Twenty-five years ago, when we brought baby Danny home from the hospital, we were very careful to first present him to Ziggy, our shitzu/poodle/terrier mix. Ziggy sniffed him, licked him, and promptly accepted our new family member. For the next few weeks, Ziggy slept under the bassinet and the two were best buddies until Ziggy died at age 16.

Not every dog adjusts as well to every baby and on this week’s Good Dog episode, dog trainer/behaviorist Trish King offers tips and advice for keeping your baby safe and well cared for by and around your dog.

In November of 2007, I interviewed Marlena Cervantes, owner of Flexpetz, a business that introduced flexible pet ownership to a number of American cities. When she applied to open a branch in Boston, (more…)

Today we’re posting a new episode of the Guide Dog podcast and it happens to be one of my favorites. Maile George and her dad, Fred, share how having a guide dog pretty much saved Maile’s life.

Maile lost her vision as a complication of diabetes in her (more…)

I’m a big fan of T.C. Boyle, author of “Tortilla Curtain,” “Drop City,” “The Inner Circle” and 13 other books of fiction. He’s also a prolific short story writer and one of his stories, “Heart of a Champion” has been immortalized on (more…)