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I received treats free of charge in exchange for an honest product review. With the chicken jerky scare, I’ve really started paying attention to ingredients and where they are sourced from; I’ve noticed that many healthy dog treats will say that they’re distributed from a state in the United States, but where are the ingredients [...]

On May 2, 2012, my boyfriend’s gift to me was a dinner at our favorite Thai restaurant and a puppy.  He said I could keep our foster Jovi, who we renamed Riley that night.  The next morning, Riley got sick and a week later she passed on from canine parvo virus. I cried myself to [...]

photo: Dave Hoefler p> I’ve been writing about dogs for more than a year now and have learned that pet food recalls happen eventually; I just want to see that the brands are being proactive when they’re faced with a recall.  With the chicken jerky treats, it seems like dog parents have been ignored and [...]

  You can read everything I’ve written about the raw food diet for dogs by clicking HERE! Everyone has been really supportive of our switch and I have to say that I’m pretty excited and happy about the change.  I received a few questions that I’d like to answer… Why are you still feeding your [...]

Last night, Rodrigo bit me.  It was my fault.  He was focused on a bowl of ice cream Johan was holding and I tried to sneak around him and he reacted and bit me in the face.  It wasn’t hard and I’m not hurt, but did three things immediately… I backed away, but not too [...]

I received a free t-shirt in exchange for this review. I’ve vented about my frustration with other people and our dogs – I think there was something about how NOT to get your head bitten off.  If you’re unfamiliar with my rant, here are the highlights… It bugs me when people label our dogs as [...]

One of the easiest ways to potty train a puppy is to simply pay attention and watch for signals. Make sure your puppy is always where you can see him when he is loose in the house. You may need to use baby gates or close doors to keep your puppy from wandering off and [...]

photo: In Paris Texas p> To learn more about Bark for Life / Relay for Life – Click Here Why Join A Walkathon?  Look around.  I bet that you have something you feel strongly about.  If you are reading this blog, I imagine you have furbabies and that you probably feel strongly about: rescues, a [...]

Well, a raw + kibble mix to start… I’ve been researching and writing about the raw food diet for dogs for a few months now and today I finally made the switch after Amanda’s great article about making the switch.  I found a book for the Amazon Kindle (A Quick-start guide to Raw Feeding by Louise Chapman) that [...]

I had the fantastic opportunity to contribute to an article about animal communication for SheKnows.  This is the online magazine that named me as one of 5 pet bloggers people need to know and opened the door to a few opportunities to work with major brands. I’ve written about my experience with animal communicators, most [...]

This is a sponsored post We live in a multi dog home.  We have three gorgeous dogs and I adore them.  They’re my babies.  I love that we rescued all three of them.  Rodrigo and Sydney’s mom was rescued from a property where the owners had over 100 dogs.  I won’t go into details, but [...]