HAIR

It’s hot and I want a haircut. I talked to Jet about it. She’s my foster mom. I told her she has short hair (for a human) and I should be able to have short hair too. It’s cooler.

Jet laughed and said in the old days (that’s like yesterday for a dog) most humans, including the guys, wanted long hair. – Even in the summer. She said it was the 60’s and long-haired humans called themselves hippies. Then Jet starts humming a tune and dancing around the room.

I inquired about the song and she said it’s a song from ‘HAIR’. I’m confused. The song comes out of hair?

Instead of answering me, she had me watch/listen to the video below. If you want to understand today’s lesson, you need to watch it too. Be sure to turn up the volume on your computer first.

HAIR: THE MUSICAL


Let me get this straight: humans made an entire musical about… hair? - And people call dogs dumb.

So, here’s my lesson of the day… Just because some humans think long hair… ROCKS (so to speak) it doesn’t mean my dog pals and I feel the same way. It’s summer, quit messing around and give us a haircut!

Okay, here’s the question of the day from Jigsaw who asked: My friend is sick. My mom says he can’t come over to play because he has pancreatitus. What’s that?

Hey Jigsaw:

It’s actually acute pancreatitis. The condition is a sudden onset of pancreatic inflammation. Typical symptoms in dogs include painful abdomen, abdominal distention, lack of appetite, depression, dehydration, a 'hunched up' posture, vomiting, diarrhea and yellow, greasy stool. Ick. I’m glad your letter confirmed your friend is already getting treatment from the vet. This is bad stuff and more common than most humans realize. Since your friend got help so fast, he should be just fine.

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