A Bad Thing Happened? Do Something!
One of my absolute favorite concepts is Gell-Mann Amnesia. Michael Crichton described the phenomenon like this: It goes for dog news, too. Think about that while you read stories like these.
Hurricane Season Prep: K9 Edition
Hurricane season is in full swing as Lee was just declared a Category 5 as it bypassed the Caribbean islands toward the southeast US. As more storms are sure to follow in the coming weeks, it’s time to think about your disaster plan. Owning a dog adds another layer of complexity to disaster preparedness, but […]
Dogs Prefer Women
A radio host once noticed that every New Study either confirms what our common sense already tells us, or it’s wrong. That’s a little oversimplified, but the gist rings true. A New Study from Hungary purports to show the type of speech and speaker that dogs prefer. The researchers did functional MRI on dogs’ brains […]
Why I Almost Ended Up With Another Dog
A lot of dogs run loose in my neighborhood. We used to be the type of people to immediately grab any loose dog and try to find its frantically searching owners. After a few years here, we’ve relaxed into, “He’ll probably run back home.” But tonight, I was greeted by a dog that almost forced […]
If It Bleeds, It Leads
Typical of popular media coverage these days, all of the dog-related stories today are the horrible “Woman Killed By Pack of Roving Dogs”-type of news. Instead, I bring you a silly story today about a couple whose dog is truly a member of the family. Please note that I recommend never leaving even the sweetest […]
Warning: It’s Very Hot Outside
To anyone who’s been napping for the last five months and is just waking up in the middle of a blazing summer, welcome to August. A sad story this week out of Arizona, where local stations report a man hiking with his two dogs called 911 when he and the dogs were experiencing heat exhaustion […]
What Is Three Sixty K9?
Three Sixty K9 is the idea that dogs are complex beings with different aspects of their personalities. As our companions, they deserve to be looked at from all angles.