Category Archives: dogs

Love

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Rob and Trish

  We’ve written about this love before. It’s specific, palpable, and in the aftermath of separation, the kind of thing that tugs at your heart, that whispers, Oh, please, not again. Megan and Nika were home for eight days over … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, love, synchronicity | 13 Comments

What Animals Teach Us

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Rob and Trish

joy +++ Now that Obama has won the election, now that the Repugs are licking their wounds and are showing themselves to be very poor losers, we’ve got a new brand of politics at the dog park. At the park … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, synchronicity | 14 Comments

A Dog’s Purpose

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Rob and Trish

In the years we have owned dogs, there have been countless times when I wondered what the dog was thinking and feeling or why he or she engaged in a particular behavior. Since we’ve always had cats with our dogs, … Continue reading →

Posted in books, dogs, synchronicity | 11 Comments

Dog Days of Summer

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Rob and Trish

In this picture are Noah, the Golden Retriever at the forefront, Cody, another Golden, and Cody, a Husky. The two Codys are Noah’s karmic buddies, the ones he wrestles with, chases, the three of them tearing around the dog park … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs | 23 Comments

More Dog Park Politics

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Rob and Trish

Ty, American Bulldog, and Noah, Golden Retriever, at dog park She wears stylish, expensive glasses. Her cheekbones are admirable. She’s skinny and actually treks around in three-inch heels that would murder my feet. She has five children, a husband who … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, politics | 12 Comments

Mishka, the Talking Dog?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Rob and Trish

Thanks to Nancy Pickard for alerting us to this one.

Posted in animals, dogs | 14 Comments

The Dog Park and Politics

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Rob and Trish

Noah and Nameless, a standoff for the ball Sometimes, the boundary between my world and the general weirdness in the world blurs. Friends sends links, I click them, and suddenly find myself inside an article about a time vortex in … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, politics | 25 Comments

Sagan, the dog

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Rob and Trish

Sagan Here’s a touching tale about a sad-eyed dog and a synchronistic message contained in an Easter egg. The story was sent to us by Sagan’s former companion Sharon Graham. +++The first time I saw Sagan was in 1996 on Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in animal companions, dogs | 15 Comments

A Dog Named Blue and Gold Rush

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Rob and Trish

We love it when we receive an email with a synchronicity like this one. This story is from Sherry Meinberg and it’s about a dog named Blue (rather than a blue dog!) and a new reality show on the Discovery … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, reality TV, TV | 23 Comments

The Dog and the Dolphin

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Rob and Trish

Even though this video has been on you tube for about a year, I first saw it on maggie’s secret garden a few days ago. There’s just something incredibly moving about friendships that develop between species.

Posted in animals, dogs, dolphins | 18 Comments

Animal Companions

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Rob and Trish

Noah at the dog park  Today on Daily Grail, we ran across an interesting link about dogs trained to predict seizures in epileptics. It sounds like the kind of area that British biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake might be researching.Eddie … Continue reading →

Posted in dogs, epileptics, power of animals, Sheldrake | 15 Comments

God must be crazy

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Rob and Trish

We were at the dog park when it happened. When you have something in common with people, in this case dogs, strangers are usually quite willing to strike up a conversation. We had walked over to a bench in a … Continue reading →

Posted in bible, conservatives, dogs, yoga | 31 Comments

Another 6 Degrees of Separation

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Rob and Trish

For the past few weeks, we’ve been taking Noah, our rambunctious Golden Retriever, to doggie training with a wonderful woman named Madison. The training is conducted at her home, usually with two other goldens. Today, it was just Noah and … Continue reading →

Posted in Al Zuckerman, cousins, dogs, writers house | 17 Comments