Tag: pets

Elisabeth Donnelly looks back at a relationship with a wily cat during a lonely time in upstate New York.

“There was no chance I was going to ask him to make another winter, but as long as he was hobbling to his golf course and chortling to me each morning, it seemed too early to end his life.”

In an excerpt from her new memoir, Grace Talusan fondly remembers the badly behaved dog that won her skeptical father’s heart.

What would you sacrifice for your pet? When Shawna Richer’s dog, Scout, became paralyzed, she had to make a choice: would she put her down, or do whatever it took to save her?

Notes from an awful winter.

Jason Diamond moves into a new apartment and adopts a dog that begins terrorizing his neighbors.

Karen Abbot remembers her beloved African gray parrot.

A trip to Key West becomes an unexpected journey involving a sacred bird, a beloved dog, and the challenge of coming to terms with the nature of fate.

Because she wants to know everything about him, Kelly Conaboy DNA-tests her rescue dog, Peter Parker.

Hunter-gatherers tended to think of pets as part of the family, and so do we. But in other time periods, intimacy with animals has been more taboo.

Diane Mehta adopted a rescue dog but then questioned her own salvation from the chaos of daily migraines.

Meet Fred. He’s cold-blooded, beady-eyed, a picky eater, and likely to outlive us all.

Bowel-obstructed bunnies, lame ducks, and festering iguanas at Manhattan’s only exotic animal vet.

In Bloomberg, Patrick Clark introduces us to Dusty Wunderlich (real name), the man who’s trying to monetize man’s best friend by leasing out purebred dogs.

This story is very short, but it’s ridiculous and wonderful. Derek was a magician and I thought I’d convince him by saying a mini pig would be perfect for his act. The two of us had met at a smoke and rib house where I worked as a waiter. But when Derek came home he […]

In this lighthearted portrait of his family’s rescue dog, author Richard Gilbert explores the larger bond between human and animal.

In The Morning News, Gregory Martin writes about his relationship with his ancient cat Tess, relating his cat’s aging to human aging, and exploring what it means to have quality of life.

About seven years ago I wrote a story about a cat in a bad mood. And then the next fall another one. So I tried to write a few every year, but for every one that worked, there were two that didn’t. And then, obviously, I stepped it up over the past year and a […]