Last night Charlie outdid herself.  I made the kids dinner; fried chicken legs, cous cous and zuchini.  They put their plates on the...

Hank is our six year old black Lab and he had another seizure last night.  He’s been having them periodically for three or four years.  I...

Tomasa is my new horse. She is a small dark bay mare with a white smudge under her forelock and white spots on the inside of her front...

My kids are actually pretty good eaters.  I steamed kale for the first time the other night.  The babysitter, who eats with us on...

Charlie doesn’t really like her choke chain collar.  I only started using it recently when my tennis elbow deteriorated to the point...

We haven’t had a rat in my nuclear family.  We have acquired more exotic pets, like the chinchilla and the ferret.  Now we have a bunny...

My kids make fun of me when I talk to the dogs.  They say disgustedly, “Mom, they can’t understand you,” and roll their eyes when I...

My brother’s family has a Bengal cat, just a few months old.  Her name is Kitty because they can’t agree on a name.  My sister-in-law...

I’m sitting on the couch sharing my Cheez-Its with the dogs.  They love Cheez-Its.  Who doesn’t?  They’re completely unhealthy, filled...

Charlie is looking up at me in humiliation.  My youngest found little red dog bracelets with bells on them in a drawer from Christmas...

Kids are messy.  Mine are no different than most.  Tidiness just doesn’t seem to be high on their priority list.  Mess drives me insane...

We came to our place in Idaho for Thanksgiving, but we didn’t drive so we couldn’t bring the dogs.  It’s very strange to be here without...

Snow has all the animals acting crazy, human animals included.  We don’t get snow very often in Seattle so when enough collects on the...

Charlie, our one and a half year old corgi has come into heat again.  We want to breed her so I haven’t had her fixed, but it means...

I’ve been thinking about fear lately.  Fear is something humans and animals share, but animals seem to react much more predictably when...

Even before my son read the book Eating Animals I had a hard time making turkeys every Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I was completely...

It’s time to write about Harry.  Harry was our Corgi who died last summer, of cancer.  I’ve been avoiding him as a topic because it’s...

Anybody who has dogs has to deal with their poop.  It doesn’t matter if you live in a sixth floor walkup in New York City, or on seven...

Just as there are horse people and non horse people, the same can be said about birds.  I come from a bird family.  My father and...

Stevie is my middle daughter’s horse.  She’s a grey mare, with a black mane and tail.  She’s tall and thin, like her owner.  When I see...