Why a blog about life with dogs?

Well, first, because I couldn't find one. I tried a lot of names - My Life With Dogs, It's a Dog's Life, Pack Life (that's one's about the Green Bay Packers - I mean who cares?) before coming up with this name (more about that in a minute). None of them were about dogs. Most of them, in fact, were "blank blogs." There's probably a cyber-geek word for that - blogs without entries - but I don't know what it is. So, I delved into my dog quotes bookmarks, and found the one by Edith Wharton: My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet. Although none of my dogs are little, the smallest weighing well more than 40 pounds, they are indeed my daily heartbeats. People come and go, money comes and goes (yes, goes mostly). I cook - it's eaten. I wash clothes - again and again and again. It's Friday, and before an eyeblink it's Monday, and then lo and behold it's Friday again. But always there are the dogs, my "girls." Yes, of course, they come and go, too. Another favorite quote: Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really (Agnes Sligh Turnbull). They don't live long enough. Twelve or 14 years, if you're lucky. Bobby Jean was almost 17, but Susanna was only 9....Anyway, they are my constant in a world of uncertainties. I want to talk about them to myself, and perhaps to others as well.