By Lisa Cohn Our golden retriever, Hudson, underwent surgery to remove some tumors in his testicles two weeks ago, and I’m happy to report that he sailed through the surgery and is back to chasing tennis balls and taking long walks in Forest Park. Hudson, who is almost 11,
By Lisa Cohn We’ve been writing a lot about dogs that have superpowers. And dogs that are heroes–rescue dogs, for example. An amazing hero dog was the rescue dog, Frida, who recently died at the age of 13. She was a search-and-rescue Labrador Retriever famous for locating victims after an
By Lisa Cohn When Michael, now 13, was five, our dog Hudson was just a puppy. Hudson frolicked wildly at Michael’s fifth birthday party, and taught us a few lessons. At Michael’s recent 13th birthday party, Hudson also insisted on being in the middle of the action, but he didn’t
While we’ve been in isolation due to Covid-19, Ally, Michael and I have walked nearly every day with our golden retriever, Hudson. Hudson is a character in our third book and did some lively voice-over barking for our last audiobook His deep voice lends itself well to being an audiobook
We have raised $150 for the Oregon Humane Society as a result of sales at our book release party Saturday, as well as pre-sales of “Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts.” In addition, some of the donation we’re making today to the Oregon Humane Society came
We were thrilled to discover that Bash and Lucy Fetch Team Vera and the Dream Beasts made Amazon’s #1 New Release, children’s soccer books (kindle version). The book has a girl-power theme. Bash’s cousin, Paula, says that under Title IX, all-star canine coach Lucy, Bash’s dog, should coach Paula’s girls’
Love, Gratitude and Wonder for Guide Dogs for the Blind By Lisa Cohn At a tears-filled Guide Dogs for the Blind graduation ceremony Saturday in Boring, Oregon, human graduates of the program expressed love, gratitude and wonder for how their guide dogs can change their lives. Michael and I attended
Acupuncture helps dogs after injuries! We learned this after our dog, Hudson, injured himself running on the beach Friday. Above, you can see he’s having a lot of fun romping on the beach. But as soon as we got home, he started limping. In fact, he cried and whined. We
By Lisa Cohn Boy meets dog. Dog kisses boy. When we leave the library or book store, when we’re walking in the forest near our house, when we’re shopping in Portland–one of the dog-friendliest cities in the country–the story is often the same. Boy meets dog. Then there’s a
By Lisa Cohn Three years ago, our beloved dog, Lucy, died suddenly of cancer at the age of 6, giving no warning she was ill. Every day, up until the day she died, I ran with her through the forest behind our house. Every day, right up until the day