A Dear One

Category: dog

  • Getting a dog?

    Here is some of my basic dog advice, just dispensed to a Twitter pal and thought I’d share it here: –Vet–We use Laguna Hills Animal Hospital, they are a bit of a drive, but they are excellent! Really sweet people and they love animals. http://www.lagunahillsanimalhospital.com/ (The website is awful, but trust me they’re great!) Highly…

  • Scaredy Dog

    During the preparation of the awesome meal mentioned in the previous post we had a fun little interlude with our dog. Scarlett is a funny little critter who has a personality all her own. She is fearless when it comes to most things including people and big dogs, but there are 2 things she fears:…

  • FrontlinePlus or Advantix

    Most dogs need flea meds, and the ones in the grocery store are useless (at least in my experience). So I started our little pooch on FrontlinePlus from the time she was about 8 months old. Then I changed vets and the new vet carried Advantix, so we switched. Perhaps in the 6 years that…

  • Scarlett’s Illness

    We’ve had some bad news in the past few weeks. Scarlett has been diagnosed with cancer. I found a small lump near her front leg on her chest. So I took her to the local vet to get it checked out. When the doctor felt it he could tell it was solid and probably not…