When a Pup is in Pain

Prairie dogs have precious few ways to tell you when they’re in desperate need of something. Pups have even less. If they start gnashing their teeth, there is something seriously wrong, and you need to respond immediately. This is something I missed when I had my first prairie dog. She started making the sound with…

Feeding the Dog

When feeding a prairie dog, it seems as if there’s two considerations: can they feed themselves, and is what I have to feed them available on the prairie? This means that, as a rule of thumb, they should not be eating fruit, and, as a ground squirrel (not a tree squirrel), they should not be…