Posts by Hank

Greg forwards me this Instagram of Ruckus at school on his birthday. “Cutest birthday dog EVER,” he tells me A shit-eating grin spread across Greg’s face, he looked over conspiratorially in my direction, and, in that instant,…

Kemba and his cousin Bruce, by consensus, get along as well as any two dogs can.  Or, to be Kemba shows Cuz around his home turf more specific, as well as a mellow, sweet, food-loving six-year-old black Lab and a hyper-energe…

We’ve seen a bunch of firsts for my Duck Dog this past week:  1. his first, legit, off-leash, Chick magnet multi-mile run with me (Eureka!);  2. his first successful, full-extension, airborne Frisbee snag (see video), and 3. …

I think I’ve died and gone to heaven. Après run For 38 years, running has been my primary sport.  For 13 years, dogs — first Ricky the Beagle, now Kemba the Duck Toller — have been my passion.  From the git-go, my goal was to…

Whenever Kemba thinks I’m moving too slowly (usually), he makes himself comfortable in the snow and eats wood It happened the first time maybe a year ago, on our second visit to Lake Mohegan.  I’d parked in the lot near the C…

Let’s just get one thing out of the way right off the bat:  Does this (photo below) look like Official souvenir ball of the Zurich airport just some T-shirt?  Yeah, that’s right, I’m talking about Kemba’s wiseguy remark in hi…

Kemba in Lake Champlain . . . Yup, you remember correctly:  Vermont — the place where Kemba cut his paw wide open in mid-November, forcing him to the D.L. for an entire month.  But Vermont is also, for a Miracle of Chanukah: No more bandage, no more cone-head You haven’t heard from me much lately.  I’ve been too depressed.  It’s been a tough three-and-a-half weeks since my little boy cut his paw wide open at Gale Meadows Pond…

He may be sitting on my lap . . . but this ain’t no lap dog I was in desperate need of relief from the melancholy of being around my poor little Duck Toller, whose paw injury has him more or less under house arrest and condem…

It takes a village: I wrestle Kemba to the floor while Lang does the bandaging Oh, no!  My boy’s back in the cone again!  And the doc says he’ll have to wear it for 10 days!  Along with no activity!  Can anyone imagine my 15-…