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Dear Poppy, Should I Let Humans Brush My Teeth?

Dear Duchess Poppy,

The people I live with read that February is Doggie Dental Month, or something like that, and now they keep coming at me with silly sticks with brushes on the end. Do I have to put up with this? Should I let these humans clean my canines?

Questioningly,

Chomper

Dear Chomper,

As you can see from the photograph of moi above, I've trained my retainers to polish my pearly whites twice a day! I started this training the day I arrived here, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Who wants fuzzy teeth???

And, as much as I love my dear veterinarian team, I don't want to visit them too often. Do you have any idea how many presents I could have for the cost of one dental cleaning at the vets? Brushing means more money to spend on travel and jewelry!

I've had my research team post a video (below) for you to review and pass on to your servants.

Yours truly,

Poppy, Duchess of Whitehead

February is National Pet Dental Month

Have your family take 5 minutes to watch this video on why they should brush your teeth and how to do it.

Editor's Note: Among Poppy's fan mail are occasional requests for advice from her canine and feline friends. She has agreed to answer a few of them in our Sunday Dog Spot. Add your questions in the comments below or send Poppy an email.

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Words: Dutchess Poppy Whitehead as dictated to her assistant Penny Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny Cherubino

February 10, 2013
Make a List of Your Dog’s Words!

Have you ever made a list of your dog's vocabulary – all the words that evoke a response?

Sit! Fetch! Down! Leave it! These are the type of words, commands really, that many people would think of when asked about the words dogs understand. But, those of us who live with dogs soon realize that they learn many words we never intended to teach. Each day, we discover a new word that our nine-month-old Poppy suddenly understands. (That's her in the photo playing with her lizzard Iggy.)

An Informal Survey

Have you ever found yourself spelling B-A-T-H because your furry friend will hide under the bed if you say it? For Molly, a Boxer and Jake, a Westie from Winthrop, spelling C-A-R is not quite enough because they recognize the “C” means car to them as their person begins to spell it. Sophie, a German Shepherd from the Back Bay, loves to R-I-D-E too. And, for her family T-R-E-A-T requires spelling.

Other Sunday dogs know other words:

Sunday Dog, Odis “Loves Everyone!” and his favorite word is present.

For Sunday Dog Jackson, Life Is Best with a Stick and you can guess what word alerts him to fun.

Fun Project

Creating a record of your dog’s vocabulary can be a fun family project. It can demonstrate the various relationships that exist with the animal. Who has worked on training, taught tricks, provided the food and care? All of these seem to come out with the words we use to communicate.

What's your dog's favorite word?

What word surprised you when you figured out your dog knew what it meant?

What words do you have to spell?

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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Make a List of Your Dog’s Words!

Have you ever made a list of your dog's vocabulary – all the words that evoke a response?

Sit! Fetch! Down! Leave it! These are the type of words, commands really, that many people would think of when asked about the words dogs understand. But, those of us who live with dogs soon realize that they learn many words we never intended to teach. Each day, we discover a new word that our nine-month-old Poppy suddenly understands. (That's her in the photo playing with her lizzard Iggy.)

An Informal Survey

Have you ever found yourself spelling B-A-T-H because your furry friend will hide under the bed if you say it? For Molly, a Boxer and Jake, a Westie from Winthrop, spelling C-A-R is not quite enough because they recognize the “C” means car to them as their person begins to spell it. Sophie, a German Shepherd from the Back Bay, loves to R-I-D-E too. And, for her family T-R-E-A-T requires spelling.

Other Sunday dogs know other words:

Sunday Dog, Odis “Loves Everyone!” and his favorite word is present.

For Sunday Dog Jackson, Life Is Best with a Stick and you can guess what word alerts him to fun.

Fun Project

Creating a record of your dog’s vocabulary can be a fun family project. It can demonstrate the various relationships that exist with the animal. Who has worked on training, taught tricks, provided the food and care? All of these seem to come out with the words we use to communicate.

What's your dog's favorite word?

What word surprised you when you figured out your dog knew what it meant?

What words do you have to spell?

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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January 20, 2013
Make a List of Your Dog’s Words!

Have you ever made a list of your dog's vocabulary – all the words that evoke a response?

Sit! Fetch! Down! Leave it! These are the type of words, commands really, that many people would think of when asked about the words dogs understand. But, those of us who live with dogs soon realize that they learn many words we never intended to teach. Each day, we discover a new word that our nine-month-old Poppy suddenly understands. (That's her in the photo playing with her lizzard Iggy.)

An Informal Survey

Have you ever found yourself spelling B-A-T-H because your furry friend will hide under the bed if you say it? For Molly, a Boxer and Jake, a Westie from Winthrop, spelling C-A-R is not quite enough because they recognize the “C” means car to them as their person begins to spell it. Sophie, a German Shepherd from the Back Bay, loves to R-I-D-E too. And, for her family T-R-E-A-T requires spelling.

Other Sunday dogs know other words:

Sunday Dog, Odis “Loves Everyone!” and his favorite word is present.

For Sunday Dog Jackson, Life Is Best with a Stick and you can guess what word alerts him to fun.

