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The Velcro Dog Diaries: Surviving Your Furry Shadow
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
My Border Collie’s birth name is William Kaplan Maximoff McGillicutty. It is a truly magnificent, deeply distinguished name for a very serious chaos goblin. However, over the last few months,...
Surviving April Showers And the Muddy Paw Print Menace
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
Whoever coined the phrase "April showers bring May flowers" was definitely not a dog owner staring down at their muddy backyard at 6:00 AM.
Lately, we have been getting torrential,...
Tags and Chips: The Ultimate Guide to National Pet ID Week
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
There is a highly specific, stomach-dropping kind of dread that washes over you when you see a neon "Missing Pet" poster stapled to a telephone pole in Plainfield. It’s the...
National Pet Day: Why We Need Them, and the Magic of a Rescue
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
Let’s be completely honest for a second. Our pets pay zero rent, contribute absolutely nothing to the mortgage, and actively judge our outfit choices. Yet, we gladly revolve our entire...
Spring Thaw: How to Drag Yourself and Your Dog Back into Society
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
Let’s be brutally honest. For the last four months, we have all been living like glamorous, carb-loading hermits.
In my house, winter survival meant embracing a dangerously sedentary lifestyle. Lizzie’s...
World Stray Animals Day: How to Help Local Dogs and Cats
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, and while the global statistics are completely overwhelming, the most important rescue work actually happens right in our own backyards.
We talk a...
Ready for the Spring Shed? Your Fur Management Guide
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
As I write this, I'm looking out the window here in Plainfield and snow still on the ground. It feels a little ridiculous to talk about spring right now! However,...
Natural Care for Cats: A Guide to Feline Herbal Remedies
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
If you spend more than five minutes talking to me, you will quickly realize I am a massive dog person. I talk about dogs constantly. Because of this, people are...
Panic Free Poison Prevention: A Guide to Household Pet Hazards
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
A few years ago, I turned my back for exactly two seconds. In that microscopic window of time, a dangerous amount of chocolate vanished from the living room table.
I...
The Empty Bin Stare: Why You Need a Local Pet Food Subscription
Written By: Dan Chruscinski
There is a highly specific sound that strikes fear into the heart of every pet owner. It is the hollow, echoing scrape of the plastic measuring scoop hitting the absolute...
My Border Collie’s birth name is William Kaplan Maximoff McGillicutty. It is a truly magnificent, deeply distinguished name for a very serious chaos goblin. However, over the last few months,...
Whoever coined the phrase "April showers bring May flowers" was definitely not a dog owner staring down at their muddy backyard at 6:00 AM.
Lately, we have been getting torrential,...
There is a highly specific, stomach-dropping kind of dread that washes over you when you see a neon "Missing Pet" poster stapled to a telephone pole in Plainfield. It’s the...
Let’s be completely honest for a second. Our pets pay zero rent, contribute absolutely nothing to the mortgage, and actively judge our outfit choices. Yet, we gladly revolve our entire...
Let’s be brutally honest. For the last four months, we have all been living like glamorous, carb-loading hermits.
In my house, winter survival meant embracing a dangerously sedentary lifestyle. Lizzie’s...
April 4th is World Stray Animals Day, and while the global statistics are completely overwhelming, the most important rescue work actually happens right in our own backyards.
We talk a...
As I write this, I'm looking out the window here in Plainfield and snow still on the ground. It feels a little ridiculous to talk about spring right now! However,...
If you spend more than five minutes talking to me, you will quickly realize I am a massive dog person. I talk about dogs constantly. Because of this, people are...
A few years ago, I turned my back for exactly two seconds. In that microscopic window of time, a dangerous amount of chocolate vanished from the living room table.
I...
There is a highly specific sound that strikes fear into the heart of every pet owner. It is the hollow, echoing scrape of the plastic measuring scoop hitting the absolute...