It’s that time of the year again when people are getting new puppies and letting their dogs outside more. Three times this week I had people come by and ask if I had seen their dog or puppy that had gotten loose. Each time when I asked them if there was a phone number on [...]
Things have changed a lot since the last time I posted. We have moved to a new house and a new dog has entered our lives. Belle has a history of marking the indoors of new houses, so that was a bit of a concern when we moved in to the new house. We had [...]
The rainy weather makes Belle’s dog pen very muddy, especially where the grass died. We put down pine needles over the muddy areas and used palettes to raise up her dog house and create a place for her to lay that is dry. A bale of hay can work as well.
So what’s a dog used to the weather of the deep south do when it snows? Apparently, if it’s Belle, she tiptoes through it trying to keep from touching as much of it as she can. One of my friends owns a black lab who is about a year old. Apparently she liked the snow [...]
For those of us who travel a lot, it’s important to have a good boarding kennel picked out for your dog long before you are ready to leave your dog in their care. Although a lot of people like to leave their dogs at home and have friends or family come to care for and [...]