A Crush on You

A Crush on You

We decided to supersize the newest addition to the OCG pet family. The young fella sprawled across JoAnna’s lap is Crush, a 12-week-old Great Dane. Pledges to the OCG Pet Food Fund can be made by calling 1-800-GET-CHOW. Yikes!
A Stereotypically Clichéd Preconception

A Stereotypically Clichéd Preconception

Salem is perennially curious about the origins of shopworn shibboleths. Just the other day he was asking us if we knew how and why people so many people so readily assume cats love to play with balls of thread, twine, or yarn. He actually seemed a tad offended at the...
Chill Is as Chill Does

Chill Is as Chill Does

Of all our pets, Tar seems to take Pet Day Friday most seriously. Actually, he seems to take every Friday most seriously. He usually starts practicing on Wednesday night. He has a couple of pops, a couple of Snausages, and he goes to bed early. All day Thursday...
The Literate Pooch

The Literate Pooch

Matilda was playing Bookworm the other day and was incredulous to discover there’s a hyphenation in Milk-Bones. Bookworm doesn’t recognize hyphenated words. Do your pets have trouble spelling particular words? Please share their stories in the Comments box...
Salem’s Big Debut

Salem’s Big Debut

We hate to mix our mammalian metaphors, but Salem is something of a ham. When he saw this photo of himself experiencing his first, rare, Texas snowfall, he tried to persuade us that — if we told his agent it was dandruff — he could get a starring gig in a new series...