My dog Rory has had some digestive issues this past week, and a friend recommended adding a dollop of yogurt to his food.
Probiotics, don’t you know — the ‘friendly bacteria’ that Jamie Lee Curtis gets all giggly about.
But my dog is a picky little shit. You change his food one iota, and he won’t touch it…which makes any change in his diet a real pain in the probiotic.
There are some animals, though, who are real fans of the yogurt cure.
Maybe Rory will listen to the bird.
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Central Park is green.
No more pastel buds of spring, no more varying shades of color — just a solid canopy of green.
As I was walking Rory Dog this morning — and gazing upward at all those green leaves — I was reminded of the day I got my very first pair of glasses.
I was in the fourth grade. My teacher Ms. Laws had noticed I was squinting at the chalkboard, and ratted me out to my mom. When the optometrist did the eye exam, it turned out —
I was pretty blind. Who knew?
I wasn’t very excited about getting glasses; I was the first in my class and would be teased for months. But I still remember wearing my new glasses on the ride home from the eye doctor, and staring in wonder up at the trees.
“You can see individual leaves?“
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I met another celeb in the neighborhood yesterday. Or I should say, Rory did.
I wasn’t the one getting a belly rub in the middle of the afternoon.
Bob Balaban was getting food for his daughter’s dachshund Elliot when Rory and I chanced to meet him at the pet store. As always, Rory’s color and indeterminate breeding prompted questions and, before I knew it, Bob and Rory were sitting on the floor together.
I meet the nicest folks when I hang out with my boy.
With his travel schedule, Bob said having a dog isn’t an option.
Well, Bob, consider yourself Rory Dog’s official uncle. It’s just a small way of saying ‘thank you’ for being so nice.
(And for Best in Show, Gosford Park, Friends, and Waiting for Guffmann, to name a few.)
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HAPPY NATIONAL PUPPY DAY!
It may be an unofficial holiday — Colleen Paige, the editor-in-chief of “Pet Home” Magazine dreamed it up — but her intentions are good. She trying to promote animal adoption.
It was the best thing I ever did.
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I’m looking at world through frog’s eyes
Looking at the world through frog’s eyes
Looking at the world through frog’s eyes
And you can just hop off!
My apologies to Heywood Banks. And you can buy the frog hats, too.
(You know you want ‘em.)
…they are dogs and the photo is stinking cute.
Credit to Matt Dunn for the pooch pic.
I know it made my very long day a whole lot brighter!
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Te quiero Turkey Day.
Have a great one, everyone!
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They say a picture is worth a thousand words.
That is never more true than early on a fall morning in New York City’s Central Park.
Dog’s pretty cute, too.
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I bought Rory a new down coat yesterday at the dog store.
I have no problem putting a sweater, raincoat or jacket on my dog to keep him warm and dry during bad weather.
But a doggie Halloween costume?
I have a really hard time doing that to him.
Sure, he will look cute in it, but it serves no useful purpose. He doesn’t need it for warmth or protection. And I feel like dressing him up like a vampire or dinosaur or Book of Mormon character strips away a layer of his dignity — violates the trust that he has put in me to protect him in every circumstance and against any foe.
Plus, he already gets all the treats he wants everyday without having to put on the tart.
Lucky dog.
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Save the date
The last day of 2011. Blogs are filled with the year in review, ‘best of’ lists, and previews of what’s to come.
Me? I’m just psyched about my new calendar.
We may be living in a digital world, carrying our lives around on our smartphones, but I still love selecting the wall calendar that hangs over the desk in my home office.
It used to be a no-brainer — the New Yorker dog cartoons calendar every year. And then they stopped making it two years ago.
Bums.
So now I journey to Barnes & Noble, not knowing what calendar on the racks and spinners before me will catch my eye. But this year’s selection was an exciting combination of all the things I hold most dear:
Dogs. Movies. Celebrities. Kitch.
Yeah, that’s a cat. But he wasn’t dressed up for the photo. All the Jack Sparrow-ness was digitally added later.
There’s also Andy Warhol. And Austin Powers. Dame Edna. Mother Teresa.
Yep. It’s gonna be a good year.
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