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Tuesdays are my work from home days, which means one 70+ pound dog that I live with gets to sleep on the couch all days, as opposed to sleeping in his kennel that’s padded with three pillows and one of my t-shirts. I don’t mind him on my couch (or the rest of my furniture [...]

I took Riley out for lunch on Tuesday (my work from home day) and let him run and run and run and run and run in the park across the street from me. During the day, it’s empty, so he has the best day ever making giant circles all the way around the whole place. [...]

You may remember the red baseball collar I bought for Little Riley Pants three months ago. It’s cute and it’s perfect for him in every way possible. Everyone always says, “Oh, do you like baseball?” when they talk to him in their coochie-coochie-coo baby voice, and of course, I always answer with, “Why, yes. Yes, [...]

It’s got to be completely appropriate and responsible for me, as a dog owner, to let my dog play with a stuffed severed monkey arm and an empty frosting container. I didn’t really know about the frosting container that he’d pulled out of the trash some time ago, because he’d been hiding [...]

You know how I joke around about how Little Gay Riley Pants might be, well, gay?
Science says it could happen.
There’s his loves for sweaters, his penchant for pretty bandanas, the way he likes to hold hands when I get home from work, and even the he only humps other male dogs, so I’ve always had [...]

Yesterday marked one year since I rode from Jordan, MN with a little fat puppy on my lap, trying to come up with a name that fit his personality. While he’d stolen my heart a few weeks before I brought him, it wasn’t until a few days later that the name Riley came to mind [...]

Aside from going to the Twins game Friday night and seeing Invincible, eating some chicken wings, and a very quick trip to the Mall of America yesterday, my entire weekend has resembled much of what Riley demonstrates here:

It may be hard to adjust to work tomorrow.

Best toys ever, if you ask Riley. The lifejacket-wearing frog is a new addition and now he can’t decide which he likes better - the tattered cow or the purple frog. It’s been an issue for six days now. He walks around whining because he can’t carry them both in his mouth.
I’m leaving on a [...]

Captain Riley Pants* is a pretty good puppy. He’s 14 months old and is pretty much the best roommate ever, except for the tiny white hairs absolutely everywhere.
He knows both verbal and hand signals for sit, shake, lay down, and stay. He obeys “Leave it” like it’s the law of the land, and as much [...]

With my Gym Buddyâ„¢ now living in Bangor, Maine, I haven’t been to the gym yet this month. In fact, I haven’t been to the gym since July 18th. I’m not a winner right now!
I have nothing motivational to say to myself to go. I’m just going to quit being stupid and go. Besides, how [...]