Thursday, BFF Gina Spadafori over at PetConnection blessed me with one of her rare transcontinental phone calls to discuss the state of the pet world and our respective writing careers (hers in full bloom, mine barely budding).

At the outset Gina confided that she’d received a very legal letter from PETA demanding she retract a statement she’d made on her blog. Read the whole story here and a...

Living in Miami as I do I’ve been seeing serious flea cases over the past few months. Though it’s been cool and we’ve been suffering drought conditions for the third straight year, the fleas seem to be attacking with a renewed vengeance.

Maybe I say that every year. Indeed, I offered you a post not so long ago on the question of flea product resistance.

It’s true that my clients are convinced...