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Parting Ways
While Generation Z and Millennials debate on TikTok whether the side part or middle part is more fashionable, we have our own hair raising issues to discuss. Today I’d like to update you on Mom and Dad’s hair. It has now been a year since Mom or Dad have received a haircut from a licensed […]
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Paws Up and Away, Please!
Asa, I agree that after a long day it is nice to relax and put your paws up. I also appreciate that you feel comfortable around me to be yourself. And one can even argue that you’re being very thoughtful keeping your muddy paws off the bed. However, will you please stop using me as […]
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Dog Bed Spontaneous Combustion PSA
In this very special episode of Living with a Golden, we are joined by our dear friends, Hazel and Nottie, to talk about a very troubling topic: Dog Bed Spontaneous Combustion. We first brought you this Dog Public Service Announcement back in 2016, when poor Nottie and Hazel witnessed this scary phenomenon, and yet were […]
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New Training Tool for Humans
Remember that new dog bed I received for my birthday that I didn’t like? Well it’s still an awful bed, but as a training tool for Mom and Dad it is awesome! As you know, training Mom and Dad, and not letting them slip back into bad habits, has been an ongoing struggle for me. […]
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From Wolves to Pampered Pets
In our quest to understand the history of dogs, we’ve already established that dogs became domesticated from wolves approximately 40,000 years ago, and that the special bond between humans and dogs could be seen in prehistoric rock drawings depicting individualized dogs hunting alongside humans. However, how did we go from wolves to the variety of […]
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Golden Tail Wags Awards 2021: Home Edition
Welcome to the 4th Annual Golden Tail Wags Awards! Normally we celebrate the weird and wonderful things we’ve seen on our Dog Friendly Places adventures the previous year. However, nothing was normal about 2020, and we didn’t go anyplace. So today we are turning the spotlight on the delightful cast of characters who made staying […]
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We Must Persevere!
Dogs, it’s very exciting watching the footage from NASA’s Mars Rover, Perseverance; and the details in the photos of Jupiter sent back from the Juno mission are amazing. However, we must also keep an eye to the sky here at home! While we’re all focused on exploring other planets, there are UFOs that are just […]
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Gnome Cold Case Reopened
As I continue to try to solve the case of the Jolly Ball found in our woods, I was reminded of another strange find from years ago. In February 2016, Asa rescued a Gnome buried in snow in our woods not too far away from the location of our most recent find. At the time […]
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Office Dog On-Call Schedule
Asa is brilliant! I can’t believe I didn’t think of this first. Asa completely redefined our role as office dogs! Every day we have to wait through Dad’s zoom meeting before we can go for our afternoon walk. Somedays the meetings are quick, barely 15 minutes long. Other days the meetings can go upwards of […]
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Prehistoric Dog Pictures
Dogs, it is an undisputed fact that our humans have more pictures of us on their phones and cameras than anyone else. But have you ever stopped to wonder when this obsession with dog pictures started? I did! According to researchers, the oldest known dog art may be 8000 to 9000 years old! Located in […]
