I’m going on vacation soon, so I may not post for a couple weeks. I also will be traveling for a weekend for work soon. My dogs are going on vacation with me, but my bird & fish are staying home. When I travel with work all my pets will stay home. When you’re a […]
Tag: dogs
#154. Why Feeding on a Schedule is a Good Pet Move
Whether you have a cat, bird, dog, rabbit, guinea pig or other type of pet there are several good reasons to feed on a schedule. Now some pets eat throughout the day like birds & many caged pets, but adding food & water daily on a schedule is still a good idea. Keeping a routine […]
#153. Baby Gates: Variety of Types & Helpful Uses
Baby gates come in handy for restricting a pet from a room for a variety of reasons: I use a gate like the one above at the top of my basement stairs. I fostered for many years & some dogs were unfamiliar with stairs so this helped them to be less frightened when they came […]
#152. Dog’s Urine Burning the Grass?
Having yellow or brown spots in your lawn can be unsightly & not something you like to see in your yard. Many dogs urine will burn the lawn especially if they urinate in the same place most of the time. Many male dogs lift their legs on items, trees, bushes lawn furniture, but female squat, […]
#151. Can’t Believe He is 6 Years Old Already
Today I celebrate Hunter’s 6th Birthday, I adopted Hunter when he was about 9 months old so that put his birthday in July. He was from a Humane Society in Indiana & was fostered after a week or two in their facility. He was a stray & from what I was told he gave Animal […]
#149. Is My Pet Lonely As an Only?
I decided to blog about this topic when a guy at a store talked about the fact that his wife wanted a second dog & he wasn’t sure. He had a female Cocker Spaniel & a neighbor had its litter mate, so she had a part time playmate already. Honestly that is perfect for some […]
#148. Is Intelligence in a Pet Really Important?
I had a different blog topic I thought I would write about this week, but yesterday was our outdoor Freedom service at church & when service is outside I take my dog Hunter with. Someone asked me if he pointed, I said oh you see the German Short-haired Pointer in him, he said oh yeah. […]
#146. Where Do Pet Store Puppies Really Come From?
I often get the idea of what to write about because of something someone said, did or I saw recently. This past week I was talking to a lady & mentioned how I adopted my dogs from a neighboring state during COVID. I told her I had been in rescue, but most of the dogs […]
#145: Seizures: My Experience with My Dog Sam. Part 2
Sam came into my home in the summer of 2002 as my 5th foster dog. He actually had been in the rescue in March of that year when I first saw his photo. I wanted to foster him, but I had my 1st foster dog Molly & wasn’t prepared to have two & he already […]
#144. Seizures: The Basics & More. Part 1
My first dog that was fully my responsibility (in 2002) ended up having seizures & I will write about my experience with him in part 2. I wanted to start with some basic info & then give some more information before I share my story in more detail. I hope you never have to see […]
Echoing Great Pet Care 