Stories & Lit | The Bark

Musings on the world's oldest friendship in personal essays, memoirs, fiction, classics and, of course, humor.

becoming a dog person

Becoming a Dog Person

By Rachel Lyons

Photographs courtesy of Kerry Quinn

My Dog Is My Boyfriend?!

Musings on a close relationship.

Deb Bishop Photography

Journey

In Their Voices

By Doris Westberg

Photo by vintagecat (https://flic.kr/p/9idZLm)

Roxie and Verna

Brothers Cody, age 7 (top), and Brodie, age 9 (middle), with Gypsy, May 1995.

Gypsy: A Boyhood’s Best Dog Pal

Book Review: Dash

By The Bark Editors

husky and horse

How a Husky Taught Me Acceptance

By Crissi McDonald

old dog swimming

Poem: An Old Dog Teaches My Dog to Swim

For Neptune and Nina, friends

By Elizabeth Johnston

Photo by B.G. WALKER

The Scent of Glory

In Their Voices

By Philip W. Merten

cocker spaniel

Poem: Precautions

By Ronnie Sirmans

Poem For Daniel

Mariah

By Lois Levinson

“The Friend” is a Must-Read

Sigrid Nunez's novel is garnering praise

By Claudia Kawczynska

Home Is Where the Dog Is

By Beth Touchette

Photo by Patricia Conway

A Tail's Tale

By Patricia Conway

Treat

Dog-to-dog tips

PHOTOGRAPH BY RICHARD A. GYLGAYTON

Following a Dream: Bringing Home a Second Greyhound

By Eileen Mitchell

Nicole Wilde, Keeping the Peace, Book Review, a Guide to Solving aggression between dogs

Keeping the Peace: Solving Dog-Dog Aggression at Home

Book Review and Excerpt

By The Bark Editors

In their voices, dogs speak

Come, Sail Away

In Their Voices

By Jeannette Cooperman

Secrets of the Snout: The Dog’s Incredible Nose Hardcover – April 13, 2018 by Frank Rosell (Author), Marc Bekoff (Foreword)

Secrets of the Snout: The Dog’s Incredible Nose

Book Review & Excerpt

By The Bark Editors

old dog

Learning to Walk an Old Dog

A call for improving our etiquette with older dogs.

By Sara Greenslit, DVM