Keep the Tail Wagging, An Online Magazine for Dog Lovers

I hate giving our dogs a bath.  Usually me and my boyfriend tag team the dogs, one washes, while the other dries.  It goes faster that way.  It’s not that it’s a horrible chore, but the dogs are so miserable and I just hate putting them through the process – but the alternative (in the [...]

This is hayfever season for me so I’m taking Allegra and Benadryl like a junky and walking around in a haze.  Needless to say, I just don’t feel like myself this week.  But everyday I go home to my family I’m happy.  I feel like I’ve never been happier in my life.  This could be [...]

I’m still doing my research about the raw food diet for dogs and I know that there are many readers who have already switched over to the raw food diet and others who are interested, but want more information.  Not only will I be sharing what I’m learning and any diet changes we make; I’ll [...]

This is a sponsored post… No, but I wish!  Instead, I’m working on campaign with Sweet Relish to highlight a dog that I wish could be our fourth forever dog.  Her name is Coco.  She’s a gorgeous deaf dog rescued by Motley Zoo, the same organization who introduced us to Blue. Coco is a 10 [...]

Being a pet blogger has it’s perks, especially for our dogs who think that every time a human enters our house with a bag or package, it’s for them.  Most of the time, they’re right. Over the past few weeks, we were introduced to several cool pet products that kept a smile on my face. [...]

Monday, I shared Gayle’s list of tips 1 through 5 about living with a blind dog; below are tips 6 through 10. photo: ~ggvic~ 6.  Consider using a flowing fountain for your dog’s water bowl. The sound of running water will help your blind dog find its drinking dish, and the sound can be appealing [...]

When Keep the Tail Wagging is a full time gig, I would love to adopt a blind or deaf dog.    When Gayle Irwin contacted me and offered to share what she knows about living with a blind dog, I was so excited, because it is such a great compliment to an earlier article about [...]

This is a sponsored post. When my boyfriend and I adopted littermates, we were kind of prepared for what to expect.  Thanks to many warnings from dog owners, lots of reading, and working with an amazing dog training, we survived the puppy year and adolescents with barely a scratch.  But it wasn’t easy. What I [...]

Author and Dog Parent | Alycia Neighbours We recently completed a home improvement project of increasing our home by four feet. Four really big fuzzy feet belonging to a 10 month old English Mastiff. When you are an animal person this is the best home improvement project ever, but it can have some very tense [...]

One of the things that I love about living in the Pacific Northwest are how pet friendly most events are; as the summer months approach (yes, they’ll be here before you know it), I’ll be planning which street fairs and dog festivals I’ll be attending with our dogs. Cheryl, a librarian and dog lover, shared [...]

Today, Sydney went to see our veterinarian for arthritis pain.  Her limping was getting worse and I didn’t know what to do.  Last weekend, we went for a walk at the Arlington airport and Sydney was barely walking on her right, front leg. Why wait a week for a veterinarian appointment? I started Sydney (and [...]