The Dog Pound

  • Things You Learn While Moving

    There are several things I have discovered while moving these past few weeks. I thought I would share them with you in an effort to dissuade you from moving ever again in your…

  • Hiding

    Our neighbors upstairs are dog sitting this week and my dogs are freaking out. They can smell the other dog and so they just walk around the house barking at the slightest noise,…

  • To Cancer or Not to Cancer…

    UPDATE:  June 4, 2008:  LUCY DOESN’T HAVE CANCER!!  Her vet called me late yesterday to tell me that she does not have cancer.  Instead she has something called nodular peniculitis.  I about died…

  • Love, Lumps, and Pessimism

    Its been quite a weekend at our house.  We spent Saturday afternoon driving a 12 passenger van from New Haven to Plymouth, MA for the wedding of our good friends.  It was bittersweet…

  • Landlords

    Maybe its because we’re so close to owning our own home. Maybe its because I’m home dying from a cold. Maybe its because I don’t want to clean my house. For whatever reason,…

  • Molly Stinks

    We haven’t bathed our dogs in a while and Molly is starting to smell pretty potent. But she doesn’t really smell like a dirty dog. Today she smells kind of…nutty. Like peanut butter…

  • The Laundry is Back

    It is happening again. Laundry is taking over my bedroom, my house, and my life. I literally have run out of clothes. I have been accused once or twice in the past of…

  • Dirt, Digging, and Dogs

    Yesterday was a perfect day. It was the kind of day outside that makes you feel guilty for staying inside. Usually on days like that, we take the dogs to a park or…

  • Hot Dogs and French Fries

    I thought it was time for an update on our dogs and the little weight loss issue (see Death By Diet). We had people over this weekend and everyone made a comment on…