Pet Dish
Late last winter, I swabbed the inside of my dog's cheek with a Q-tip-sized bristle-brush and sent it off with $65 to the labs of MetaMorphix. The life sciences company in Belstville, Md., had just launched something called the Canine Heritage Breed Test, and I was curious to discover exactly what breeds braided through the DNA of my Seattle Animal Shelter dog.
May 25, 2008
Pet Dish
Writing on one of our rare sunny days, I find myself thrilled with the prospect of rain. Not because I miss the rain, but because with rain comes mud and with mud comes the chance for my dog -- or yours -- to become a Lees Carpet spokes-pet, win prizes including a year's supply of dog food and new carpet, and raise money for the Seattle-based Delta Society.
May 9, 2008
Pet Dish
Since Monday, the Seattle Animal Shelter has been promoting
Be Kind to Animals Week. I love the sentiment and admire the work of the
Seattle Animal Shelter. I have a major soft spot for them, since that's where I found my dog Lulu. In the spirit of the thing, the Shelter suggests excellent actions such as encouraging family and friends to spay or neuter their pets, creating spaces for wildlife, reporting animal abuse or neglect, volunteering at your local animal shelter and speaking out on the importance of respecting animals.
May 8, 2008
Pet Dish
First, things slowed down at Itchmo.com, eventually posts ground to a halt and then the URL went kerflooey.
May 6, 2008
Pet Dish
A couple months ago, I plucked a business card for Seattle Green Dogs off the bulletin board at Top Pot Doughnuts.
I was there for, um, a cup of black coffee. I dropped the card in my
pocket, and there it lived until I discovered it a week after Earth Day
(when I had failed to join the blogging hordes with an
eco-greenie-themed message).
April 29, 2008
Some days when Andrea Houghton goes to her neighborhood Fred Meyer, she lets her parrot, Girlfriend, ride on her shoulder. Fans call out "Hey, Girlfriend," and the splendid blue and gold macaw always talks back. For Houghton, who hand-raises baby birds for The Tweetery in Crown Hill, the outings are a chance to socialize with her feathered friend.
April 28, 2008
Pet Dish
I'm beginning to feel like a bird brain. By that, I mean, I have been learning so much about the Seattle bird scene, I'm fairly busting with it. (I should say that the pejorative term "bird brain" needs to be under serious reconsideration as
science learns how sophisticated that tiny processor actually is.)
April 25, 2008
Pet Dish
Among the items on the auction block this Saturday at the Seattle Humane Society's Tuxes and Tails event will be the chance to spend a day on the trail with famed pet detective Kat Albrecht.
April 24, 2008
For folks with weak throwing arms who share their home and playtime with an avid retriever, the Chuckit! Ball Launcher is the silver grail of dog gear. Like a lacrosse stick or Jai-alai cesta, the 27-inch, plastic tennis ball launcher not only triples your tossing range but also reduces hands-on contact with the slobbery projectiles only a dog could love.
April 21, 2008
Pet Dish
You know how people with pets project personalities, pet peeves, and cartoon voices on to them? It's not pretty, but almost everyone does it, at least in private. Among the many fantasy aspirations I used to pretend for my Labrador/Shepherd mix, Lulu, was that she wanted to have her ears made larger and erect, ala Rin Tin Tin.
April 15, 2008
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