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May.20.2013
AbI Gal in front of the Bird of Paradise plant. Now she is a bird in Paradise.
Our house is strangely silent this morning. Sadie walks over to the window in the dining room where AbiGal our cockatiel’s cage has been for almost four years. She sniffs the floor. She runs her...
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Dec.27.2012
Sadie, my dog is in her usual position at the end of our king-sized bed. She’s stretched across the entire width in a diagonal angle which makes it tricky for me to find my own niche. I haven’t figured out how a medium sized dog can turn into one very long dog at bedtime...
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Nov.30.2012
Island House will soon need a Dogs NOT Welcome sign.
Island House is a small condo complex on Hilton Head Island, SC. In a recent letter to homeowners from ASSOCIA, Association Services Management, Inc., signed by Marv DeGraw, "President"... of what the letter doesn't say...they are asking...
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Nov.15.2012
I first wrote about my brother Claude’s award winning Treeing Walker Coon Dog, Driver, in 2005 when he’d taken up residence with a rooster. Last summer I observed him in his old age and was inspired to write about him again. Sadly, I now am asked to write his epitaph....
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Aug.03.2012
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Driver is an old dog. He’s had a long and very active life for a big dog. He looks different than when I first met him….thinner…gray around his muzzle…quieter with a very wise aura. I was never much interested in the coon dogs my brother Claude owned and Driver was just one...
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Jun.26.2012
It’s a cold night in Denver, and a homeless woman sits waiting for a kind stranger to drop some change or even a dollar or two in her container. Whatever the amount is, she only hopes it’s enough for a meal to share with her faithful canine companion. A man briefly enjoys the air conditioning at a...
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Jan.26.2012
Just like the demise of the sole family medical doctor, small veterinary practices are disappearing. Vets are expanding their practices with new facilities, state-of-the-art technology, additional vets, and larger staffs. But despite the many improvements, a human touch may be lost in shuffle....
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Nov.11.2011
Sam has no real job, yet he gets plenty to eat. He's not on unemployment; he does not receive welfare or any type of Social Security benefits. Sam pays no rent and doesn't own a house, but he sleeps in a comfortable bed every night and it's not at a shelter. He doesn't go to a free clinic or get...
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Aug.29.2011
No matter what I am doing, writing, cooking, watching television, working in my garden, my dog Sadie waits for me. I wake up at night sometimes and she is watching me…waiting.
It’s no surprise. The day I drove to PetSmart to “look” at puppies…a little dog...
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Aug.11.2011
Some students aren't choosing colleges for their academic rating, diverse majors, or the sports programs. Instead many college bound students think the most important criteria their future alma mater can offer is room in the dorm for their dog. Ever since Elle Wood (Reese Witherspoon in...
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Jul.13.2011
Paris Hilton made it fashionable in the '00s to carry a small dog around in a designer tote. Unfortunately, that's not a practical form of pet care for anyone with a dog heavier than five pounds. For most dog owners, the time comes when we need someone to tend to our dogs while we are at work.
The...
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Apr.26.2011
My sister Amy wanted an outdoor wedding ... in late September, in Pennsylvania. She and her fiancé decided to hold the reception at a local state park picnic pavilion with outhouses for bathrooms. Despite protests from both sides of the family, the engaged couple prevailed, and on the wedding day,...
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Apr.24.2011
(Originally posted on The Dog Diet, April 16th, 2010.)
I don't read newspaper editorials because they're usually boring political issues. I do though have a habit of buying local newspapers wherever I am, and when Sadie and I were in the Smokey Mountains working on our book, I read an editorial...
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Apr.24.2011
(Posted originally on The Dog Diet, July 14th, 2009.)
Sadie and I sold our large house right in the center of Charleston over a year ago now. There really was no pressing reason to do so except that I had a poster with a message that haunted me for months. The poster was a scene of an ocean...
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Jan.17.2011
You might get taken to the cleaners in the divorce, but it’s possible to hang on to your hound with a little understanding of how the family court views the family pet. Divorce is never easy, and sadly when even a once idyllic love affair ends, it brings out the beast in us. Of course its...
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About Patti
Patti Lawson's first book, The Dog Diet, A Memoir: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress and Getting a New Leash On Life, was released by Health Communications, Inc. in April of 2006. The book received excellent reviews in The Bark...
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Causes Patti Lawson Supports
All causes that are kind to people and animals.
PETA
SPCA
Pets of the Homeless