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Tethered pets OK for short while
Q. I hate to see dogs hitched up like frontier town horses outside restaurants or stores in the city. I’m such a softy that on a rainy day last week when I saw a dog tied to a parking meter outside Starbucks, I stood with …Read More
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Still sour on Salty’s walker
Dog Lady: The dog walker left Salty behind. He’s so sorry! Should the owner give him a second chance?
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Costumes no treat for pets
Q. Recently I was browsing a dog magazine. One stinker turned me off: “How To Get Your Dog Into A Halloween Costume.” What’s your stand on Halloween costumes for dogs? A. Why do people torment the dear beasts by forcing them to wear silly garments? …Read More
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Restaurant welcomes dogs
Q. I’m a waiter at an exclusive restaurant in a trendy neighborhood. We provide seating on the sidewalk for outdoors service and many customers take advantage of this, especially ones with dogs. We allow dogs if they are tied up and stay under the table. …
Better not cross Charley
Q. My basset hound, Charley, has become aggressive toward me. He is nice with everyone else, but when we are at home, if I try to get out of my chair or leave a room, he runs in front of me and snarls and snaps. …
He thinks crates ain’t great
Q. I love dogs. In fact, I love dogs so much that I don’t own one. I have a house with a small yard, and I refuse to get a dog until I have a yard with space. In your column, you responded to a …
Puppy: A gift or burden?
Q. I am 11 years old. I have a basset hound named Scooby, and I have questions about getting a new dog. Mom’s birthday is in two weeks, and Grandma is going to get her a small dog or puppy. What small breeds are good …
Terrier sure ‘digs’ carpet
Q. Our wheaten terrier, Maggie, has started to scratch the carpet as if she’s digging dirt. She has never done this before and it started only last week. She’s quite furious about this. What gives? A. Unfortunately, she can’t bury her past and her powerful …
Ask Dog Lady: Jack Russell’s belly-up pose means all’s good
Q. I moved with my dog, a Jack Russell, from our home of nine years to a condo. She always had slept belly up at our old place. After the move, it seemed to take her a long time to adjust. But I knew it …
Good pets, bad neighbor
Q. How many dogs is one person allowed to own in an urban area? My new neighbor has five or six dogs. She has only lived there for a week or so, but I haven’t seen her walk the dogs at all. The front yard …
Simba’s no baby daddy
Q. I have a 4-year-old male mutt Simba that I love to death. We bought a 7-week female mutt Jasmine that my boyfriend fell in love with. New puppy princess Jasmine follows Simba around and wants to play and cuddle with him. But Simba freaks …
Puppy present peeves her
Q. This guy I’ve been seeing for a few months surprised me and gave me a dog for my birthday, a Pomeranian he named Scooter. I was very annoyed he handed me this responsibility. I never asked for a dog and I’m still deciding whether …
Will Bunco sing the blues?
Q. My boyfriend of seven years and I have split up. We have an English bulldog together. He will be 2 in November. The dog was purchased by my “ex” so technically Bunco is his. We have agreed to share him equally since I am …
Mutt captured his heart
Q . I recently did some work in a Central American country and while there I befriended a street dog. She had an unhealed femur fracture that clearly limited her mobility and likely caused her pain. While many street dogs are underweight, she appeared to …
Urban pooches are many
Q . I had a wonderful West Highland white terrier I loved deeply. She passed away a couple of months ago after 13 years. When the worst grief stopped, my partner and I decided not to get another dog until we move to a house …
Stymied by animal psychic
An animal psychic claims it communicated with a ornery cat, then a horse. Is this the real deal?
A Dickens of a daily routine
Four-year-old Dickens runs close to 15 miles a week and walks almost an hour daily. Is it any wonder the bichon frise/Shih Tzu gets dog tired sometimes?
Yorkie finds fingers tasty
Q . I recently adopted an adorable 2-year-old male Yorkshire terrier from the local shelter. He is very smart and was already housetrained, neutered and micro-chipped. He is just about perfect except that he always nips and bites at my hands. It is very annoying, …
Giselle deserves to stay
Give up Giselle or the ‘soul mate’ who makes it clear he doesn’t like dogs? Who would you chose?
What does Daisy see, hear?
Q. We have a healthy 9-year-old bichon frise named Daisy. Every so often, she will start to scratch at windows or a corner of an outside wall. We let her out at the door and she sits for hours in heat, rain, snow or cold …
