Keep the Tail Wagging, An Online Magazine for Dog Lovers

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 [...]

I received a free t-shirt in exchange for this review. I’ve vented about my frustration with other people and our dogs – I think there was something about how NOT to get your head bitten off.  If you’re unfamiliar with my rant, here are the highlights… It bugs me when people label our dogs as [...]

One of the easiest ways to potty train a puppy is to simply pay attention and watch for signals. Make sure your puppy is always where you can see him when he is loose in the house. You may need to use baby gates or close doors to keep your puppy from wandering off and [...]

photo: In Paris Texas p> To learn more about Bark for Life / Relay for Life – Click Here Why Join A Walkathon?  Look around.  I bet that you have something you feel strongly about.  If you are reading this blog, I imagine you have furbabies and that you probably feel strongly about: rescues, a [...]

——— 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dear Inquisitive Canine, Our dog Tyler loves going to the dog park. But since he learned to fetch, all he wants to do is play with a ball.  He doesn’t play chase and run with the other dogs, and in fact rarely even sniffs hello.  We’ve tried not taking our ball flinger, but the park is [...]

photo: carterse I recently received an email on LinkedIn from a dog trainer who wanted to correct my use of the term pack… Dear Kimberly, You referred to your dogs as members of a pack.  Please note: Dogs are scavengers and have no need for a pack or alpha leader, but live and survive among [...]