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Behavior modification

by | Apr 19, 2013 | Column

Recently, I was called to work with a large, four-year-old dog who has developed severe resource guarding issues. This girl started out protecting her food, and moved on to protecting her toys and bones, her space on the couch and various parts of her body. The issues...

4-19 Legals

by | Apr 19, 2013 | Legals

NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT REGARDING COVENANTS OF SAUGAHATCHEE CROSSING SUBDIVISION David & Terri Brooks, Walter Cheatham, Dee Davani, Tom & Amanda Lowrey, Pat & Micki Mullins, and Ricardo & Jana Sagastegui, whose whereabouts are...

Keeping up with style and usage

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Column

Keeping up with style and usage in American English is tedious. From The Associated Press Stylebook (1993): reluctant, reticent Reluctant means unwilling to act: He is reluctant to enter the primary. Reticent means unwilling to speak:  The candidate’s husband is...

Respect your elders

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Column

While preparing my keynote speech for the 2013 Alabama Gerontological Society annual conference, I began to reflect upon my own life and how my views of the elderly have evolved over the years. I’m sure many of you are asking what is gerontology and what is the...

Zombie apocalypse: bringing families together

by | Apr 12, 2013 | Column

Humanity is down to its dregs. Highly armed pockets of resistance attempt to fight off the menace that’s come over the land. Ravenous hordes roam streets and forest alike, the hungry undead marching ever onward, searching for some form of life they can devour. Bleak....