Note to the Dog Sitter

Doreen Picozzi
7 min readSep 23, 2019

From Pet Parents Who Have Taken It a Little Too Far

Baby Boomers are spoiling their pets so lavishly that they are helping to create the next Generation P

I had breakfast this morning, al fresco, at a sweet little bakery in a beach side town. I was with Joe and Myles. Joe is my husband. Myles is our five pound Yorkie. We three spent the entire meal talking with the people at the next table. The conversation centered solely around their six-month old pup, and our sweet old guy. Our neighbors were cooing and clucking and baby-talking…

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Doreen Picozzi

Former journalist, former press secretary to a public official, now teacher of high school journalism and English, devoted wife, and mom of a true gentleman.