Category: pet lessons
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A Tale of Two Tails
I am not a dog person but I’m trying hard to become one. Because I have a dog, and I think it would help. Actually, I have a puppy, which, I’m learning, is vastly different from having a dog. As a family we’ve had two dogs and maybe all the homework my 7th grader comes home…
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Unexpected Miracles
(I’m pulling from the archives. “Unexpected Miracles” appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat, 2009) I have failed as a cat parent. My little cat Maisey, when she was just a smidgen over a year old, was going to be a mother. At first we weren’t sure. Perhaps…
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Goodbye Tilly
We had to put our dog to sleep today which, as my son pointed out, is just a nice way of saying she died. She was old and sick and quickly losing control over bodily functions, and it was time. As I write this, Tilly is not sitting at my feet under my desk. Taking…
Rachel Allord 