Dog Care Products
Pet insurance companies are keen to point out how much owning a dog will cost, and their estimates vary depending on what website you look at. But we’re talking at least a couple of tens of thousands of dollars over your four-legged friend’s lifespan, much more if he/she has any health issues or injuries. Of…
February 11, 2019
In the Doghouse!
It pains me to say that Kobe is in the doghouse. Let me explain. His crime is willful damage to property. Okay, so the property was his own, but still. He’s always been super jealous of Bella, exhibiting the canine equivalent of ‘first child syndrome’ that I’m sure many of you will recognize. My partner…
February 10, 2019
The Best Tools for the Job
‘A bad workman blames his tools’ so the saying goes, and we’ve probably all heard incompetent people say things like, ‘I could have done a better job if it weren’t for x, y, or z’. Perhaps the most ridiculous excuse of this kind, in my experience, occurred when my daughter fell and split her chin…
February 9, 2019
How to cut dog nails that are too long
Jump to procedure About a month ago, while out walking Kobe and Bella, I bumped into my friend Kathy and her adorable pugs Ruby and Rosie. Kathy was distraught; she’d just picked Rosie up from the local vet where she’d paid to have her little dog’s nails trimmed, but the vet nurse had cut one…