It's About Time

The American Kennel Club has announced that it will allow mutts to compete in certain AKC competitions. Mixed breed dogs will be allowed to compete in agility, obedience and rally events. This won't start until April 2010 and mutts will only be able to compete against other mutts.

It's a start. Only 2 of my 6 dogs are purebred. They are not better or more deserving than the mixed. I'm glad to see this start and hope that it continues as even the most purebred of dogs has in its lineage- a mutt.

Volume 1 The Six Pack Begins

I've had dogs my whole life, as long as I remember. When I got married we got a dog a purebred American Eskimo. He lived a very long life but eventually he ended up with arthritis and cataracts and few teeth. It was too much suffering and eventually he was put down. It still amazes me the things we do for our pets that we can't do for our human loved ones. I know putting a dog down is never easy and can now even see it from the vet's side after reading "Tell Me Where It Hurts", by veterinarian Dr. Nick Trout, a very worthwhile read.


We never set out to have six dogs. We had a dog and two cats and two human children. Our dog is the mother (not natural of course) to one of the cats and to this day they are mother and daughter- not dog and cat. But one day we went to the local Humane Society and we ended up with Xena, warrior dog, warrior princess. We got her as a playmate to our first dog Nikki. We also got her for her personality- for her cuteness and for herself. Having two dogs was a little harder than just one- but not twice as hard. This was probably the reason this trend continued. Next posting will be Hobo- dog three. Please come back.