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Today through October 8 Doctors Foster and Smith are running a great sale with 20% off a huge variety of treats for your furry pals. Click the link below to take advantage of these excellent prices! I know I will!

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Since I’ve been sick for the last several weeks (feeling much better now, thanks!), I’ve really been slacking with cleaning the litterbox. Like, REALLY been slacking. Like I can’t remember the last time I did it, and my husband didn’t realize I hadn’t been so he hadn’t either. Oops.
When I went in to do it, […]

I know, I know, do we really need another pet? But when our neighbor’s cat had kittens, we fell in love with this one. So, meet Julius. As in Orange Julius. Because that’s how we roll in these parts.
I don’t have a dossier on him yet because we just got him last night, but I’ll […]

The “Crazy Dog Lady” Technique

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Apparently at 7 months, Murphy is firmly into his adolescent phase: He helped himself to his dad’s credit cards.

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Even if you’re not officially allergic to your pets, their fur and dander can stir up sneezes, sniffles, and snores. Here are some ways to cut down on the fur factor and breathe easier.

Give the critters a bath. Bathing your dog too frequently is a bad idea because it will rob him of his natural […]

I’ve talked before about our preventive flea and tick treatments, and you would think that after all this time, everyone would be used to them! But not Zoe. She sees me bust out the Revolution box and runs for the hills. Or, you know, under the bed.
I don’t know if it’s the thought of, gasp, […]

As if the looks of disbelief (bordering on horror in most cases) when we tell our friends and family that we got a third dog (and that he’s huge) aren’t enough, now all my neighbors think I’m nuts. And it’s not because we have bad dogs who bark all the time and terrorize people […]

They have their moments of boneheadedness, but yesterday the dogs convinced me that I haven’t been giving them enough credit.
They were running around like nuts, so I put them out in the back yard, where they have about an acre of land surrounded by a 6-foot solid wood fence. They don’t jump out, they don’t […]