Category Archives: Dogs

March 20, 2013 · 3:05 pm

One year later

One year ago today, someone surrendered sweet Chick to Chicago Animal Control where she would spend the next 11 days until Anna Friedman would pick her out from hundreds of other dogs and One Tail at a Time would come to the rescue.

From there she would spend over a month with Kelly Jo until Josh Hilgendorf and I saw her photo and became instantly hooked.

In that one year she has been featured in the Chicago Tribune on Take your Pet to Work Day, joined Chicago SociaBulls to hang with the big guys (sweet pits can love a feisty chi), been enrolled in a Canine Good Citizen Class, had her picture taken by a professional photographer (cc: Kelly Johnson Photography) and plastered onto an Xmas card.

She has made numerous visits to the nursing home where my grandma who has always been terrified of dogs decided suddenly she would love Chick, met the very special dogs I grew up with who I wish I still lived with, attended Christmas dinner with a crazy sweet bulldog pup and survived, and now sleeps above my head every night. What a year, Chick. Love you sweet pup!!

(Photo via Kelly Johnson Photography)

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March 10, 2013 · 10:00 am

This week

This week will be my last week at my current job. Later this month I’ll be starting a new opportunity at a different company. While it’s bittersweet to leave some great people, I’m excited to be headed toward a brand new experience. So a few days ago I said farewell to a special little pup friend. This big guy is not even two years old and he already weighs 130 lbs. Crazy! But he sure is sweet.

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March 8, 2013 · 7:00 pm

Navigating that thing called snow

Remember when I complained about all the snow earlier this week? Well, Mother Nature decided to dump some more on us the next day. Fortunately, temperatures are expected to rise this weekend, so here’s hoping that with Spring only a week and a half away, Chicago has turned the corner on warmer weather. That means no more navigating my way around sidewalks half filled with whimper-inducing salt on a pup’s paw.

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March 3, 2013 · 7:29 pm

RIP Mickey.

I first shared Mickey back in September, when he became a part of One Tail at a Time. I fell for him because he was a sweet old pup and I love a good senior dog. I begged my dad to let him be a new pal for Frasier, but as it turned out, Mickey just needed a hospice home to live out his last few months. And I’m so grateful he was able to do that, instead of ending his life in a shelter. But today sweet Mickey has passed on. Sending my love to you, sweet pup.

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February 25, 2013 · 8:00 pm