Pets and Personality

The other night my husband was sharing a story about a co-worker of who recently adopted a dog. I asked what made her get a dog and he chuckled. Apparently my husband asked her the same question and her reply was, “I am a single woman with three cats. I don’t want to be “that” [...]

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The Benefits of Adopting a ‘Mutt’

Finding the right pet to fit your personality and lifestyle is not always easy. Today, images of celebrities carrying little pure-bread puppies around like an accessory do not always paint the most responsible and realistic portrait of pet ownership. These photos seem to promote ownership of a toy, pure-bread dog as being more like a [...]

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Cat People CAN Like Dogs

  When my husband and I first met, he was a cat-person. In fact, he came from a family of cat-people. Apparently, when my husband was growing up, he and his family had an amazing cat named, Morris who could do tricks and came when you called…basically, a cat who acted like a dog. When we [...]

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Finding the Best Pet Care

My two puppies were my first ‘babies’ and like any mother, I wanted the best care and treatment possible for my little buddies. I found this sometimes took some investigating and an open mind. I had only lived in my area a short time when I first adopted my pups and relied on word-of-mouth and [...]

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Doggie Day Care at Home

When I adopted my two Shih Tzus seven years ago, I was fortunate to be working from home at the time. I had the ability to let my new puppies out frequently so they became house-trained quite quickly. I could also take breaks from work to play with them for a few minutes here [...]

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