We found Schaefer wandering the neighborhood in the dead of winter. He was painfully thin, every rib prominent, and his coat was thick and wooly and dirty. As with almost all the dogs we’ve rescued, he had no collar or identification of any kind. And he was scared to death. He rambled like a wolf [...]

During the night aliens landed in our backyard. I know because they left nothing but a perfect circle of dead, stinking vegetation where they landed. I didn’t see them, or hear them, and the Knuckleheads didn’t even bark an alarm. The aliens must have put all of us into some kind of suspended sleep [...]

Lucky’s incessant barking was finally more than I could bear yesterday. I couldn’t take another day of it–something had to give or one of us was going to suffer.
I threw on my shoes and made a mad dash to the pet store. I came home with a bark collar. I wrapped that baby around Lucky’s [...]

So of course it’s raining. The Knuckleheads REALLY wanted out to check out the squirrel tree, so I let ‘em. They sprinted to the tree, Lucky barking as usual (soooo irritating) and dancing around looking up, where is that pesky squirrel? Then they realized—oh….my….gosh….it’s RAINING!Must…get….back….into….house NOW. These guys act as if they will melt if [...]

When I returned from the dentist this morning, the Wild Bunch greeted me with enthusiasm. They had been soooo good, you see, helping with the recycling effort. Too bad the phone book they shredded was the NEW one. Happy is taking credit for the kill, even though you can bet he wasn’t the true culprit. [...]