Fun Project

Creating a record of your dog’s vocabulary can be a fun family project. It can demonstrate the various relationships that exist with the animal. Who has worked on training, taught tricks, provided the food and care? All of these seem to come out with the words we use to communicate.

What's your dog's favorite word?

What word surprised you when you figured out your dog knew what it meant?

What words do you have to spell?

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Ed Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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Sunday Dog, Ruby – Just Call Her “Perfect”

Say Hello to Ruby – or as we like to call her, Perfect! This extraordinary 4 ½ year old was rescued a year ago from California via Petfinder and now calls the Bay State home. Ruby spends her time in Boston and Plymouth where she gets to walk wooded trails and play with lots of other neighborhood dogs.

Perfect … uh, Ruby has a great disposition and has been this way since “day one.” Her people have been amazed saying, “She’s the easiest dog I have [ever had.]” And, “I’ve never seen anything like this dog!”

There’s no doubt that this little heart-stealer is very devoted to the guy in her life, “No matter where Ruby is in the house, she keeps her eyes on him at all times.”

Ruby is also quite clever. After repeatedly being put inside a very comfortable, designer crate to keep her safe and out of trouble when the family stepped out for awhile, she would always be standing outside the crate when they returned.

A perfect dog often gets kissed which explains the red lipstick above Ruby’s Right Eye.

Finally, making certain the crate door was secured, they pretended to leave but secretly watched from outside her room and saw Ruby using her nose, paw, and tongue to unlatch the crate and escape! (Sounds like she crate-trained her family)

When she wants to go to sleep for the night, Ruby will stand and stare at her people until they get the hint, then it’s onto their bed.

From day-one Ruby, “never wet in the house, never did anything wrong, and never chewed anything.” Now that’s a “perfect” dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Would you like to adopt a beautiful companion like Ruby? There are some resources to help you make your decision and get your life together off to a great start. This book from PetFinder, Petfinder.com The Adopted Dog Bible: Your One-Stop Resource for Choosing, Training, and Caring for Your Sheltered or Rescued Dog is one of our favorites.

Details:
Words: Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers’ comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you.

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November 25, 2012
Sunday Dog, Ruby – Just Call Her “Perfect”

Say Hello to Ruby – or as we like to call her, Perfect! This extraordinary 4 ½ year old was rescued a year ago from California via Petfinder and now calls the Bay State home. Ruby spends her time in Boston and Plymouth where she gets to walk wooded trails and play with lots of other neighborhood dogs.

Perfect … uh, Ruby has a great disposition and has been this way since “day one.” Her people have been amazed saying, “She’s the easiest dog I have [ever had.]” And, “I’ve never seen anything like this dog!”

There’s no doubt that this little heart-stealer is very devoted to the guy in her life, “No matter where Ruby is in the house, she keeps her eyes on him at all times.”

Ruby is also quite clever. After repeatedly being put inside a very comfortable, designer crate to keep her safe and out of trouble when the family stepped out for awhile, she would always be standing outside the crate when they returned.

A perfect dog often gets kissed which explains the red lipstick above Ruby’s Right Eye.

Finally, making certain the crate door was secured, they pretended to leave but secretly watched from outside her room and saw Ruby using her nose, paw, and tongue to unlatch the crate and escape! (Sounds like she crate-trained her family)

When she wants to go to sleep for the night, Ruby will stand and stare at her people until they get the hint, then it’s onto their bed.

From day-one Ruby, “never wet in the house, never did anything wrong, and never chewed anything.” Now that’s a “perfect” dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Would you like to adopt a beautiful companion like Ruby? There are some resources to help you make your decision and get your life together off to a great start. This book from PetFinder, Petfinder.com The Adopted Dog Bible: Your One-Stop Resource for Choosing, Training, and Caring for Your Sheltered or Rescued Dog is one of our favorites.

Details:
Words: Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers’ comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you.

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November 25, 2012
Sunday Dog, Ruby – Just Call Her “Perfect”

Say Hello to Ruby – or as we like to call her, Perfect! This extraordinary 4 ½ year old was rescued a year ago from California via Petfinder and now calls the Bay State home. Ruby spends her time in Boston and Plymouth where she gets to walk wooded trails and play with lots of other neighborhood dogs.

Perfect … uh, Ruby has a great disposition and has been this way since “day one.” Her people have been amazed saying, “She’s the easiest dog I have [ever had.]” And, “I’ve never seen anything like this dog!”

There’s no doubt that this little heart-stealer is very devoted to the guy in her life, “No matter where Ruby is in the house, she keeps her eyes on him at all times.”

Ruby is also quite clever. After repeatedly being put inside a very comfortable, designer crate to keep her safe and out of trouble when the family stepped out for awhile, she would always be standing outside the crate when they returned.

A perfect dog often gets kissed which explains the red lipstick above Ruby’s Right Eye.

Finally, making certain the crate door was secured, they pretended to leave but secretly watched from outside her room and saw Ruby using her nose, paw, and tongue to unlatch the crate and escape! (Sounds like she crate-trained her family)

When she wants to go to sleep for the night, Ruby will stand and stare at her people until they get the hint, then it’s onto their bed.

