Right on.

Thanks Hugo, I appreciate your response. I liked this article, but it felt very tip-of-the-iceberg to me. Mind you, I know there's only so much you can do in an article.

I feel like these columns always come so close to the real issue.

I love you right now. I want to have kids someday. I don't think I'll be ready before 35. I think I'll have to adopt when I'm older, and part of me feels a sense of loss about not having biological kids, as narcissistic as that is.

She was 15 years old. What's wrong with you? She was a child who was victimized to the point she couldn't take it any more. She obviously tried not only to persevere, but to make a positive difference for others.

I'm really not trying to sound rude, and I know this is probably a cultural difference between the US and Canada, but that sounds like affirmative action for white people to me.

Here's hoping I don't get jumped on...

This sounds like a winner. Elevatordemons had good advice, but our little lady is scared of other dogs, so I'm going to have to do some fetching myself, I guess!

I'd love to try this, but she's scared of other dogs because of her past environment. I'm going to try what jman said. I don't mind making an ass of myself at the dog park :P

Haha she is smart, and learns super fast. Training her not to pull on a leash backfired when we rewarded her every time she walked "nice" after pulling. She quickly learned to pull as hard as she could, then stop and look at us in anticipation of a treat.

Ah, maybe it's not meant to be.

Haha Juniper does the opposite—she loves to chase us at the park!

Good idea. The Kong Wobbler was how we taught her to play! I'm not really one of those people who gets super excited about any particular product or brand, but that thing is fantastic. She went from lying around looking bummed to playing in a few days time.

We just adopted an adult husky mix (Juniper) a couple months ago and she didn't know how to play! It was the saddest thing in the world.

It is, and it is.

They narrowed the nose and added more of a downward point to the tip, for sure.

Someone with a private plane needs to take this woman to Hawaii.

Oh for the love of...

Yeah, clearly this was a bit too blunt. I would normally ignore a string of grouchy replies, but this gave me the sads last night. I did not expect this level of anger at all!

That has become very, very evident. That or this Jezzie is not capable of pulling it off. I'll go with a little of each.