Dog Lingo + Bau Trains His Dog Mom (a.k.a. Carol Balawyder)

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4 min readMay 8, 2024
Bau can’t speak english, so he blogs in it.

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Every wish you had a pet who could talk? I’ll admit, sometimes I say I do, but I don’t really mean it. If K-D doggie could, I’d feel even worse when I deny her anything. Wordlessly, (she’s not a novelist like me) she makes herself plenty heard. Her messages fall into three categories: eating, playing, and walking. When she licks her lips and stares at my food, it’s her polite way of asking, “You need help finishing that?” A toy dropped at my feet conveys, “Time to play.” A tail wag when I put on my coat to go out translates to, “Take me with you,” followed by sad eyes that arrow straight into my heart when I have to leave her home.

Carol Balayder’s dog, Bau, goes the distance. Carol’s his scribe. A writer from Montreal, Quebec, she went from teaching a variety of college courses to publishing novels and non-fiction

At Carol’s blog, Bau keeps his posts in between hers. When they’re not blogging and she’s not writing books, they like to volunteer to help kids and grownups at schools, hospitals, and libraries. Here’s a sample of his view of the world…

Training My Dog Mom by Bau (with…

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