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Company: Creative Professionals for Animal Welfare (creativePAW)
Job Title: Volunteer Writers, […]

Well, if this isn’t irony, I don’t know what is. I came home from being gone maybe an hour, and found the house in utter disarray.
Now, before I get into the details, it’s important to point out that with as well as things have been going since Bark Busters came, we’ve started leaving the dogs […]

A case out of the UK brings to mind an important and controversial question: Is it better to put your sick pet to sleep, or to let him die naturally at home?
Here are the salient points of the story:

A debate in the United Kingdom centers on whether negligence or kindness killed a 17-year old Great […]

Especially in a multi-pet-species household, the aloof cat often gets overlooked when it comes to playtime. But in an increasingly traffic-heavy world where more and more cats are being confined to the great indoors at all times, play is critical to your cat’s health.
I loved this article from PetStyle.com, which offers some specific ideas for […]

Things have been crazy around my house lately, as I’m sure you’ve guessed based on my posts from the month of December, but the madness is finally under control. Tomorrow is one month from our Bark Busters appointment, and the dogs have done almost a complete 180.
When David the Dog guy came, we put Pickles […]

The dogs are now going at it almost every day, with Murphy instigating every time, and I can’t take it anymore! We called Bark Busters about 2 weeks ago and are in the midst of checking references for our local BarkBusters pro, but after this morning, I don’t even care anymore. I need help NOW.
It’s […]

We just got back from a long weekend in Colorado, and I am so glad to be back home with my babies. Even though we had a trusted friend to watch them and the dogs love him, it’s still difficult and stressful to leave them home with someone else. (If I’m this much of a […]

With three cats and three dogs, I felt like I was getting up to let someone in or out every time I sat down. Finally, after months of my begging, Jesse put in not one but two dog doors. The first goes from the mudroom, where we confine the three dogs when we leave the […]

We broke down and purchased a Wii system after about 2 weeks of lusting after our friends’ system. It’s the most fun EVER, seriously. But it freaks the dogs out to no end.
When we play Wii bowling, every time we knock the pins down, Ty jumps up and starts barking. Just as he calms down, […]

Every time we go to the dog park, the other pet moms and dads are blown away by how friendly, nonaggressive, and well socialized Pickles, Ty, and Murphy are. “They listen to you so well!” “They’re so big, but they’re so calm!” “How do you make them listen like that?”
The answer? I expect them to […]