Topic: dogs

Henry rides the White River rapids at the White River Sno-Park. During my little road trip on Tuesday, I made a stop at the White River Sno-Park to let the dogs out, run, play and swim in the tiny White River. Every time I go to White River, it is never the same. Every year it's different...

Dear V, Let me start by thanking you for contributing to my slowly crumbling empire. I didn't realize that Haley's death would have such an impact on me. I was driving up Burnside today and swore I saw Haley walking – it made me sad. I miss her. It totally made me blow my diet – I've been good for like three days, and today I came home and polished off half a pie and six...

I can't remember where I saw it now, maybe it was a Chevron-Weyerhaeuser commercial on TV or an Al Gore movie, but at some point I did see someone somewhere talking about how a person's breathing pattern changes when he steps into the woods. How it gets calmer, deeper, more peaceful. I had that in mind last week when Jasper and I took the dogs and a couple of friends and headed off into...

Valentine has a mass in his bladder. This is unusual for cats, but common in dogs of his age (which is still not old, damnit). The problem is that we don't know if it's cancer or not. The test the Vet ran yesterday came back inconclusive. What's next? There are several options. D and I are talking about what to do because the procedure to run a camera into Val's urethra is f---ing expensive....

Found myself bemused by this vendor's sign selling hotdogs today. Mostly because right across the street was the "Dog Town" canine obedience school. Coincidence?...