Post Tornado - Some Things You’ll Need
Here are good tips from tornado survivors - most of these come from the ‘wish I’d thought of these items before the tornado’ list.
Be sure to put this stuff in your home emergency kit just case. Depending on the level of destruction (your neighborhood or the entire town?) some of these things may not be [...]
Don’t Freeze Your Dog
In light of the sub-freezing temps around the country, we’re re-posting advice about dogs and cold weather.
I’m ready to come inside
In January, 2009, we spoke to Dr. Eric Ruhland, a veterinarian from Hastings, Minnesota, (current temp today: 1, feels like -12) and asked him about his guidelines for keeping dogs safe in this frigid [...]
The Car is Not a Dog Park
OK, so Lauren Fix, the Car Coach (you’ve seen her on the TODAY show), writes for us now and then. She sent us a great article on Pet Safety and Your Car.
We looked through this and saw that our dog, Lovey, probably believes that our car is a dog park. We let her do everything [...]
Quick Advice: Pet Travel Kit
Great advice after we tweeted about Pet Travel Kits - Rachel Farris from PetRelocation.com contacted us with this tip for pets and airline travel:
>>For photocopies of health documentation, we use plastic shipping sleeves (normally used for address labels) to secure the documentation to the top of the travel crate. These sleeves are great [...]
Drive and Keep Pets Safe!
Lauren Fix, the Car Coach has passed on smart tips for traveling in the car with your dog or cat. Here are a few …
PET SAFETY TIPS
Animal safety in cars is critical to your best friend’s safety.
Restraints and Airbags
Airbags deployed in the front seat could harm your pet. And, an unrestricted pet will [...]
Obamas Pick the Portuguese Water Dog
The Portuguese Water Dog will be the next first dog, CNN reports.
Well, the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America is probably beside itself.
Some of the pix we’ve seen of PWDs show them half shaved (back half…). We’re hoping the Obamas don’t do that; it looks like a groomer began shaving then had a change of [...]
Best of the Day - Stump at the Westminster Dog Show
OK, a couple of posts about the dogs, but who doesn’t love a good-looking dog? We’re watching the 133rd Westminster Dog Show.
Congratulations to the Best in Show winner - the 10 year-old Sussex, Stump, from the Sporting Group! He’s the oldest winner at the Westminster and a well-deserved champion. We’re fans of the sporting group [...]
AKC Eukanuba Championships
We’re watching the AKC/Eukanuba championships on Animal Planet.
Of course, we’re rooting for the Golden in the sporting group…our office dog is a golden….
If you’re looking for a family pet, dogs are so wonderful..the American Kennel Club (AKC…) has some tips for you…
And, we, of course, have tips from experts - including the AKC, vets and [...]
Don’t Freeze Your Dog
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about dogs in this frigid winter weather.
We spoke to Dr. Eric Ruhland, a veterinarian from Hastings, Minnesota (current temp: -6), about his guidelines for keeping dogs safe in this Arctic weather.
1. Small Dogs (under 20, up to 50)
Smaller breeds get colder faster. Keep them outdoors no more that [...]
Three Celebrity Celebrations
Famous? Well, the playing field levels out when you’re having a baby, getting married or adopting a pet (especially pets and babies; they don’t know if you’re famous or not….)
1) People magazine is reporting that Lance Armstrong and his girlfriend are expecting a baby. Obviously, they’ll be reading our advice from moms, nurses and doctors [...]