The Dog Blog

As people head back to work and school, many of our pets are experiencing loneliness and separation anxiety. We have been home to play, take our dogs on walks, and cuddle our pets for almost two years. Our pets have spent so much time with us at home and are used to being accompanied that…

No water-filled day is complete without a few floating toys to accompany your water-loving pooch! Dogs who love splashing around will need toys to keep up with them. Whether your furry friend enjoys a game of fetch in the pool or just wants to chew on something while sunbathing in the shallow end, a floating…

Puppies are innocent and adorable balls of fur. When you first bring your puppy home, everything with them is exciting! But puppies come with a lot of work, you need to find the best puppy food, socialize them, have playtime, deal with teething, and get them up-to-date on shots! Puppies are new to the world,…

If your pet is off-color, it’s natural to worry especially because your dog can’t tell you what’s wrong. You can only go by the symptoms that are being displayed. Your first thought is to call your vet, but while you wait you want to gather evidence of all the symptoms to give your vet a…

The “doggie” paddle is typically associated with dogs, however not all dogs know how to do it. Some dogs can swim because they are natural born swimmers and they swim as part of their training to be retrievers and gun dogs. There are other dogs that don’t do well in water because they physically cannot…

It’s fairly well known that dogs rely more heavily on their noses than their eyes. But did you know dogs were originally nocturnal or crepuscular (dawn and dusk) predators? Although dogs are better suited to detecting motion in lower light, they don’t see as much detail as we do and with limited colors. Let’s take…

If you have a furry friend that destroys toys quicker than you can buy them, then you probably have a professional chewer on your hands. Dogs chew for a variety of reasons: to relieve stress, burn energy, and ward off boredom. Your tough chewer needs toys that are built to last, and here are a…

Lyme borreliosis, better known as Lyme disease, is a tick-borne infectious illness. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi is carried inside of a tick and transferred through a tick bite, where it can travel through the body causing problems in organs and overall illness. Lyme disease carrying ticks are generally found in tall grasses, thick brush, marshes,…

When you’re out and about with your canine companion, you might notice that sometimes they like to back up and sit between your legs or on your feet. Even if your pooch doesn’t do this, you may have noticed another dog at some point displaying this behavior. Let’s dive more into what this means, and…

If your pooch has to wear the “cone of shame,” it’s most likely there to protect them from themselves. The most common reason a pup has to wear a cone is after a surgical procedure, to protect them from festering with the healing process. While the purpose of these cones is excellent, they aren’t always…