How learning my rescue dog’s breed DNA helped me help him
In March, after several months of poking around, my son and I found a new dog rescue to adopt. We thought we were getting a 2-year-old Yorkie mix, but we had no idea what we were in for…
Keep your dog leashed: thoughts from one friendly pet owner to another
Where signs clearly say, “All dogs on leash,” folks can’t help but release them. I get it. There’s nothing like seeing your four-legged friend filled with joy as they bound freely through the field or trot proudly down the path.
But here’s why I’m asking for everyone to keep their dogs leashed in those areas. It’s for a few reasons…
My cat medication hack (that I stole from dog owners!)
My cat has diabetes and has to be given food and a shot every 12 hours. It’s a pretty smooth process unless I can’t be around at that 12-hour time and have to do a big schedule adjustment. Or worse, I’m on a 5:30am and 5:30pm schedule where I’m giving a sleepy shot and forget to write it down. Either way, I needed a solution that let me keep track of the fact that I gave her the shot. I stole this idea from a dog owner…
This Instagram of dogs eating gently is your new relaxation happy place
You haven’t reached the end of the internet until you’ve seen this relaxing Instagram account where sweet and mild-mannered pooches eat treats, noms, and fuds gently… oh so gently. They’re so sweet and so relaxing and ZZzzzzzz…
For fans of cute-ass puppies (and maybe ASMR for some of y’all?), this feed of gently scarfing dogs will be your new happy place. Get away from the news, from work, from your whole damned stressful life for five minutes while you remember that dogs are too good for this world…
My area is going plastic bag free. How do I dispose of this cat poop?
In Australia, our big supermarkets are about to switch to being plastic bag free.
I’m all for this, but I regularly use the bags to dispose of icky kitty litter and was hoping I could get some suggestions as to more environmentally friendly (and hopefully cheap) options?
I tried a a pet camera to spy on my kitties and it was comedy gold
I was able to get my hands on a fancy-pants pet camera (Thanks, Ariel!) that had wifi, night vision, two-way audio, motion detection, a phone app, notifications, and even a treat dispenser!
But this wasn’t just a webcam — this was supposed to be a state-of-the-art surveillance swat team of a camera that also allows me to taunt coo at my kitties while rewarding them for chilling out in front of the camera. Here’s how my pet camera trial went down…
This epic doggy dream house has everything a pooch needs
Insta-famous pooch Eggnog the Bulldog lives the high life with his amazing doggy dream house. It’s fully equipped with a hydration station, a ramp up to her humans’ bed, a hidey hole with sleeping cushions, color changing, Alexa-driven lights, a storage area for all her toys, and has her name right on it. It is truly a ramp house of which puppy dreams are made.
Following the “lead”: how you AND your dog can be more active together
Our lives are often sedentary, and those of us with dogs know that they can get on that bandwagon, too. In spite of their innate need to move and play, our dogs often find themselves sitting on the same sofa we ourselves sit on. It’s easy for all of us to become couch potatoes together. Here are some easy ways to make exercising with dogs more enjoyable for everyone…