Ernie, a smart, sweet 2-1/2 year old Boston terrier (shown left), was frolicking in the cut green grass of his fenced backyard. It was August 2017, summertime in a pretty rural valley on the route to the Grand Canyon, in mountain high country near Williams, Arizona. Ernie's human "daddy," Tim, suddenly heard a loud "yelp." [...]

In the winter of 2009, Christmas came early for our family with the arrival of our beloved golden retriever, Maggie. She is one of a litter of 10 born in Anchorage, Alaska. My husband John is convinced that Maggie picked him as her companion. When we went to see the litter for the first time, [...]

When Calo was less than a month from her 7th birthday, she became uncharacteristically still and quiet. She had been on a run with her owner and that evening was reluctant to jump on the couch. By the next morning, she couldn’t stand up and her rear legs were doing the splits. She was [...]