From day-one Ruby, “never wet in the house, never did anything wrong, and never chewed anything.” Now that’s a “perfect” dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Would you like to adopt a beautiful companion like Ruby? There are some resources to help you make your decision and get your life together off to a great start. This book from PetFinder, Petfinder.com The Adopted Dog Bible: Your One-Stop Resource for Choosing, Training, and Caring for Your Sheltered or Rescued Dog is one of our favorites.

Details:
Words: Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers’ comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you.

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November 25, 2012
Sunday Dog, Cozmo – Lifelong Sockoholic!

“Hello, my name is Cozmo, and I’m a Sockoholic.”

All together now, “Hello, Cozmo!”

"How Did You Know?"

It’s alright, Cozmo. We got complete details from your person, who says she loves you in spite of your, u-h-h fetish. And, besides your friends, I think you’ll find that all of our Sunday Dog readers will be there for you too.

Of course, this affliction is not limited to handsome Scotties. There are many other dogs (Poppy, that means you) and cats that struggle with the urge to stuff those fluffy, soft, and irresistibly odiferous clumps of cloth between their pearly whites.

Cozmo will go into the bathroom and specifically search through the dirty laundry basket for socks. He was caught once with six socks in his mouth! The giveaway was that his person saw him with both black & white socks protruding from his mouth and knew there had to be at least two in there! No wonder she says, “He’s just a very funny, little dog!”

We’re told that this 9 ½ year old is named for Cosmo Kramer and “like the Seinfeld character he has a very dry sense of humor.” He’s also “a regal little dog with a big personality … very calm for a Scottie, very brave, too!”

And, we have to say, the kind of rascal that makes for one very special Sunday Dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino. The two smaller photos of Cozmo & Mandy in the Public Garden, and Cozmo with pumpkins were suppiled by Cozmo's family.

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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Sunday Dog, Cozmo – Lifelong Sockoholic!

“Hello, my name is Cozmo, and I’m a Sockoholic.”

All together now, “Hello, Cozmo!”

"How Did You Know?"

It’s alright, Cozmo. We got complete details from your person, who says she loves you in spite of your, u-h-h fetish. And, besides your friends, I think you’ll find that all of our Sunday Dog readers will be there for you too.

Of course, this affliction is not limited to handsome Scotties. There are many other dogs (Poppy, that means you) and cats that struggle with the urge to stuff those fluffy, soft, and irresistibly odiferous clumps of cloth between their pearly whites.

Cozmo will go into the bathroom and specifically search through the dirty laundry basket for socks. He was caught once with six socks in his mouth! The giveaway was that his person saw him with both black & white socks protruding from his mouth and knew there had to be at least two in there! No wonder she says, “He’s just a very funny, little dog!”

We’re told that this 9 ½ year old is named for Cosmo Kramer and “like the Seinfeld character he has a very dry sense of humor.” He’s also “a regal little dog with a big personality … very calm for a Scottie, very brave, too!”

And, we have to say, the kind of rascal that makes for one very special Sunday Dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino. The two smaller photos of Cozmo & Mandy in the Public Garden, and Cozmo with pumpkins were suppiled by Cozmo's family.

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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Poppy says, "I Prefer a Onesie to a Cone!"

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Sunday Dog, "Affy" Has Great Scottish Genes!

November 11, 2012
Sunday Dog, Cozmo – Lifelong Sockoholic!

“Hello, my name is Cozmo, and I’m a Sockoholic.”

All together now, “Hello, Cozmo!”

"How Did You Know?"

It’s alright, Cozmo. We got complete details from your person, who says she loves you in spite of your, u-h-h fetish. And, besides your friends, I think you’ll find that all of our Sunday Dog readers will be there for you too.

Of course, this affliction is not limited to handsome Scotties. There are many other dogs (Poppy, that means you) and cats that struggle with the urge to stuff those fluffy, soft, and irresistibly odiferous clumps of cloth between their pearly whites.

Cozmo will go into the bathroom and specifically search through the dirty laundry basket for socks. He was caught once with six socks in his mouth! The giveaway was that his person saw him with both black & white socks protruding from his mouth and knew there had to be at least two in there! No wonder she says, “He’s just a very funny, little dog!”

We’re told that this 9 ½ year old is named for Cosmo Kramer and “like the Seinfeld character he has a very dry sense of humor.” He’s also “a regal little dog with a big personality … very calm for a Scottie, very brave, too!”

And, we have to say, the kind of rascal that makes for one very special Sunday Dog!

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs.

Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site!

Details:

Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino. The two smaller photos of Cozmo & Mandy in the Public Garden, and Cozmo with pumpkins were suppiled by Cozmo's family.

Note on Comments: We monitor comments constantly and anything that is pure spam, inappropriate, or nasty is swept away. In addition to readers' comments, we welcome hearing from the people, places, and services we cover. Often, those add great insights for our readers. As long as it doesn’t become a pure ad, we’d love to hear from you. We do reserve the right to edit ads and links out of comments.

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