Jul 1, 2016

Hardly Working Dogs – By Buddy

Hi there! It’s Big Smart Buddy Dog! Writin’ the Blog! And I’m rhyming like a… like a… Dog. I’m not good at rhyming. Do you like that picture of me? I love my collar. Liana brought it home especially for me when she went to visit some place south of Massachusetts called Kenya. Don and […]

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Jun 1, 2016

17 Messes in May – by Coal

(Editors note: It is NOT RECOMMENDED you read this blog if you are queasy in general, and eating in specific. We are serious. You were warned). Hi there! It’s handsome Coal Dog and it’s my turn at the blog. I hope I don’t let you all down! We moved back to the Southport cabin and I threw […]

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May 1, 2016

Supreme Fetch Dog Throughout All The Land – By Auggie

I AM AUGUSTUS MEGATRON BULLDOZER. First of all Canines in Rome and otherwise. Get used to it. I WILL ADMIT THAT BEING SUPERIOR to all dogs and humans has left me a bit lonely. Not lonely in the fuzzy, plebeian, common-rabble way like sharing a dog bed with old chums, but rather lonely for somedog to give […]

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Apr 1, 2016

Buddy Power! – By Buddy

(Editors Note: In January, Big Buddy Dog went in for surgery to remove cancerous mast cells on his back legs. He had no idea what was happening. This is his compelling story). Hi there! It’s me, Big Smart Buddy Dog! I want to tell you about something that was really scary. Don and Liana didn’t […]

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Mar 1, 2016

Always a Head-Rub for a Good Dog – By Max

Max here. I am just fine, thank you!   I’d like to talk to you for a second about someone who meant a lot to me. I can’t remember when he wasn’t a part of my life. He was Whit Smith and he was my friend. Whit’s gone now. I was by his side when […]

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Feb 1, 2016

Salty to the Bone – Max: Volume I – by Don

Somehow I figured it would be a good idea to write in my own voice rather than one of my dogs. I did this for a couple reasons. I thought it would be a good format to share stories about my pack of wild curs that would be otherwise un-tellable. I loved writing in Coal’s […]

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Feb 1, 2016

Pucker Up Dead-Noses – by Auggie

I am Augustus, ruler of all things Canine. You’re welcome. Now, before I get into my obligatory contribution for this paltry newsletter, I must make one thing absolutely, perfectly, crystal clear. I did not have relations with that wiener dog. I have fought off these types of assaults before. As if the mere suggestion of […]

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Jan 1, 2016

Fat Dog Food No More – by Coal

Hi there! It’s Handsome Coal Dog. I hope you are well. We had a GREAT Christmas at Chez Salty! I got a new Kick Fetch! And make sure you’re holding on to something solid when I tell you this next thing: IT GLOWS IN THE DARK! Now I can play fetch at all hours! It […]

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Dec 1, 2015

Keys to the Kitchen of my Heart – by Buddy

Hi everyone! It’s me – Big Smart Buddy! We had such a great Thanksgiving. Dons Mom came to stay and there were such great smells coming from the kitchen I could hardly believe it! It was everything I could do to not hop up on the hot stove and eat all the food. Then it […]

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Nov 1, 2015

Rotten Apples but Good Boys — By Max

Max here. I am just fine, thank you! What a great fall we had here in Boothbay Harbor! There were so many blueberries and raspberries and blackberries! And now all the apples are becoming rotten. Even Don will grab a few ripe ones off the tree as we hike Boothbay Region Land Trusts Singing Meadows Preserve. For […]

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