I thought I was a pretty prepared dog mom until Amber got her recent UTI. At first, she just needed to go to the bathroom more often, which wasn’t a big deal. She likes to play and then drink water. No big deal. Then I heard her yelping when she peed, and I nearly […]

I love my dogs like they’re my children, but I’m not oblivious to the fact that sometimes they do things that I don’t like. Like when I came home from running errands one day to find Amber eating everything inside our tipped over garbage can, for example. The majority of the time, dogs don’t mean […]

You know those giant bags of generic cereal you can find at the grocery store? They usually have shady sounding names like Unlucky Charms or Lieutenant Crunch. When I was growing up, I lived on a pretty steady diet of that stuff. My mom never read a food label once in her life. She just […]

Golden Retrievers are one of the most popular dog breeds around today. In addition to their reputation for being extremely smart and easily trainable, they are known for being good with children, making them an ideal choice for a family pet. I was fortunate enough to grow up with a couple of goldens in my […]

Pet parents love giving their fur babies treats for a whole host of different reasons. My primary reason is I have a dog (don’t worry, buddy; I won’t name names) that likes to chew on anything and everything I don’t want him to chew on. We seek out alternative options for our dogs who like […]

We go through a lot of dog treats here. I use treats for training purposes to spoil my pets just because I can. I also use them to help deter our dogs from chewing on furniture and shoes and, yes, even eating grass, as well as to help remove tarter from my dogs’ teeth. My […]