The weather couldn’t have been more perfect July 7, 2010 for a drive down the coast. Jazzy and I had been invited to stay at one of the ocean-view, dog-friendly cottages at the R... Read More
On the same day that Jasmine Blue and I saw eight 6-week-old Weimaraner-pit bull-bulldog mix puppies off to their new foster homes and the beginning of the rest of their lives, we ... Read More
It was a Saturday afternoon in late April at San Francisco Animal Care and Control when Lana Bajsel, executive director of Give Me Shelter Cat Rescue, overheard two officers discus... Read More
It seems like yesterday that I piled an 87-pound red-nose pit bull mix named Cooper into my car and became an instant foster parent, but it’s been nearly a year. I wrote a series... Read More
I was picking up perogies at the supermarket when I got a call from Jasmine Blue’s dog trainer, Alan. It was 2 p.m., just about the time he was supposed to arrive to take the pit... Read More
I don’t usually read e-mail at midnight, but on the last Thursday of the month we are on production deadline, and for the January issues I was waiting for word from our art direc... Read More
When I was looking to adopt a pit bull in the summer of 2006, I turned to Petfinder.com, a wonderful Web site that allows you to enter specific criteria (breed, sex, age, proximity... Read More
When you have a pit bull, softening her look is imperative if you don’t want to scare the tourists. On our walks around Stow Lake, it’s like parting the Red Sea – as Jazzy an... Read More
“Can anyone imagine the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence embracing wife killer O.J. Simpson as a spokesman? Can anyone imagine the National Organization to Prevent Se... Read More
“Death comes softly to the tan dog with the liquid brown eyes. The needle goes in. The injection is made. And the dog, his muzzle wrapped with a leash to prevent a final bite... Read More
As Steve and I watched Cooper and Jasmine Blue play on the beach at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, it was hard to believe I’d only had the big boy for three weeks. While making freq... Read More
After several visits to the “stray-and-surrender” kennels at San Francisco Animal Care and Control with Rocket Dog Rescue founder Pali Boucher, I found myself constantly thinki... Read More
It is 3 p.m. and the break room at the Wag Hotel is filled with a motley crew of dogs waiting to make their television debut on KOFY TV 20’s Companion Dog Adoptions show, which a... Read More
This month’s column was supposed to be about something entirely different, but a fateful meeting in front of Safeway changed that, as well as my life. Rocket DogI saw a woman wit... Read More
“You can’t make friends with a squirrel. Squirrels are just rats with cuter outfits.” – Carrie Bradshaw to boyfriend Aiden on HBO’s Sex and the City JasmineMy happy-g... Read More