Archive for July, 2009

I’m always on the lookout for better pet products. When you have seven litter boxes to clean every day, cat litter is pretty important. Last week I made a new discovery.

I was strolling through the pet aisles at Wal-Mart and saw a new cat litter product; Arm and Hammer Essentials.  It boasts that you only need to use 1/2 the amount of regular clay litter, and since the 10 1/2 pound bag was only $8.40, I thought “”what the heck, I’ll give it a try.”"

Today’s guest author is Debbie Jacobs, creator of Fearful Dogs.

sunny smilingAre there a lot of fearful dogs out there or am I just noticing them more? Since Sunny landed in our living room, and settled into the corner, my “shy dog radar” seems to have been fine tuned.

At the pet shop recently a young woman was browsing the dog treat section, her black and white dog, a young adult, was doing the same. When I turned to speak to the woman, making small talk about “kids in candy stores” her dog took one look at me, ducked his head and stepped back, his eyes locked on my face. I’d seen that look enough to know that I should not return the stare and immediately turned my head. The dog resumed his sniffing of the various dried, animal body parts available to him.