Skeptophilia

As hard as it may be to imagine, dogs -- yes, all of them -- are the domesticated descendants of gray wolves. Well, it's hard for me  to...

If you live in Japan, own a dog, and have more money than sense, I've got good news for you: you can pay ¥ 31,000 (about US $297) to hav...

I've always been an animal lover.  I grew up with dogs, and have had one or more dogs or cats all of my adult life.  Add to that a near-...

I have sometimes compared the sensation inside my brain as being like riding the Tilt-o-Whirl backwards. I've had a combination of an ex...

Our new dog, Jethro, is in the middle of a six-week puppy obedience class. After three weeks of intensive training, he reliably knows the co...

I understand dogs a great deal better than I understand my fellow humans. Dogs are straightforward.  They interact with their world in a dir...

We once owned a very peculiar border collie named Doolin.  Although from what I've heard, saying "very peculiar" in the same b...

When I lived in Olympia, Washington, I knew a woman who was a professional spinner and weaver.  She made beautiful wearable items as well as...

We've had both our dogs DNA tested -- purely for our own entertainment, not because we have any concern about "pure breeding" ...