I didn’t jump up on the bed. I’m a throw pillow. A very realistic throw pillow, that’s all. Look how I blend. Tweet This Post

See that paw behind the hamper? That’s Dog #1. When we lived in Gainesville, a bolt of lightning hit right outside the sliding glass door where he was sitting. At the first sign of thunder, I get a “scratch, scratch” on my leg. I tried extinguishing the behavior by ignoring it and reassuring him that [...]

Can you tell who walked across the wet patio tile? Neither one of them is talking. Tweet This Post

Toby and Lucy played with their Dalmatian cousins for the third day in a row. Those Dalmatians know how to party! Here’s Lucy passed out after a day of playing. Dogs are meant to run. I’m glad and thankful that they have a yard to play in. Tweet This Post

Out of all the stuff on my blog, people like the Toby and Lucy updates the best.  So here’s how they are adapting to their new home: 1.  Toby has taken to sleeping in the study closet while I work on the book.  I can hear him snoring as I write. 2.  The movers left [...]

Those of you who have met Toby in “real life” know that he is very well-mannered. To give you an idea of Toby’s level of patience, our friends’ 18-month-old inadvertently (isn’t everything that 18-months-olds do inadvertent?) stomped on Toby’s foot. Toby just looked at him sweetly as if to say, “Dear child, I know you [...]

Toby and Lucy have plenty of toys. Lucy has roughly 6 Squirrely Squirrels. (For more info on said Squirrels, go here.) Toby will not admit to liking the S. Squirrels. He pretends they do not exist. Toby and Lucy also have myraid other doggie entertainment toys. But their favorite game? Hide-and-Seek. I was reading online [...]

Toby does this odd behavior where he will sit and dig at the carpet. He’ll dig vigorously for quite a while – until there are lines in the carpet. He then stops mid-dig, looks at his paws in disbelief, looks up at me as if to say, “Why did I do that? That was completely [...]

Here’s a video of my favorite pups. See if you can guess which one is more ADHD than the other. Here’s the link if you can’t see the video in this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44cCyo0h4-E Tweet This Post

Author, psychotherapist, professor…and stuffed squirrel washer.  Just a few of my many roles in life.   Occassionally Lucy’s stuffed squirrels need to go to Squirrely Squirrel Hospital (my sewing machine), and then they go to the Squirrely Squirrel Spa (the washing machine).   Here they are taking a siesta before going back to the daily grind. (And [...]