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The (Not So) Daily Dog: Mug Shot

My lovely wife and our 1-year old black Great Dane puppy, Jersey — talk about a giant mug (not you, honey…the dog):

Austin: Blizzard 2010!

Of course this will all be gone tomorrow afternoon when it’s supposed to be sunny and 50 degrees…but for today the neighborhood kids were out in force building (their first?) snowmen and having snow ball fights.

The (Note So) Daily Dog: Hiking Behind the House

The amazing green belt directly behind our new house is the main reason we moved way out…to have immediate and unimpeded access to green space to run and hike with the dogs.

Six Pit Bulls Maul 56-Year Old Chicago Man to Death

The problem with pit bulls though is that they aren’t wired like most other dogs. And when a pit bull snaps, someone usually dies.

The (Not So) Daily Dog: Keeping Warm

So, how do three giant dogs stay warm on a night where Al Gore’s Global Warming will help keep our temperatures in the Texas Hill Country at a balmy 13 degrees?

The (Not so) Daily Dog: First Day of Winter

While a large portion of our nation is blanketed under tons of snow and bone-freezing temperatures, here in Austin we’re reaping the benefit of Al Gore’s totally-not-made-up anthropogenic global warming.

It’s A (purposeful) Dog’s Life!

Meet Ricochet, a dog that makes a difference.
Surf dog Ricochet (Rip Curl Ricki’s) inspirational journey from service dog training, to turning disappointment into a joyful new direction, to surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison, to fundraising for charitable causes.
For more info, and how you can help, visit the website RipCurlRicki.

The (Not So) Daily Dog: Surviving Blizzard 2009

So, we survived The Great Blizzard of 2009 here in Austin (though, it is supposed to hit 22 degree tonight…damned global warming).

The (Not So) Daily Dog: Beagle on a Hearth

Was sitting here watching a little FOX News, and looked over to my right and saw our 14-year old mostly-blind and almost-entirely deaf Beagle, Lady Jack of Nacogdoches (Jackie) sitting on the fire place hearth staring at me

A Happy Homecoming!

Happy hound hops/howls/hugs her honorable human.
God Bless Our Troops, and their friends.

The (Not So) Daily Dog: Weekend Update

It’s what I love about where we live in west Austin — just a few miles from downtown, and we’re standing in 1000s of acres of wide open spaces, surrounded by lakes, hills, trees, and grassy fields full of wild-life.

Two Young Heroes Save Sister From Pit-Bull Attack!

That this stray killing machine ignored everyone, including older children, and attacked the smallest and most vulnerable of them all, is a classic example of these beasts.

The (not so) Daily Dog: Running the Greenbelt

Someone mentioned that there hadn’t been a daily dog in a while — so here’s a pic I snapped of our 2 year-old black Great Dane, Angus, yesterday when we went running in a green belt canyon near Spicewood, TX:

Time to Ban the Pit Bull?

These are family pets killing killing children in the family. Again, what sane parent with children at home owns a pit bull?