Pet Dish
I remember the first time I saw a laser-etched tile on a tombstone. I was at Pet Haven Cemetery in Kent, Washington, a few years ago, and the photorealistic portraits of cats, dogs and people on grave markers startled me. These weren't the weathered, chiseled stones with barely legible names and dates that I remembered from my last visit to an old cemetery.
February 19, 2008
Pet Dish
A recent tidbit circulated through local blogs about a little black kitten with a kink in its tail that went missing from Twice Sold Tales, a used bookstore on Capitol Hill, earlier in the month. It's sad about the cat, especially if it was truly taken. In a city where thousands of unclaimed cats are euthanized every year, who needs to snatch one from a good home, er, store? My advice to would-be catnappers: Steal a book about a cat and then go adopt one.
February 18, 2008
Pet Dish
Who really needs an excuse for taking their best furry buddy out? Not me. Usually, it's the destination that's the problem. Not tonight. On this hump day (pun sort of intended), dogs are the toast of the town.
February 13, 2008
Pet Dish
The Seattle Animal Shelter hosts a cat-fostering orientation tonight. If you have the crib and the inclination, fostering a "homeless" cat is a concrete way to support these deserving animals.
February 12, 2008
Pet Dish
It's 10 a.m. in New York, the Big Red Tennis Ball. Carefully coiffed and meticulously groomed purebred dogs are hitting their marks in the rings at Madison Square Garden. Handlers dressed for boardrooms are gnawing on dog treats (the best way to inspire eye contact, or at least eye-to-mouth contact, with your dog). Already, ten lucky canines have clinched best of breed.
February 11, 2008
Pet Dish
At the end of a gravel road on Vashon Island under a tree canopy with
lots of wildlife, Michael and Miriam FitzPatrick share their small
cabin with, at this time, 14 ferrets.
February 8, 2008
Pet Dish
In honor of Super Tuesday, I'm checking in on the coyote poll. You know about the coyote, right? In early January, folks reported a little white-brown-gold number loping through Discovery Park, too brazenly for it's own good. Eventually, there were reports the coyote stalked walkers with small dogs, skittered across porches at nearby Navy housing, and severely injured a cat. This is the sort of behavior that can get an animal killed.
February 6, 2008
Pet Dish
The Single Male Poodle in question is a 7-year-old black miniature-teacup mix named Eddie, after the terrier in "Frasier." He's a lover of designer duds, especially all things Burberry, Buster & Sullivan (where he found his rockin' camo T) and strutting his stuff at the Magnuson off-leash area.
January 28, 2008
Pet Dish
Lulu would wade through a pool of fire-breathing cats for a piece of old, dry kibble, so I had to say "sure" when my new friend offered a treat. She liked my dog, had a cookie supply in her car, was prepared to trek out and back in the middle of a busy day. I adore dog people. But I did think: If a stranger offered a cookie from their car for my kid, would I say yes?
January 27, 2008
Pet Dish
It's going to be another Cold Paws day, Q13 Fox News meteorologist M.J. McDermott, "reported" on this morning's Pet Walk Forecast, which you don't really watch for the weather but for pet photos. Today, the forecast star was Cooper, an Australian shepherd with Elizabeth Taylor-blue eyes.
January 24, 2008
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