The Sisterhood of the Dog, Part 5

by marionroach on August 2, 2010

THERE WAS A time when our dogs divided us. It happens in neighborhoods, and it did, in ours. Each of us lived behind our own invisible electric fence, keeping our dogs in our own territories, allowing for no mixing of our pedigreed charges. The humans walked, we waved, but we knew little of one another’s lives, except, perhaps, that it was the woman in each home who walked the dog. That much was clear. And for a while that’s how it was: Not much contact, little to say, we walked our dogs along the perimeter of each other’s lives. [click to continue…]

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The Sisterhood of the Dog Goes On

by marionroach on March 24, 2010

YouTube Preview ImageME AND DOGS. It’s a relationship I’ve written about before, referring to it as “the sisterhood of the dog” in more than one blog post. And whenever the subject of me and my dogs comes up, the words just seem to tumble out. But then every once in a while, no words are needed. Don’t believe me? Press play, on the video above.

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The Dog Lives, and on I Cook

by marionroach on January 5, 2010

otter the dogTHE DOGS LIVES ON. Now, two months after his harrowing and lengthy hospital stay, Otter is still alive. And he appears to be well. His blood-test numbers fluctuate a bit, giving me a scare here and there, but to see him is to know that he is much better. And while the doctors agree, they also agree that he is still sick, and must stay on a special diet, designed to not stress his greatly weakened kidneys. Which would be fine, except that he is also allergic to everything. And so we consulted a nutritionist.

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Sisterhood of the Dog, Part 2

by marionroach on December 8, 2009

otter recoveredTHERE ARE SOME PHRASES we hope never to utter. We all have them, and since they are inutterable I won’t list them, nope, except this one, which I can now say aloud, head raised, even making eye contact with another human, after a sister-stranger saved me, liberated me, and made me hold my red head up high and say: I cook for my dog. [click to continue…]

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The Sisterhood of the Dog

by marionroach on October 28, 2009

dogfaceSISTERHOOD, WE CAN ALL AGREE, come in all shapes and sizes, ranges across continents, and some day may go into space and, as anyone who lives with an animal will tell you, crosses species, as well. Right now I live with a male dog, the 12th dog of my life, Otter (above), who was himself preceded by another male dog, who was preceded by what I call the sisterhood of the dogs. [click to continue…]

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