When Yuki turned 2 years old, he started to change.  Nothing drastic, but a subtle and on-going change.  He started becoming less interested in play.  His nose started changing from black to a pink/fleshy color.  He started to put on weight, though his diet hadn't changed.  I mentioned all of this to his Vet, and after an exam I was told that he was just an "adult" now and he had just calmed down out of his puppy stage.  The nose change was explained as being just something that happens,…

My neighbors have been telling me for months that there's a dog park "just down the road" from where I live.  I've had mixed feelings about taking my dogs to a dog park.  I've heard so many horror stories about dog parks, from dogs snapping and attacking others to owners who just let their dogs do whatever they want.  I've heard plenty of happy stories, too, but the bad ones always seem to be the ones that stick with me.  Despite this, however, I felt that it was time to try to find this…