I used to have a little brother cat, a cat named Mickey.
Mickey came into my life one day when I was pretty comfortable in my home.  But of course I love everybody, so I was anxious to become friends with Mickey. I had never made friends with a cat before, and now I had one [...]

Many people look at their dogs and ask, “Is my dog dreaming?” And if so, they want to know “What is my dog is dreaming about?
Here is a video of me, taken three months after I was hit by the car, shortly after the doctor took off my splint and bandages. It was [...]

So there I was, a Cover Dog, my photo on the cover of a newspaper, right there on the cover of the Daily News Tribune, for everybody to see!  And my story was the cover story, “Jottings from Joey”. And it said, “Chocolate Lab’s blog gives dog’s eye view of world”.

When my mom came home [...]

In June and July, I continued to get mail and receive comments to my blog posts, and I continued to make friends with dog lovers and dog owners.
In June, I made friends with people all the way in Russia.
I really have no idea where that is, or how far away it is, but my mom [...]

Many children are afraid of us dogs.  Many children love us dogs! And many children are afraid of us dogs but want to love us. They want to get close to us and not get close to us.
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Sometimes my mom and I take a walk to the school.  She leaves me alone outside the building [...]

A 2007 Gallup pole indicated that 44% of American families own a dog. Wanting to have an at-home companion or a friend was the main reason why these families chose to own a dog.  A  much smaller number of people had a dog for protection, security, or practical reasons such as for hunting and exercise. [...]

I don’t know exactly what a dog park or how they get to be there, but my mom has been taking me to this Cold Spring Dog Park place lately, and I love it. I’m not so sure my mom is happy there, she’s always yelling “Joey, come” or “Joey, sit” or “Joey, stay” but [...]

Hello, friends.
By now I’ve written many posts and have met many new friends…I’ve met Cheyenne, Luca, and Bruno, dogs who have been injured and all survived – and are getting better and better and feeling better and better. Even their moms are feeling better!
If you have not read my story, please do so! You can [...]