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Lazarus is a plott hound, who has fought his battles. He was once attacked by a bear, ended up blind in one eye, missing parts of his nose and tail, and earned his name only after repeatedly returning from near death – and yet ended up with one of the best lives a dog could have, as a companion to BioStar’s Rick Moore.
(See Also: Rick Moore and Grace)
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Dog Dreams
We all know dogs have dreams. People like to watch us while we dreamily chase tennis balls across the yard ...
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Sniffing Nirvana
We dogs understand that our life span is traditionally shorter than our caretaker’s. I’ve said it before: one of our ...
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Questions & Quandaries
Life is full of quandaries, some more debilitating than others. To pee or not to pee, that’s my question every time ...
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Change for the Ages
There are differing thoughts on change: it’s hard to do, it’s for the better, it’s inevitable. I’m not a big ...
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Flaws are Perfect
I admit it, I snore. I also lick the floor and like to play in garbage. I have multiple scars, ...
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Rejoice vs. Regret
As with many things in life our initial impression of an event changes between ‘then’ and ‘now’: the concern of ...
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Vulnerability
Lately I’ve been feeling vulnerable. Physically it’s because my hips hurt from walking through the deep snow, but emotionally it’s because ...
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Lost in the Closet
by Lazarus Recently I found myself standing in the closet, staring into space. Odd, because dogs don’t use closets. Disheartening, because ...
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Let’s Talk Poop
Granted, dog poop is almost never an exciting topic, even though everyone has seen it, most have bagged it and ...