I got a phone call form Dash's surgeon at about 3 PM this afternoon. He told me that the procedure went as planned. Surgeons are diffe...

Dash goes in for surgery tomorrow morning. The CAT Scan was fairly conclusive. The bad news is that he does have thyroid cancer. The good...

False start day. We got up extra early this morning, so we could negotiate feeding one dog while the other was fasting. Usually, this inv...

Dot and Dash had a great day. Our mild Springlike weather continues, making it possible to give the dogs several long walks, in addition t...

Where did today go? It seems like I got up and all of the sudden, it's time to go to bed again. I certainly didn't do that much. T...

It was an absolutely normal Friday. Normal is good. There was no dog crisis. There was no impossible deadline crisis. There was no crisis ...

OK. We're making progress. I've scheduled a consultation with an oncologist first thing Monday morning. After this initial evaluat...

I feel sick to my stomach. The pathology report came back today and Dash has some sort of thyroid tumor. We don't know yet whether the...

Another stressful day. We've known for some time that Dash has a lipoma in his neck. These fatty tumors are very common in dogs and mo...

Yup. It did turn out to be a cleaning day. I kind of figured it would. I spent the day doing a host of little things that I've been put...

Dash is a smart dog. When he was having his incontinence problems recently, he learned that if he scratched at the back door with his paw,...

I got a pleasant surprise this morning. I received a publisher's proof of my entry in the upcoming SXSW Cookbook. I was amazed. My rec...

To a dog, Valentine's Day is just like any other day, except that sometimes you get dressed up in silly costumes, and other times you ...

Dot is OK. After spending the day getting a series of Barium x-rays to determine if her digestive system was still functioning properly, t...

It was a stressful day. Dot is not getting better. When I took her on her morning walk, she threw up some of the carpet she ate. About th...

I've certainly seen better days. We started things out with a dog emergency. As most of you know, I have to walk Dot and Dash separate...

Well, I guess social media is still useful for a few things. When I was checking to see whether yesterday's blog post uploaded correct...