Mrs Meady's Journal
Blog
Raw feeding, pet health and life with animals — written by us, for you.
May 01, 2020
Dogs Desire Companionship
By now you've probably gone bonkers hunkered down at home. Look at the bright side though, you've still got a home (and a cat or dog to keep you c...
April 22, 2020
Dog Behavior Inside the Home and Outside
Anyone else out there who has a dog with split personality? Y'know like, angel at home, beast outside. Because I do. When my dog, DJ, is at home o...
March 26, 2020
Dog Owners Will Survive this Pandemic
So here we go again, another seismic shock a la 9/11, another slice off the good ole days of yore. Poker with your buddies, coffee with the usual ...
January 30, 2020
A Dog Makes You Feel Like the Center of the Universe
“What’s your problem, DJ?" I cried. "Never saw someone pee before?” DJ threw me the ole canine classic what-I-do-now look, turned his head to the ...
January 02, 2020
The Joys of Dog Walking in the Neighborhood
When you're a dog-walker, you feel like the neighborhood is your show, a stage where we are all but actors. It's a beautiful day in the neighborho...
December 19, 2019
Dogs Play Mind Games on People
Sometimes I feel like the dumbest person alive; getting outwitted by a dog. Again. Worse yet, not even realizing it. I'm telling you, dogs are the...
December 13, 2019
The Social Benefits of Owning a Dog
There's dog groomers, dog walkers, dog sitters, doggy daycare, how about rent-a-doggy for singles? Though I say this in half-jest, it's a natural....
November 29, 2019
Recapturing Childhood When You Have a Dog
Once upon a time, a sense of wonder pervaded our very existence. Things like rainbows, cloud formations, the whiskers on Grandma's chin, it was ...
October 30, 2019
How Dogs Use Their Mouths
I must have the grimiest collection of canine-saliva-coated tennis balls in the city. You see, I live near an elementary school and a park where e...
August 28, 2019
The Responsibilities of Owners for their Cat or Dog
If you ask me, the whole point to pet ownership is to enjoy the fulfilling benefits of nonjudgmental companionship. But if that experience will st...
August 15, 2019
Why Your Dog Needs to be Socialized
It's the social gene that binds man and dog. We're both species that live in packs, dogs just seem to be better team players. They also have a bett...
June 04, 2019
4 Ways to Get Picky Cats and Dogs to Eat Anything
Like the title of iconic dog-trainer, Barbara Woodhouse's best-seller, "No Bad Dogs," I think there should be a book called, "No Picky-Eating Dogs...