Last week, I posted a blog about the health benefits pets have on children. You can read the post here. That very day, when I arrived home from work, the evening news was discussing new research in the journal Pediatrics which detailed the specific health benefits pet ownership brings for children. ... [More]

Obviously I had noticed. At first I'd blame it on his long fur. "He's getting groomed next week," I'd say. "That'll make him look thinner again." Then someone at work said, "Jack's looking a little fat!" Then my mother-in-law came to visit from Illinois. She hadn't seen Jack for close to six month... [More]