Category: Dog

A while ago Kitti and I decided on a “codename” for the dog. Partly because it’s fun, and partly because a lot of people, including very small children, have trouble with “Cardiff”. Tonight I was walking the dog and while we were heading toward home we went past a bunch of kids, probably between five [...]

So I have a dog. My dog, like most dogs, likes to eat cat food. He also (like most dogs) likes to eat cat poo. Because of this, there’s a gate between the dining room and the kitchen. The cats can get between the bars (or jump the gate) so they can get to their [...]

Today my dog is four years old. FOUR YEARS OLD! Oh Em Gee.

We think we finally have a solution to the mystery meat in the yard. His name is Yardcat. It looks like he’s been setting up a base under the black eyed susans (with occasional stops under the fig tree). He’s very friendly, good with dogs, and actually belongs to a neighbor who believes that cats [...]

Someone or something keeps leaving meat in my yard. I don’t mean anonymous bits of meat that may or may not be human. It’s not severed fingers or kidneys or things like that. It’s hot dogs. Chicken legs. Cooked red meat. Pork (don’t point out that if it looks like pork it could be human. [...]

Today is the 15th birthday of “middle cat” Anime. She still seems like the youngest cat in the house. In honor of your birthday, Cardiff has gone to doggie daycare, so you can roam the house with impunity! There will be catnip tonight. Today is also Cardiff’s third anniversary. Three years ago today we brought [...]

I checked in on Foursquare today. It told me who the mayor of that particular location was. I thought about it, and wondered if it was really the kind of place someone would want to claim ownership of. Not really, but I suppose nowhere really is. I am the mayor of my home! Well, I [...]

I took Cardiff to daycare this morning. As usual, his first thing to do was to run around to the other side of the counter to say good morning to the woman working there. She wasn’t there! Cardiff whined. Cardiff whined! It wasn’t excessive or anything. Just a disappointed little “oh” that his daycare human-girlfriend [...]

“Muffin” (AKA: Cardiff) has been pulling out chunks of his fur lately. There’s no obvious signs of skin irritation or fleas or bug bites of any sort, but he’s got a really gross bald spot at the base of his tail. I’m really hoping it’s not a resurgence of mange because that was almost impossible [...]