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Starry Nights, Spooky Blog Tours, and Dachshunds: An Interview with Author Christine Verstraete

This next interviewee’s name may look familiar to you since I’ve interviewed Christine Verstraete before. Last time it was about her miniature doll hobby and the dogs she often includes in her displays. This time around I asked if she’d be interested in talking about Petey, the dachshund who stars in her new book, Searching For A Starry Night, A Miniature Art Mystery. She again graciously agreed, and added something fun just in time for Halloween: details on her spooky blog tour and how you can enter to win a set of Halloween minis or a copy of her e-book, … Continue reading →

Attack of the Angry Dachshund

Oh yes. The dogs and I had another adventure! I have a few different walking routes through the apartment complex that I use at different times of day. In the early hours of the morning, it’s usually safe to go past the playground — no running kids to get Lally all riled up. During the day, I try to stick to the street side of the complex to avoid kids on skateboards (another trigger for Lally). Late at night, we can walk just about anywhere. One morning last week, I decided to take a chance and walk by the playground. … Continue reading →

Survey Says: Dog Walking Better Exercise than the Gym!

One of my pet-centric newsletters arrived today, with the news that people who walk their dogs regularly end up working out more per week than people who own a gym membership. Five thousand folks in the United Kingdom (three thousand of them pet owners) responded to a survey sponsored by U.K. manufacturer Bob Martin Petcare. More than half of the survey participants said that dog walking was their main form of exercise — that makes sense, since more than half of the survey participants are dog owners! The average dog owner in the survey walked their dogs twice per day … Continue reading →

How Not to Walk Your Dogs

I live in a very pet-friendly apartment complex. That’s great — otherwise, I wouldn’t have a place where my dogs Moose and Lally are welcome. The complex welcomes dogs of all sizes… I’ve got a St. Bernard living to the right, a lanky hound of some kind across the way, and a ton of other four-legged neighbors. It’s not the dogs I’m worried about so much as the owners. I’ve had a few run-ins with a couple that owns a pair of sleek little brown dachshunds. Every time the dogs see us, they start lunging and barking. The owners will … Continue reading →

Learning From Our Mistakes as Pet Owners

Accidents don’t make you a bad pet owner… as long as you learn from them. I was catching up on posts in one of my favorite pet communities and saw a scary story. A young child knocked a lamp off a bedside table, which scared the family dog into making a run for it. When the dog jumped from bed to floor, she landed on the shards of the lamp and ended up severing nerves and tendons in one of her back legs. After emergency surgery, it looks like the dog will be okay. Thank goodness! Do I think this … Continue reading →