We've been missing in action the last couple of weeks, and things are crazy-busy getting ready for the holidays, but Rita and I wanted t...

Back when I first started drafting this post (a while back), I thought it might be the last “pup & a plant”... but I’ve already posted m...

Rita had a lot of fears when she first came to us. For instance, every time I would get out the broom, she'd run and hide. (Of course, I...

But wait...there's more... It's time for another dozen of "a pup & a plant". If you missed the earlier posts you can v...

I walked out of our bathroom the other day and found her like this on our bedroom area rug. Do you think she's trying to tell me somethi...

Hope you aren't sick of this series yet cuz I still have lots more of them to share! (Honestly, I never thought I could keep it going t...

Last month I posted about how I exercise my brain while Rita and I are out on our walks with my Instagram " A Pup and A Plant Series....

I've been doing this thing over on Instagram. If we're connected there, you will possibly have already seen it. I call it "A Pu...

Rita has come a long way since we first got her. We don't know if perhaps someone hit her with a stick or something in her past life on ...

Rita is... kind of odd sometimes. (Okay, a lot of the time.) One thing that's odd about her is that she doesn't really like stran...

Rita "met" two "cats" this past Sunday. Normally, she hates cats, which you may recall if you've been following the ...

A couple of weeks ago, we had a day at the beach that started out great and ended badly. (Due to a DADO* with his uncontrollable dog off lea...

When you're out on a walk, and you hear barking, and you turn to look... ...and the barking dog is on the roof !

We here at Chez Pooch Smooches are on the eve of a kitchen renovation. (Ugh.) Rita and I have donned our safety goggles and hardhats (not ...

My nephew Leo the mastiff often goes around with a drool rag tucked into his collar. He's a big sweetie - and he's also a big droole...

Every once in a while, Rita freaks out over a new thing in the house, which she decides is super scary. A while back, it was this tiki man...

Birthday Donations Update : I wanted to thank everyone who wished Rita a happy birthday the other day. I'd said I'd donate $1 to Ba...

As I mentioned last Monday, we're dog-sitting our nephew, Reggie the corgi, at the moment. Here's a pic of Rita and Reg on our wal...

Back long ago when I first started this blog, we had a very kissy dog. This girl right here, angel Abby: "Turn the camera off so...

Remember when Rita took it upon herself to customize her own bedding ? (In a nutshell, she purloined a no-longer-needed twin mattress topper...