Carlson: Obesity a growing problem for dogs
There appears to be another epidemic to be concerned about. But before your anxiety level sky rockets, this one does not have the dire consequences of what we are living with now. Although it is serious, ...
Carlson: Cheery tidbits from the world of dogs
I’m calling this installment of my column “Kibbles & Bits’— a few short news items from the canine world inspired by the Health Talk page of the February/March issue of Dogster ...
Carlson: Great and small ways to help creatures in need
Around the holidays, every time I checked my mailbox at least half of its contents were requests for donations to charitable nonprofits and worthy causes, and I suspect this probably happened to you, too. ...
Carlson: Rescue flight is uplifting news
By even the most conservative definition, optimism is hard work for me lately. Every time I turn on the news (why do I keep putting myself through that?), I hear yet another long list of important issues ...
Carlson: To ignore or not to ignore
I admit I did have a premonition that jumping might become a problem with my darling Basset, Beau Dacious. John and I had driven to Sacramento to meet him and hopefully impress his breeder that we would ...
Carlson: Bones of contention
Either people who write for dog magazines are into lists, or I tend to gravitate toward articles that include lists, since the organizational work is pretty much done for me. Happy Tails Nancy ...
Carlson: Zoom adds zip to pandemic-era training
Since I got my first basset hound puppy back in the 90’s I have had only one ambition for my dogs — to get them certified as therapy dogs. Back in those days I was working as a school counselor ...
Carlson: Is mischievousness in your dog
It is with a sigh of relief I report my basset hound puppy, Beau Dacious, now 18-months-old, but still very young at heart, has slowed down somewhat — quite a bit actually — with his destructive ...
Carlson: Thinking of adding a second dog?
I have to admit, especially when my patience is wearing thin, that bringing a 55-pound basset puppy home to a 2-year-old, 85-pound greyhound, and then trying to manage the ensuing chaos, was perhaps not ...
Carlson: Tips for dog owners heading back to work
I started this column in early June, when it seemed like the path toward our new normal seemed somewhat straightforward. Then on June 12, I heard there was another spike in coronavirus cases and Gov. ...
Carlson: And for something completely different: Birdwatching, anyone?
These past couple of months (some of the longest in my life) I have written about dogs and the pandemic — how to care for your dog while you shelter in place, how to amuse your dog now participating ...
Carlson: Raising a Basset pup no walk in the park
Beau Dacious, my now 15-month-old Basset Hound puppy, is not maturing quite as rapidly as I had hoped. Actually, some days I don’t think he’s maturing at all. He just has a bigger body, ...
Carlson: Sharing just doesn’t come easily to dogs
My May 2020 issue of Whole Dog Journal arrived this week, and among the articles was one called “Changing of the Guardian,” by Pat Miller, about dogs and resource guarding. Happy Tails Nancy ...
Carlson: Dogs are a planet’s best friends, too
I’m writing this on Earth Day. It is raining with an absolutely biblical kind of vengeance out there, but I can deal with that — this is Oregon, after all. Happy Tails Nancy Carlson ...
