Rock and roll animal. Dog walk on the wild side.
An excerpt from GONE WALKABOUT: Confessions of a NYC Dog Walker ... Andy Warhol, or so I’ve heard, once said that in New York City we...
Excerpt from GONE WALKABOUT: Confessions of a NYC Dog Walker
They all know the drill. Pavlov couldn’t have planned it better. Buzzer goes off. Stimulus sets off a four-legged frenzy with dogs...
Excerpt from GONE WALKABOUT: Confessions of a NYC Dog Walker
I’ve followed the blogs of my dogs since they were pups whizzing on Wee-Wee Pads or the nearest rug. I’ve shared proud moments as they’ve...
Digging at the AKC Library
Digging at the AKC Library: The Art and Science of Dog Loving Michael Brandow / Dogs Today, May 2018 Read full text with endnotes below....
Westminster gives prizes for highest rates of deformity and disease
The German shepherd was invented in the 1890s as a symbol of Teutonic purity, but changed dramatically when he became a show dog, and...
Feel-good stories about animals who feel bad: Harmless fun, fair and balanced reporting—none of the
It was a storybook tale guaranteed to go viral. A nice young couple from a small town in Michigan wants a second child, but as many...
Hugging dogs, media myths, voodoo science
Samantha asked for hugs from morning till night. Yesterday I woke up to a local news channel telling me it was no longer fashionable to...
Crufts soldiers on*
Queen Alexandra on display at a dog show. Note the biscuit booth to the left. Democracy always sells. So does aristocracy, and dog...
Dogs as décor
Why bother buying the dogs when Benjamin Moore lets you paint your digs Golden Retriever, Weimaraner, and Golden Lab? After lemon and...
Humble beginnings
Dogs picked up a number of items along their way to our hearts, but few people today realize just how much the wolf lost when he moved...
