Joy Lawson Jones

Okay, it's already 98 degrees here, and climbing for the fourth day in a row. My pups, CJ and Kizzie, and I were out early this morning, skulking around the neighborhood trying to find shady spots to poo and pee (them, not me!). I thought the dog days of summer weren't due until mid-August, when Sirius (the Dog Star) appears in the overhead sky. ...

As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I'm hoping for worldwide recognition that we are all members of the same race, and that because we are human and blessed with intellect (not just instinct), we can use that intellect to be kind, not only to one another, but also to other living beings.

Even dogs can have fun on the Internet!  This year, CJ and Kizzie played Secret Santa with friends on a doggie board.  Just who got what from whom was kept a surprise until today.  Weeks ago, CJ and Kizzie sent gifts to a farm in southern Illinois and today received gifts from their Secret Santa from a small town in Kansas. Great fun!  Happy Holidays ...

Awhile back I wrote about Ms. LeeLou, a shy Neapolitan Mastiff-Cane Corso mix who was being fostered by a family in my neighborhood and nursed back to health with a great deal of love, devotion, and I might add, expense.  At that time, LeeLou had been given a very positive health report by the vet, and the foster family had eagerly begun looking for her forever ...

CJ: It's Halloween alright-I feel like a freak! I've never really gotten into dressing the pups for Halloween, but somehow, this year I thought I might. Maybe it was the flyers about this year's Canine Costume parade in my town, or the midweek trip to the pet store and the sight of all those cute get-ups: pumpkins, bumblebees, monkeys, angels. You know how it is.  I actually ...