It has recently come to my attention that my entire attitude involving animals has been completely misguided and wildly incorrect. For as long as I can remember, I have considered myself a dog person. The reasoning behind this was simple: I liked animals that at least pretended to care whether I was alive or not. […]
Ever since I was a kid, I have been a big fan of pets. If there wasn’t some sort of four-legged critter following me around or trying to climb onto my lap, something just didn’t seem right. I wanted as any animals around me as possible. Someday, I thought, I would live in a place […]
Dear diary, So this is how it ends. I have been sitting here in the dark for what seems to be hours. I, of course, have no idea how long it has actually been since it can be very difficult to read a clock in the dark. Not that it would matter seeing as how […]
Dear Diary, I was on the couch when the woman came and sat next to me. This is not a rare thing. It seems that she always wants to be around me, never letting me have a moment to myself. If I manage to break away and head to the bedroom for a bit of […]
Dear diary, It seems like I have very little to look forward to most days. I’ve heard that in some places, dogs like me do useful things like hunting. Unfortunately, the humans won’t bring in live animals inside and when we are outside, they absolutely refuse to let me hunt down and kill anything. They […]
Dear diary, As you know, I have very few possessions. There is the basket of toys that, through great pain and suffering, I have finally ripped all of the squeakers out of. There is my dog dish which, thanks to the humans, is always full of those awful dry pellets. I have never figured out […]
Dear Diary, Often times, I am a bit harsh on the humans. I am fully aware of this. I mean, they do an excellent job of making sure my food bowl is full and providing me with nylon bones, so I cannot say too much bad about them. There are times, though, when all of […]
Dear Diary, In the past, I have been very concerned about the humans. There are many times they barely seem able to function in the world. If they drop crumbs on the floor, they never pick them up and eat them despite the fact that it is perfectly good food. They insist on not only […]
Dear Diary, Being a dog can be very tiring. As you well know, I end each day in a state of exhaustion. Sure, part of it is because of my busy schedule. I honestly have no idea how I find enough time in the day for my 14 naps. Today, though, it finally clicked. My […]
Since I was a kid, I have had a love-hate relationship with cats. Most feline exchanges would play out the same way. I would go to pet the cat. “Hey, cat. I’m just trying to pet you,” I would say. For some reason, it seems like this warning should prepare the cat for physical […]
The Life and Times of Nathan Badley... 