From time to time, and especially when she’s just woken up, 4Paws seems to find herself in a biting/gnawing sort of mood. Her mouth opens wide, she emits a strange high-pitched yawn/whine/cry utterly unlike any other sound she ever makes, and then quickly starts gnawing away on whatever object might be within reaching distance: her…

Lesson One: Stick Up For Yourself If you come into the living room and find that the small, but potentially vicious dog that your mummy and daddy have invited to come and stay has decided to steal your bed… …don’t get mad, get even. Steal his bed! Even if it is way too small for…

4Paws was very cute last night. It was one of those moments that I guess makes owning a dog so special. She’s always pretty happy to see me when I arrive home, but when I arrived home last night she’d apparently been having a nap, and was thus even more excited and energetic than usual.…

She’s seven-months old, black and white, and is always sure to greet me with a wagging tail when I get home from work. Yes, we have a dog. In accordance with my long standing policy of protecting people’s privacy by using Internet handles rather than their real names, I will henceforth refer to her as…