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Puppy Pitfalls to Avoid With Your New Pet

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Adding a puppy to the family is always such an exciting time. Your new pet is sure to bring you and your family plenty of laughs, love and years of pure joy. Let’s face it though, a puppy can be a huge responsibility, and if you neglect some important things in the early few weeks and months, you can pay the price throughout the rest of your dog’s life. Destruction, chewing, barking, aggression, fear, and …

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Adding a Dog To Your Family

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Whether you’ve been thinking of adding a dog to your family for a while, or you have suddenly decided that now is the right time to add a furry friend to your home, you might be wondering what you should know about becoming a pet parent. The important thing to remember is that pets are for life, and they’re not something that you can get and then get bored of. If you’re going to take …

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The Healing Power of Pets

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The healing power of animals has been used by humans for a very long time. Whether they are being used a simple way to keep you calm, work towards recovery, or as a tool when you can’t do things for yourself, this sort of relationship is very important to a lot of people, including the Authors of this Blog. It can take time to build this sort of connection, though, making it important that you …

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Loving Your Pups (Even When It Gets Expensive)

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We all know, or should know, that welcoming a dog into the household is a big responsibility, and it can be difficult. It can be both physically and emotionally trying. However, for most of us, the sacrifices we sometimes make is more than worth it for the pups we love. It can also be financially trying, too, however. There are a lot of costs that simply can’t be avoided as a dog owner and some …

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Halloween Pet Costumes

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My wife Celeste came up with the idea for this article. Halloween is probably our favorite time of the year, or at least a close 2nd to Christmas time. As usual, she’s getting started on the Halloween shopping early. Pumpkins and decorations are already showing up in the stores and my Amazon Prime account is about to get blow’d up with purchases. We love the Fall here in Florida. Contrary to popular belief, the leaves …

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A Man and His Dog – Part 1

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A.K.A. : Rosita the Incredible Spinach Eating Chihuahua (who stole my heart). It’s hard to believe its been a year since our 14 year-old Catahoula mix Haley died. As pet owners (and dog lovers) its never an easy thing to discuss or come to terms with. We know its going to happen and we do our best to prepare ourselves mentally for the inevitable. “If we’re lucky we have 10-15 years with them that we …