dogs i have known series

Well, if Muffin was my childhood dog, I’d have to say Molly was my KIDS’ childhood dog. We got her soon after Rusty (as soon as we were ready to try another dog…which wasn’t very long!). My oldest son was

I had to think about whether I really wanted to blog about Rusty or not. We didn’t have Rusty for very long (not even a month)…and frankly, Rusty is a dog I would like to forget. But I can’t forget

This is Alycia: Alycia-my-Valentine, to be exact. She was my Valentine’s Day gift from my husband in 1988. We went to look at a litter of shih tzu pups and I remember the lady had set one of the pups

For those of you who have only known me (and my dogs!) in Iowa, this is NOT Molly. This is Plato. Plato Platypus, to be exact…he was an AKC registered cocker spaniel (that was before I realized that the P-O-U-N-D

Okay, technically this one was never mine. This is Mandy, the dog my husband grew up with. And she was probably more my sister-in-law’s dog than his. But when you get married, you don’t just marry that one person…you marry

When I think of “the dog I had as a child,” Muffin is the dog that comes to mind. Not Peggy…and not Ginger or Heidi….Muffin! This is Muffin: I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get another dog after

This is me with Ginger (and a couple of rabbit friends…I always wanted a rabbit when I was a kid, but this was as close as I ever got to owning one). Don’t hold those pants against me…it was the

Today is launch day! Which means the first three books in my Buddy Files series are out. The Buddy Files is a series for beginning chapter book readers. It’s about a school therapy dog (well, he doesn’t actually become a