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Dealing with Dog Allergies
When Sweet Baby L was only a few months old, I started to notice how often she’d need to stop what she was doing, sit down, and scratch her flank. Something was clearly itching her. It seemed to happen most when we were out on a walk, so I attributed it to where her harness…
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What We Did About Resource Guarding
How we’ve managed our dog’s resource guarding.
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Is a Dog Harness Better Than a Dog Collar?
When I was growing up, we had a puppy who wore a collar. Harnesses weren’t a thing. If they were, we didn’t know anything about them. This was before the days of the internet so any info we had came from the library. There weren’t many dog owners near us, either. Back then, it was…
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Top 3 Things I’ve Learned After Many Visits to the Vet For Stomach Issues
They say the first year of a dog’s life is the most expensive. New gear, new toys, new treats, new training sessions. None of that comes cheap, but it still seems to pale in comparison to what I’ve spent at the vet
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Adventures in Dog Walking
How my dog got off the sidewalk and started walking on her leash.
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In Which I Overreact to a Hot Spot
Dealing with a dog’s hot spot.
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The Things I Think at the Off-Leash Park
The things that run through my head on a typical morning at the off-leash park.
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5 Great Tips I Got From Other Dog Owners…and 5 That Didn’t Work for Us
We learned a lot from other dog owners. Here’s what worked.
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5 Things I Didn’t Know To Worry About Before Getting a Dog
I’ve been surprised by the things I actually needed to worry about and the ones that I thought I did. Here are the top five things that I didn’t think about before getting a dog.
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The Off-Leash Park
Before we brought Sweet Baby L home, we’d often walk through the park near our apartment during the unofficial off-leash hours, thinking about how fun it would be to bring our own dog there someday.