FrogDog Blog – a Blog About Everything French Bulldog
A tiny change…We're now FrogDog Blog
It’s been pointed out to me that there’s already a “Frog Blog” out there, written by a guy who is interested in (what else?) frogs. So, to save confusion, I’ve renamed this blog : ‘Frogdog Blog’. That should prevent anyone from coming here and looking for tips about their sick tree frogs. I hope. Carol
"Placing" Dogs and Picking Homes
I have been thinking lately about the concept of ‘placing’ older dogs. ‘Placing’ is synonymous with ‘retiring’ – it means that we find good, loving, preferably close by homes for our older girls or boys who are no longer active in our breeding program. The theory is sound – dogs who have had to be […]
Maybe Unicorns Aren't Such a Bad Idea
Oh boy. Today was one of those days that make you wonder why you didn’t decide to own cats, or raise unicorns, or potted plants. I got up to discover that not only had Sailor had an accident in her crate, but that she’d done so in her own, incomparable fashion – by sticking her […]
Filing, Frenchies and D.H. Lawrence
Filing old paper work is an interesting endeavor. You run into things you haven’t seen for years – correspondence from people you’d forgotten you’d written to, snippets of articles started but never finished, research that stalled part way through. I stumbled across an old folder with some of the research I’d used to write an […]
Advice on the Care and Training of Your New Human
Since I am currently busy with work, I’ve asked Tessa to fill in and write a few guest blogs for me. She was busy working on her tan on the back deck, and suggested I re-print this column she wrote back in 2001. She then told me to get her some cookies and a glass […]
My Heart
Her eyes are a deep chocolate brown, with long dark lashes. Both are cloudy now, and the left has an opaque area that I’m beginning to worry might be a cataract. I haven’t taken her to the doctor yet, out of fear that he’ll tell me she needs surgery. I don’t want to put her […]