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What To Do When Your Dog Vomits

What To Do When Your Dog Vomits

Vet disclaimer: I’m not a vet and anything you decide to do based on these details and tips should be verified with your vet! Some dogs vomit occasionally. Keeping track of frequency, consistency, color (is it bile?) and their overall...

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Senior Dogs: Giving Easy Under the Skin (SQ) Injections

Senior Dogs: Giving Easy Under the Skin (SQ) Injections

We are the vet waiting for some further direction on giving injections “under the skin” or SQ/Sub-Q shortened for subcutaneous.  Every dog owner will get to the point where an injection is needed for a variety of reasons. My dog...

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Guest Post: Should Your Dog Sleep with You in Bed?

Guest Post: Should Your Dog Sleep with You in Bed?

Guest Post: Sleeping with your Pets, written by Kellen Smith, community relations, The Tuck Sleep Foundation Do you sleep with a cat or dog on your bed? More than half of cat owners admit to sharing their bed with their favorite...

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5 Important Country Living Lessons with Three City Hounds

5 Important Country Living Lessons with Three City Hounds

My three city dogs are stepping up and becoming farm dogs! My dogs have a new appreciation for life and now realize there are creatures great and small hiding in every available outdoor space. Gophers and rabbits are the new...

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Local Author Launches “The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World”

Local Author Launches “The Animal Lover’s Guide to Changing the World”

(You can win a copy of this book simply by entering in the contest below. Read to the bottom of the post). #ad  AND This is a virtual blog hop book tour! Check out the book reviews from my fellow...

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5 Tips for Moving Successfully with Dogs

5 Tips for Moving Successfully with Dogs

This week we are moving from Portland, Oregon to Washougal, Washington. The trip is short – only about 45 minutes away from our house. What’s challenging is moving with three dogs and one senior canine with heart disease. How are...

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My Three Hounds Help Me Appreciate Life More

My Three Hounds Help Me Appreciate Life More

#ad This is a BlogPaws Blog Hop campaign! Disclaimer: This is sponsored. We are compensated from BlogPaws as part of their blogger program.  I can confidently say that my three dogs, Bruiser, Walter, and Shermie, have given me an appreciation...

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Guest Post: 5 Tips to Help Your Shy Dog Overcome Anxiety

Guest Post: 5 Tips to Help Your Shy Dog Overcome Anxiety

I’m so excited to publish this guest post from Nicole with DogVills! Anyone that reads my blog knows my dog, Shermie, suffers from anxiety and some days are better than others. Nicole writes about how to help your shy dog...

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Happy Birthday Bruiser! The True Meaning of Friendship

Happy Birthday Bruiser! The True Meaning of Friendship

Well, Bruiser is 14 years old and the oldest dog I’ve ever had the privilege of sharing my life with. We had a super scary weekend about two weeks ago as he went into congestive heart failure but pulled through...

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Canine Flu Case in Oregon

Canine Flu Case in Oregon

I've heard from multiple Veterinary Hospitals that they received an update last week from the state veterinarian reporting the first confirmed case of canine influenza (CIV) in Grants Pass, OR.

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