Category Archives: dogs
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daddy’s home: how getting a dog can break relationship rules
Posted on June 20, 2015 by nikkimeredith in dogs, marriage.I’d like to blame my husband for this deviant practice but, in truth, I started it. Even so, I think I can still blame him because the practice doesn’t bother him as much as it bothers me. In fact, it may not bother him at all but I’m too busy being bothered by it to […]
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pooches and pot
Posted on October 7, 2013 by nikkimeredith in dogs, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.Every week brings news of yet another way dogs help humans. We’ve know for a while they can be excellent detectives – diagnosing melanoma with their noses, sensing dangerous blood sugar fluctuations in diabetics and discerning imminent seizures in epileptics. People with dogs are generally healthier – after acquiring a pooch they exercise more, their […]
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what do I have in common with Julia Roberts? how being a dog owner is like being a celebrity
Posted on September 25, 2012 by nikkimeredith in dogs, family, odds and sods, rituals, unexpected adventures.I have never been, nor will I ever be, a celebrity — not even for Andy Warhol’s 15 minutes. But I maintain that having a dog shares some of the features of celebrityhood and if you walk around with two dogs, you’re on your way to being a super celebrity. When our dog Alice was […]
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i’m not getting a rescue dog, okay?
Posted on December 14, 2011 by nikki in dogs.I’m about to get a puppy and I’m dancing-around-the-kitchen excited about it. All of the necessary components of my life have finally converged to make this possible: I’m not going to do anymore extended projects in Africa or anywhere else abroad, I’m unemployed (plenty of training and bonding time!) and this summer I got a […]
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it’s true, all men are bastards: when your dog falls in love with a fickle partner
Posted on October 7, 2011 by nikkimeredith in dogs, love of a mother.Alice is in love. The object of her affection is Jasper, a hefty Labradoodle who looks more like a bear than a dog. They are both shaggy but otherwise they are a picture of contrasts. She’s a creamy 25 pounder; he’s chocolate and weighs 75 pounds. Every day when we pass Jasper’s house on our […]
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