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Tag: dogs

Petsies Will Delight Your Kids and Alarm Your Pets

May 13, 2017February 11, 2022Jackie Reeve3

Make a custom version of your pet for National Pet Week!

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Veterans Day, Complete With All the Feels

November 11, 2016Patricia Vollmer

Break out the Kleenex. Patricia shares her own military homecomings and features YouTube videos of some of the best ones to hit you right in the feels as a way to honor our veterans.

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How Being a Geek Led Me to The Dog Who Glued My Heart Back Together

February 16, 2016December 13, 2017Karen Walsh

The name underneath the Rescue dog’s picture was “Harley Quinn.” How could a GeekMom resist that?

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The Force Is Strong With My Pets

February 5, 2016December 16, 2017Will James

We’ve all seen the plethora of Star Wars related merchandise flood the market several months before The Force Awakens hit theaters, and I was the first to throw up my hands and say, “Enough already!” Sorry but oranges have nothing to do with BB-8! However, the Petco line of Star Wars goods for pets is actually a perfect use of the license.

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Daily #DadJoke for September 20, 2015

September 20, 2015December 13, 2017Judd Schorr

In winter, my big hairy dog wears his thick coat…

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Daily #DadJoke for September 13, 2015

September 13, 2015Judd Schorr

If it can rain cats and dogs…

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Daily #DadJoke for August 21, 2015

August 21, 2015December 13, 2017Judd Schorr

My dog Minton once ate my entire supply of shuttlecocks…

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Daily #DadJoke for August 14, 2015

August 14, 2015December 16, 2017Judd Schorr

Where do you find a dog with no legs?

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Daily #DadJoke for June 17, 2015

June 17, 2015Judd Schorr

Our local police just cited a dog for giving birth to puppies at the side of the road…

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Daily #DadJoke for February 21, 2015

February 21, 2015December 13, 2017Judd Schorr

Our dog Monty just ate a score of Scrabble tiles…

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The Painting for Every Game Room: Dogs Playing D&D

November 14, 2014Ken Denmead3

The must-have piece of art for every geek’s game room.

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This Book Just Ate My Dog!

October 16, 2014December 13, 2017Rebecca Angel2

Interactive and silly, This Book Just Ate My Dog! will be a winner for a younger read aloud.

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CleverPet is Like Simon for Your Dog

May 8, 2014December 13, 2017Rachel Cericola

This upcoming WiFi-enabled device is designed to educate and entertain your pet.

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Talking to Your Kids About the Death of a Pet

September 4, 2013December 13, 2017Dave Banks2

Death is one of life’s unavoidable topics and one that’s often accompanied by tears, confusion, or fear. We share some tips and advice for talking to your kids about the loss of a pet.

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Weekly GeekMom Video Playlist

June 7, 2013Cathé Post

Summer vacation is here! Or, it is looming in the not-so-distant future. Either way, kids are getting edgy and are requesting video suggestions to keep them entertained for a few minutes. So, this week’s video playlist features videos the GeekMom writers’ kids enjoy.

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The (Remote Control) Circle of Life

September 28, 2012Russ Neumeier

The kids being the remote control for the family TV went full circle in my home recently – with a few modern twists that I never had to deal with as the one called on to get off the couch …

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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Dog Siblings

July 16, 2012Garth Sundem

Every once in a while you get a puzzle handed to you. This week I was at the scum hole the city of Boulder, Colorado, calls the dog swimming “beach,” and a guy with a black lab said that his …

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“The Dog Strikes Back” in New Volkswagen Star Wars Super Bowl Ad

February 1, 2012Matt Blum

Remember last Super Bowl’s awesome Volkswagen Passat commercial with the little kid dressed as Darth Vader? Well, they’ve managed to put together a very worthy successor to it, this time for the Beetle. Be sure to watch all the way …

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Front Yard Veggie Garden – Cleared of All Charges

July 28, 2011December 13, 2017GeekMom1

Earlier this month, GeekMom Kris Bordessa wrote about the story of a Michigan woman, Julie Bass, who was being prosecuted for having a front yard garden. The Bass family put in the garden after their lawn had to be torn up due to a sewer line that needed to be repaired. I’ve been following Julie […]

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FourSquare Is a Social Dog’s Best Friend

April 1, 2011Kevin Makice

As dictated by Sweetness Makice April 1, 2011 | 3:12 pm (dog time) | Favorite things: Squirrels I don’t have an iPhone, but I know where to get one. When the humans are asleep, I wake up to play a …

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Top 10 Awesome Dogs in Geek Culture

April 1, 2011Ken Denmead

From the dawn of time to the end of the universe, the one thing Man (as in humanity) can depend upon is his best friend, the dog. A dog’s devotion is unwavering, their loyalty unfaltering (except, perhaps, in the presence …

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It’s a Human’s Life

April 1, 2011Russ Neumeier

Our humans are funny creatures. There’s the sitting, the eating, the sleeping, the scratching. We’ve trained them to come when we need something and they carry the bags during our walk — those opposable thumbs are good for something. But …

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Geeky Ways to Love the Iditarod: Build a Better Dog Sled

March 9, 2011Jessamyn5

Talk about an amazing race. The Iditarod dog sled competition, which started Saturday,  stretches more than a thousand miles from Anchorage to Nome, crossing some of the toughest terrain in the world under some of the harshest conditions on the planet. Mushers come from all over the world to compete, but, at its heart, the […]

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10 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes from a Paper Bag

October 18, 2010December 16, 2017GeekMom30

Is it the eleventh hour and you still have no costume for the kiddos? No worries! Those brown bags from the grocery store come in handy for all kinds of things, but this time of year they’re the go-to material for last-minute Halloween costumes. You can have any of these costumes ready to wear in […]

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An Easter Event That Didn’t Need to Happen

April 8, 2010Russ Neumeier

So Easter is almost a week into our past; yet I’m still reeling over an event that happened in our area just before the holiday. An Easter-egg hunt. For dogs. We’ve got a great dog. He’s a rescue from a …

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Meet Fido the Guinea Dog

March 30, 2010Jonathan H. Liu

“It’s a very weird book for me. And I like it because it’s hilarious. It’s about this boy who really wants a dog, but he gets a guinea pig who acts totally like a dog. That’s why it’s called Guinea …

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The Dog That Fits in Your Pocket

March 2, 2010Jonathan H. Liu

I remember several years ago while visiting Taiwan seeing all sorts of “The Dog” products everywhere: they featured extreme-closeup photos of dogs with really big noses and tiny bodies on pure white backgrounds. Cute, but kind of weird. Well, the …

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DIY Doggie Dip

June 29, 2009December 13, 2017Admin

My wife and I must have gone to four different places and searched the web for hours to try and find some way of flea dipping our Labrador retriever. While we were at the last agriculture supply store deciding if …

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