Tag: pet owner

  • What I Learned From One Ugly Dog

    Because I didn’t have to chase after a pack of unruly dogs and reassert my dominance, as pathetic as it were, I had a chance to reflect on a very unexpected lesson I learned from one of the stray dogs in particular. The little bearer of lessons in wisdom was Fred, the mange-ridden, homely, gremlin-like…

  • My Ocean of Problems: Wisdom Comes With A Price

    A little over a week ago, I had to take my German Shepherd, Jake, to be put down. He was very old and in poor health, and the only merciful thing I could do was to put him out of his silent suffering. For the first time in over a decade, my dog wasn’t at the…