World Wines
To Europe and back again
Mole squinted at me across our battered desk. It was unsettling. “What’s buggin’ ya, pal?” he asked. Continue reading
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Pet Photo Contest Winners!
Your beautiful pets in all their glory
Readers, you’ve outdone yourselves. We asked for pet photos, and did we ever receive. With more than 200 submissions, it was incredibly difficult to choose the absolute best. Let’s just say there was a lot of agonizing, debating and consideration. Here are your 2016 winners, and check our Facebook page for more fluffy and adorable entries. Best Action Shot Continue reading
Who Gets the Pet?
Plan ahead to keep pets out of custody disputes
Pets are kind of like practice kids for some of us or, for people like me, they are straight up in lieu of bearing children — just please don’t call them fur-babies; that’s gross. But just like real children, pets sometimes get caught in the fray of a break-up. When my ex-fiancé and I split, I kept Smudge, the dachshund mix I owned before we got together, and he kept Lily, the pit-Dalmatian puppy we got as a couple. I was possibly more heartbroken over losing the dog than I was over canceling the wedding. Continue reading
Kitty Couture
Eugene cat vamps it up in costume
“Here kitty, kitty. Come put on this rosary and sit next to this golden chalice like you’re taking communion.” So it goes for BooBoo, a 17-pound Eugene tabby whose dress-up antics have earned him five million views on the website Pretty 52 and his own greeting card Etsy shop (79 sales and counting!). Continue reading
Fix Your Chi
Little dogs are showing up at shelters
Chihuahuas weigh an average of 4 to 6 pounds — that’s about the size of a large bunny. The puppies tip the scale at only a few ounces, and yet, Chihuahuas are all canine, descendants of Canis lupus, just like huskies, malamutes and Irish wolfhounds. The diminutive stature of Chihuahuas makes it easy to forget that they’re real dogs, not pocket pets or fashion accessories. Continue reading
Horses That Heal
RideAble’s equestrian therapy program for special needs changes lives
Seventeen-year-old Courtney Scott stands by the arena at a well-maintained stable in Goshen, a few miles southeast of Eugene. She’s on crutches, her left leg in a cast due to stress fractures from dancing, but her eyes sparkle as she waits for her horse to be brought out for her to ride. The crutches make her weekly ride a little more challenging, but Scott doesn’t care. Continue reading
Dine with Your Dog
Eating out doesn’t always mean leaving your pet behind
We live in a very pet-friendly area with many restaurants that allow customers to dine with their dogs … or cats. When I first got my dog a little more than a year ago, she was an 8-week-old rescue puppy with a boxer face and blue heeler paws, and I never wanted to leave her home alone. So she went everywhere with me. Continue reading
Fleeced
The perils and joys of owning an alpaca
I own a tiny grey alpaca named Shimmer. I bought her for $250 two winters ago and she hasn’t stopped costing me money since. I’m building a small fiber business, selling Oregon yarn and hand knits online. I’m about wool. One year into my ambitious little alpaca fiber program, I thought Shimmer would be 1) pregnant by now 2) friendlier to me and 3) well … friendlier to me. Continue reading
Enter Our Pet Photo Contest by July 22 for Fame and Glory!
Nominate your pet photos for our staff to vote on
Here at Eugene Weekly, we want you to send us pictures of your pets. Cute? Check. Ugly-cute? Check check. Just plain ugly? Yes, please. Decide which of the following categories fits your pet picture best: Best action shot Most fluffy Continue reading
Rugby! Australians! In Springfield!
Visit the Down Under at Agnes Stewart Middle School
Not enough smashing and grunting at the U.S. Olympic Trials? The Queensland Outback Barbarians are coming from Australia to Springfield top play the Eugene Stags Saturday, July 16. Eugene, Cascades and Coast Sports Commission says: Continue reading