DIANA REPUBLIC

A friend once said that a Chicago summer is as if everyone was given just three months to live. The minute the weather breaks the lakeshore is busy with runners, bikers and roller bladers. The beachfront restaurants are open and the sunscreen is in the air. Women of all ages bust out summer attire that [...]

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“You have pet insurance?” people ask me smirking “Like health insurance for your dogs?” My answer: Hell yes! And it is exactly like health insurance for dogs. And if you have any pets that aren’t goldfish you may want to look into it as well, Mr. Smirky. I realize that this statement, among many statements made by today’s [...]

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Saturday was our first day of Puppy Class. Bob and I were excited to begin training Goose and generally speaking the more time we spend with dogs the happier we are. It is a small class with a baby cocker spaniel, two bitty pit bull mixes, a tiny Yorkshire Terrier and our silly Goose. Goose [...]

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Today I have been married for eight years. To the same guy. For eight years. For some that may seem like a very short time and for others an eternity. Our marriage has outlasted both my mother’s marriages, though to be fair only one ended in divorce. I have never lived in the same house [...]

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There is a reason God made puppies so cute: no one would care for them if they weren’t. It has been four years since we had a puppy in the house. It is not as if I had completely forgotten the downsides of raising the little fur balls. It ‘s just that I may have [...]

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One of the reasons we chose to add another dog to our family was because Mike, our yellow Labrador American child, had always lived in a multiple dog home. (All the other reasons were purely selfish except the one about rescuing a shelter pup.) It would stand to reason that when we suddenly became a [...]

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It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows us or reads this blog that Bob and I have adopted a puppy. As it turns out it is easier to find a canine companion than a mate. This is pretty much where the puppy hunt and dating comparison ends and the puppy care and [...]

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This is a thank you note to Mike, my yellow lab. Its a shame he can’t read, but it bears blogging in any event. As, for the time being at least, the only dog in our home, Mike is being subjected to excessive loving. If he were another type of dog this would not be [...]

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I am back in the market, scanning the match site and making plans to meet new…….dogs. We were planning on adding another to pooch to our pack before Larry was diagnosed with cancer. We are all about the family planning and fully intended to adopt a third dog sometime this spring, but we tabled that [...]

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In an effort to memorialize my sweet Larry, I got a tattoo on Monday night. Bob took me directly from the vet to the tattoo parlor (is that what they are called? parlors? or am I just old?). I am the proud wearer of a paw print on my wrist. Just a little something to [...]

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