Pets Stress About Money, Too

January 2, 2009

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Your pet knows when you need a hug and when you need to play, so it’s no surprise that Fluffy and Fido can tell when you’re stressed about the economy. They may not know exactly what it is that’s filling your heart with angst, but your pets definitely feel your agida, and they [...]

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Mastiff Mayhem: Shelf-Climbing Bullmastiff (or, “I just gotta have one of those toys!”)

December 26, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — If there’s one thing Ty loves, it’s stuffed animals. And he’s going to get them, no matter what it takes! See what I mean?

We call him Mr. Barky Buns Big Head. I’m sure you can figure out why.
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Learning About…Cerebellar Hypoplasia

December 20, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Today, I found a YouTube video featuring Charley, a cat suffering from cerebellar hypoplasia. But the thing is, Charley isn’t suffering at all! He may fall down a lot, but otherwise he’s a perfectly normal cat with some balance and motor control issues.
Cerebellar hypoplasia is a disorder found in cats and dogs in [...]

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Meow/Bark/Q&A: Reverse Housebreaking?

December 16, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Reader John asked:

any good ideas about how to “reverse” hosebreak an 8 yrar old dog? that is, have moved to apartment and want dog to use garden/patio area, but he seems to think it is part of the living area and thus he won’t go. what to do?

John, your vet will probably have [...]

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Mastiff Mayhem: Zen and the Art of Counter-Surfing

December 4, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Oh boy, oh boy, the dogs learned a new trick! It’s called “jump up on the counter and eat stuff they have no business eating and then shred the evidence all over the house so no one can prove nuttin’.” It’s totally precious. Except for NOT.
About two weeks ago, I came home from [...]

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I Totally Play Favorites With My Pets

December 3, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — While gathering photos for the rotating snapshots in the new MBB design, I realized that I have virtually no pictures of my lynx point Siamese, Zoe. She was the first pet I ever had that was MINE, and we took tons of photos of her on film, which are now trapped in albums [...]

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7 Random Facts About Kristen

November 22, 2008

(www.sass-pants.com) — A reader of my freelance writing blog tagged me for the 7 Random Things meme, so here we go:

I played Doc in my preschool’s production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. I still remember getting fibers from my fake beard stuck in my mouth and crying in the middle of it because [...]

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Video: Who Says Dogs Don’t Have Long Memories?

October 12, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Marijke from Help My Hurt pointed me toward this touching video of two doggies greeting their owner as he returns from a 14-month deployment to Iraq. I made it about 15 seconds in without crying. It is so sweet.

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Tags: dogs greeting soldier, video, dog, pet, military, deploy, iraq, [...]

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Too Much Too Soon?

September 17, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — I came home from my Bible study last night and Ty was holding up his nonsurgery leg. It looks like he may have done something to his paw or his ankle, but that may just be wishful thinking on my part because I can’t bear the thought that his original bad knee is [...]

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Mastiff Mayhem — Today’s Episode of “Things Murphy Destroyed or Ate”: My Glasses Case

September 16, 2008

(www.meowbarkblog.com) — It’s been a while since we had an episode of “Things Murphy Destroyed or Ate,” so it was about time for him to ruin something. And ruin it he did.
This used to be my glasses case:

From what I can glean from the crime scene, one of the cats knocked the case to the [...]

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