Hello and welcome to my blog! I hope this blog will provide relevant information that will help you enjoy your life with your dog. I also hope to bring a little light heartedness to it by sharing entertaining anecdotes about life with dogs. As anyone who has had a dog for longer than a day knows, they are a continuous source of entertainment!

I have owned dogs for decades and it is my love for them that spurred my writing career. I am the author of six books and numerous articles on the subject of dogs and dog health.

My own pack consists of three dogs, Sadie (10 ½), Sonagh (6) and Wally (10 months), each wonderful in their own unique way. I will give a profile of each of them in future postings. The dogs and I share our home with my wonderful, patient husband and his nine tortoises.

As I write this first blog post, it is sub-zero here in Minnesota with a dangerous wind chill. What that means for our life with dogs is that they cannot be outside much longer than it takes to do their business and have a tour of the ‘perimeter’ a.k.a. the fence line. This makes for an interesting day of trying to keep them entertained and keeping the puppy from creating too much mayhem because he is bored out of his fur. The girls are old hands at just hanging out, but the puppy is…well, a puppy!

So far, so good. He has had some downtime in his kennel, a vigorous game of chase with Sonagh around the family room, a training session with the girls, stolen a sock and a pair of underwear out of the laundry basket and had a bit of a spat with Queen Sadie. He is currently napping between the big dogs, dreaming of new chaos to be created.

Thanks for reading! I look forward to your comments and will be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Cheers!

Edie