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What does your dog do when you aren’t home? Sleep? Gaze out the window longing for the sexy little Lhaso across the street?  Or, relevant to today’s post, does he wish he could call and talk to you wherever you are? Maybe a quick text?   That’s the premise of a study that NYT journalist […] The post Fido Phone Home? appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

In my last post I mentioned that Skip was being given couch privileges, but he didn’t feel quite comfortable up there when first allowed. Here’s the photo I took several weeks ago: It’s pretty clear who was the most comfortable. This photograph, along with a post on my Facebook page, led to some comments about […] The post Do Privileges Affect Behavior? appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

Many dog owners complain that their dogs steal food from kitchen counters or even the dinner table. A new term was even coined to describe this behavior: counter-surfing. If you're tired of losing your dinner to a sneaky pooch every time you turn your back, here's what you can do about it. [...]

It was hard not to write to all of you last week, seriously. But, I made some real progress on the novel and that feels good. I didn’t write thousands of new words, but I got some good work done on the structure and plot. (Not that plot is important in a mystery . . […] The post Progress on the Novel! appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

Well, this is weird. It’s Monday morning, and I’m not in my usual place, writing my blog on my laptop in the dining room, Skip curled up against the door, Maggie out of sight in the living room sprawled on the couch. No, I’m writing to you on the huge iMac in my study, the […] The post It’s a Mystery. appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

I don’t know about you, but the state of the world is such right now that I need lots of healthy distractions. (What, is the vodka, triple sec, pomegranate, lime juice, club soda drink I sort of invented not healthy?) I am indeed doing what I can to be a good, active citizen, but one […] The post Some Good Things to Keep Us Sane appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]