Since I got BeeBee, I’ve been looking for something that would enable me to readily see her in limited light or darkness. There were two BeeBee-related challenges to this project. The first is that she’s so low to the ground that it couldn’t be anything of any size that dangled from her collar. The second [...]
Archive for November, 2007
BeeBee’s Multi-Functional Nose
In addition to allowing her to compensate splendidly for her deafness and visual difference, BeeBee also uses her nose like a 5th appendage. Because of her pronounced overbite, she can stick her nose into narrower places than a dog of similar size and conformation with a normal jaw. This enables her, for example, to get [...]
BeeBee’s EESP
In the last BeeBee blog I talked about the real possibility that, thanks to her various impairments, BeeBee’s brain works differently. I use the word “impairment” for convenience, fully aware of the fact that whatever she experiences is normal for her. It’s conceivable that she looks at me and the other pets and thinks how lucky she [...]
Beastly Business, the First Behavior/Bond Mystery, is Now Available On-Line!
I’ve been working on a series of mysteries that portrays animals and the human-companion animal bond more realistically for years, so I’m very excited about finally mastering technology enough to offer the first one on-line. Enjoy! Book Description Even if they don’t know her personally, everyone in Summerset, NH knows that StClair Upton loves animals. [...]
What Goes on in BeeBee’s Brain?
If you have a medical background like I do, you can’t help but wonder what goes on in BeeBee’s brain. To begin with, I’ve given up thinking that there is just one lesion or abnormality that will explain the whole shebang. That’s the left side of my brain talking there. My right brain still clings [...]
November, 2007 Commentary Now Available
Some Tricks About Treats for the Holiday Season True, it’s past Halloween trick or treat time, but it is that time of year when there are so many treats around it’s tough to avoid temptation. And because so often we take both our pets and our food-related beliefs with us when we jump aboard the [...]
The Long and Long of It
I swear, every day BeeBee gets longer and sometimes it takes a heroic effort not to worry about what that means for both of us. When she’s standing still, anyone with a basic knowledge of physics would recognize that the span between her front and back legs is too great. Were she an bridge, a [...]