You know how life has seasons where you think, Okay, surely we’ve hit our quota for stressful events? Yeah. That was me. Ziggy’s IBD is still a roller coaster. Lars and Zigrit have dental cleanings coming up, which already had my stress levels hovering somewhere near “internally screaming.” And then, just to round things out, Butabi decided to add his own dramatic subplot...

If you’ve read about Lars before, you know he’s my tender little soul...sweet, snuggly and absolutely wrecked when we go on vacation. And when I say I tried everything to help him, I mean everything. Here’s some of the ideas I tried for helping Lars with separation anxiety that I got from lots of online searches...

Butabi...my fluffy, gentle, snack-loving sidekick...was diagnosed with both arthritis in his shoulders and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) right around the same time. At first, it just felt like a double whammy. But over time...

Let me introduce Lars, the household athlete and professional snuggler. He is sleek, a little muscular tank in a velvet jumpsuit and he melts into cuddles like warm butter. He also happens to...