January 11, 2021 How to help pets heal from grief and loss Losing our beloved dog Autumn unexpectedly in December wasn’t just heartbreaking for the human members of our family. Our little dog Dani, adopted by…
January 3, 2021 How do you say the most impossible goodbye? I am heartbroken to share that, although we had a perfectly wonderful Christmas at home together with our happy and seemingly healthy pets, our…
September 30, 2020 It’s raining cats and dogs I’ve blogged a lot about animals over the years. I even recently pulled together a round-up post of all our wild and woolly critter…
June 20, 2020 I used to be afraid of dogs Most people who know me know that I’m a huge animal lover. I love animals of all kinds – from the smallest mouse to…
September 23, 2019 Social media saved my dog’s life The original version of this blog post was published on larakretler.com in December 2008. I recently blogged about how social media helped bring home…
August 6, 2019 How I lost – and found – our dog On Sunday, I terrifyingly lost – and six hours later miraculously found – our beloved little rescue pup, Dani. Our story has a happy…
February 3, 2019 The story of Jack and Zoe There are so many great stories about our dog Jack. He was just one of those dogs – incredibly smart, full of personality, and…
July 28, 2018 The truth about dogs and kids I think it’s about time someone blogged about the GOOD side of having dogs and kids. I’ve read a few articles lately that broke…