“A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.” – Barack Obama on adopting a dog at his first press conference, Nov. 7, 2008 As soon as Barack Obama made the public promise to daughters Sasha and Malia of a presidential puppy, Jasmine and I started getting letters. “You are such a great advocate for […]
“She’s pit bull and what?” the woman walking her golden retriever asked as Jasmine Blue and I passed by in Buena Vista Park. I get this question nearly every time we’re out. It’s obvious that Jasmine is a lot American Staffordshire terrier, and a lot less obvious that she is also something else. Everyone, from […]
“All those dogs should be killed!” the old man with two yapping Yorkies said loudly in the middle of Pet Food Express. Jasmine Blue, then six months old, was standing beside me, head cocking from side to side at the piercing “yip, yip, yip” of the man’s tiny dogs, each clad in tiny Burberry coats. […]
Jazzy and I would like to thank all of you for the supportive letters and kind words you’ve been sending our way. When I first decided to introduce Ms. Blue in April 2007, the idea was met with some resistance from friends and even staff. Jasmine and I spent several months staying at four-star hotels […]
You view the world differently once you have a dog. On a sunny day, instead of thinking, “What can I do?” you think, “What can we do?” TurtleWhen I adopted Jasmine Blue in September 2006, she was four months old. She spent the beginning of her life in a Hayward backyard, with brief stints at […]
“You can’t make friends with a squirrel. Squirrels are just rats with cuter outfits.” – Carrie Bradshaw to boyfriend Aiden on HBO’s Sex and the City [media 1] JasmineMy happy-go-lucky pit bull, Jasmine Blue, has become squirrel obsessed, like a lab with a ball, a bulldog with a skateboard, or a Pomeranian with a lap. […]
This month’s column was supposed to be about something entirely different, but a fateful meeting in front of Safeway changed that, as well as my life. Rocket DogI saw a woman with a beautiful blue nose pit bull and stopped to say hello. “There’s a dog that looks just like him at San Francisco Animal […]