Ah the sweet, sweet taste of freedom. Ira G and Kathleen move into a new apartment--one that allows pets. No more secrets! No more hiding! Ira G is free to express himself, and, boy, does he ever. With a rebel yell, Ira G finds his voice. Did you hear that?...Ira G is free!

Ira G was once a stowaway in his own home. Can you imagine? He wasn't supposed to be there, at least, according to the landlords. A naturally quiet boy, Ira G went mostly undetected, but when he barked: Look out! He'd wake the neighborhood. Fortunately, he got to go to work with Kathleen, so the secret was safe. At least, for a while. But somehow, the landlords caught on. Oh, poop! Where will they go? What is a girl and her dog to do?

Love makes the world go 'round, they say, and love can be quite the merry-go-round. It doesn't always last, but there's usually a good lesson in there. In the end, if you look closely, you'll be grateful for the people that have come into your life, and have shone a little bit of their light on you. Here's to our differences, and to the paths we all walk on the journey to love.

At long last! Ira G is at home and ready to sink his teeth into the rest of his life...and some of his person Kathleen's favorite possessions. (NO, not the cowboy boots!!!) Ahh, puppies. You can't hold it against them, but dang, you turn your back for ONE second. Ira, of course, is unmoved. How punk rock of him.

When we last left Ira G, he was in bad shape at the vet's and the future looked uncertain. Weak and unsteady, his person, Kathleen, brings him some chicken to try and get him to eat. She may not eat chicken herself (read: vegetarian), but she'll pull out all the stops for her boy, Ira G. And eat it, he does! Like that, the clouds part, the sky opens up, and the sun, it is a-shining. All thanks to the chicken. Isn't life delicious? Ira G sure thinks so.

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program with a "bang!" Firework season is upon us, a terrifying ordeal for many pets, and a time when more dogs run away and are lost than any other time of the year. So, make sure your dog is wearing an updated Dog Tag Art tag, and that you've activated Virtual Leash. If your dog is especially skittish, you may want to consider trying aThundershirt.

Just when you think it's all blue skies and sunshine, a dark cloud looms above. Where we left off, Ira found his forever home, but something is terribly wrong. He survived the stress of the shelter, but picked up a nasty upper respiratory infection and winds up in the hospital. Things are "touch and go" at best, but one thing is certain: Love is a powerful medicine. Will Ira pull through?

When you're a mutt people like to guess your breed. They tell you how you must be related to this kind of dog, or, if you're Ira G, how you look like that kind of celebrity. It's a funny thing, not knowing where you come from, but the important thing is to know who you are.