Keep the Tail Wagging, An Online Magazine for Dog Lovers

Why does a dog was his tail?  Our dogs wag their tails all the time.  I used to wonder what each wag meant, but after a few years as a dog mom, I know each of their tail wags pretty well. Rodrigo – He always was his tail when he sees me.  Even when I [...]

Sydney is my princess (Princess Pretty Paws), but out of our three dogs, she’s the one who will find the nastiest thing to roll in and proudly prance around, showing off her new smell. DEAD FISH DEAD SEAL SEAWEED DEAD MOUSE COYOTE NASTINESS (it was a mystery) DEAD BIRD PAINT BIRD POO GASOLINE OR MOTOR [...]

Last night, Rodrigo bit me.  It was my fault.  He was focused on a bowl of ice cream Johan was holding and I tried to sneak around him and he reacted and bit me in the face.  It wasn’t hard and I’m not hurt, but did three things immediately… I backed away, but not too [...]

This is a sponsored post We live in a multi dog home.  We have three gorgeous dogs and I adore them.  They’re my babies.  I love that we rescued all three of them.  Rodrigo and Sydney’s mom was rescued from a property where the owners had over 100 dogs.  I won’t go into details, but [...]

——— When we were doing our homework about adopting a dog my entire focus was on long walks, dog parks, and puppy kisses.  Although I knew adopting a dog was a lot of responsibility, I was entirely focused on the fun stuff and not a lot on dog care.  I still am most of the [...]

I’m a dog mom. We have three dogs, all rescues, at home.  I get a kick out of the fact that we’re an interracial couple and we have three black and white dogs.  That wasn’t the plan, but I’m happy with how it worked out. My first year Dog Parenting Mistakes Our first year of [...]

Monday, I shared Gayle’s list of tips 1 through 5 about living with a blind dog; below are tips 6 through 10. photo: ~ggvic~ 6.  Consider using a flowing fountain for your dog’s water bowl. The sound of running water will help your blind dog find its drinking dish, and the sound can be appealing [...]

When Keep the Tail Wagging is a full time gig, I would love to adopt a blind or deaf dog.    When Gayle Irwin contacted me and offered to share what she knows about living with a blind dog, I was so excited, because it is such a great compliment to an earlier article about [...]

Author and Dog Parent | Alycia Neighbours We recently completed a home improvement project of increasing our home by four feet. Four really big fuzzy feet belonging to a 10 month old English Mastiff. When you are an animal person this is the best home improvement project ever, but it can have some very tense [...]

Sometimes we walk our dogs on the Centennial Trail.  Rodrigo and Blue love seeing people, especially the cyclists and joggers and cry and bark when they go by us; and I’m ashamed to say that sometimes they lunge at people too – there is a 10 feet distance and they’re on leashes, but to someone [...]

One of the things that I love about living in the Pacific Northwest are how pet friendly most events are; as the summer months approach (yes, they’ll be here before you know it), I’ll be planning which street fairs and dog festivals I’ll be attending with our dogs. Cheryl, a librarian and dog lover, shared [...]