Intro post

Welcome to The Smiling Dog Blog! This is the new house blog of A Dog's Wish.com, and we're not sure where where we're going with this - except that wherever we go, it'll be interesting, and I hope, fun. (or else, what's the point, right?)

Although the store sells dog supplies, including dog bowls and dog beds, the postings here will be on anything that catches my fancy, with an emphasis on anything that will make you or your dog smile.

I spent three weeks in Baton Rouge, helping at Lamar Dixon with the Hurricane Katrina dog rescues, and have now brought the number of resident dogs up from one, to four. In a small, Victorian cottage (750 sq feet) with 5 resident cats, it makes life interesting, to say the least!

So we are now a Shiba Inu/cattledogthing/something mix (Cho Cho San, my original, first, and angel dog), a Rat Terrier (Nola - that girl just 'ain't wired right!), a Pit Bull (Miss Peaches, as sweet a Southern girl as her name), and a Miniature Poodle (Dr. Pepe, or Pepito - he answers to both).

The cats, who outrank everybody and everything in the house, are Angus, Sam, Clyde, Gordita, and Z-Man. I'll post bios in a bit, but that will have to suffice for now, since the dogs are seriously jonesing for their walk!