stevecoleimages/E+/Getty Images I live in Florida, which means lots of beach and boat days on the water. It’s the whole point of living here! And naturally, many families like to bring their furry friends along for the fun. If you’re not accustomed to having your dog around water, though, you may be wondering, Is it...
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images I remember when I first got my dog Milo. I was convinced that this would be a different dynamic from the one I had experienced living with my parents and their dogs for many years prior. Back then, I was a young child and a teenager. Now, I was an adult...
Glasshouse Images/Getty As I write this piece, the temperature is soaring to 97 degrees in our midwestern city, and my absolute diva of an Aussiedoodle is napping comfortably on top of an air conditioner vent (can you blame him?). But a few weeks ago, my husband took him on a run, and we learned a...
Ashley Goodwin Two weeks before my husband left for Afghanistan in 2013, my childhood dog, Maddie, died. He promised that as soon as he got home, we would get a dog of our own, so I spent the months he was gone dreaming of what that puppy might be like. Judy came to us serendipitously...