep up… Continue Reading
In part 1, I went over the origins of purebred dogs – briefly. To sum up, the branding of the purebred dog was originally ‘carefully bred, for a purpose’. With the advent of a rising middle class with more leisure… Continue Reading
‘Designer dogs’ occupy a unique niche in the pet marketing system. They have unique identifying names. They have a brand. They are better marketed. Many purebred dog people hate them with the fiery, burning passion of a flea allergy. However,… Continue Reading
I attended an informational session at the Nanaimo Hospice for a school project. During the presentation, I had the privilege of talking with a child counsellor who explained that children don’t grieve like adults and, because of that, their grief… Continue Reading