I’m very lucky that my employer has a liberal definition of family and a flexible policy for leave. My boss knows that my dogs, Charlotte and Mercury, are my children. I treat them as such, and so my work allows me to use sick and personal time to take the pups to veterinary appointments and to care for them after procedures. I recently learned …
Pet Parents in the U.K. Get Time Off After Adopting a Pet Read More »
Whether we recognize it or not, we frequently attribute human qualities to the actions of our dogs. We interpret a calm and placid mouth shape as a smile, and we see kisses in puppy licks and plays for power in the act of leg humping. What’s the first thing you think when a dog tilts …
I have always enjoyed going out with friends. For much of my 20s, however, an evening on the town always came with a significant drawback: secondhand smoke. Spending an evening in a smoky bar left me feeling and smelling bad. My clothes would need to go straight into the laundry, and sometimes I found myself …
Atom is a Pug who’s become famous on the Internet for two things: driving vehicles and being scared of his farts. After video footage of the former went viral, this pooch has notched up more than 40,000 fans on both his Facebook and Instagram pages — not bad going for a dog who’s fearful of his own …
Atom the Pug Takes the Wheel and Becomes an Internet Sensation Read More »
