Sharon Delarose's Blog, page 11

The Right Dog

I’ve talked to quite a few dog owners as a result of writing Bad Dog to Best Friend. Once you write a book about training a problem dog, you find yourself meeting people with problem dogs everywhere you go. One …read more

Catahoula Leopard Dog

The Louisiana auditions for American Idol, Season 10, were about to begin. They opened the show with a picture of the Louisiana state flower (Magnolia), the Louisiana state bird (Eastern Brown Pelican), the Louisiana state reptile (alligator), and then they …read more

Robber Fly Cannibal

It was a beautiful fall day in Georgia when a hummingbird startled me by buzzing my head. We had a colony of hummingbirds as we regularly fed them but they never buzzed my head unless I was standing near their …read more

Religion Should Be Like Dog Training

I was listening to Bette Midler’s song From A Distance which looks at wars and hunger from a larger perspective. The song seems to ask, “Why can’t we all just get along and help each other?” Bette Midler’s song really …read more

A Slingshot in Heaven

My built-in antennae went up. There was a secret, a big one. My parents were whispering together at the front window. My Mom, her forehead creased with worry and Dad with an angry frown were huddled together in frantic conversation. …read more

The Neighborhood Bullies

I was on my knees crying, candy scattered all around me while the Crewboys laughed. Every time I tried to get up they pushed me to the ground again. I was surrounded. Four boys and a girl had me pinned …read more

Dung Beetle Myths

The universe does provide and it leads you along interesting paths if you let it. We found a dead beetle. It was gigantic so it was potential fodder for the blog. It was in pristine condition for photos so I …read more

Dog Collar Spy Camera – Part 2

We’d gotten a glimpse of what our Catahoula Leopard dog did while home alone when we put a dog collar video camera on her. Now it was time to spy on the reformed bad dog that I’d written a book …read more

Dog Collar Spy Camera – Part I

Do you ever wonder what your dog is doing when you’re not home? Or what your dog does when he goes wandering? A dog collar camera will answer all your questions, and it works on cats, too. Our dogs are …read more

Are Hippies Running the Country?

I love hippies. They were honest, genuine, open and giving in a way that I haven’t seen since the 70′s. After that, the hippies entered a metamorphosis into adulthood and disappeared into society – the very society they were so …read more