So you decided to add a new addition to your home. No, we are not talking about a room, but about a new dog. Whether you’re preparing your home for pups, house breaking, crate training, or teaching your dog a fabulous memory or new trick, the general care and maintenance required is just as important […]
The West Highland White Terrier is an intelligent, lovable, active, and fun-loving animal. I’m a bit biased, being the author of crazy about westies. To be honest, I preferred larger dogs until we got our Westie pup named Pepper. Now I am completely conquered. I find him very funny, especially when he plays soccer. He’s […]
Having an elderly dog with kidney and liver problems and recently invaded by cat fleas from an onslaught of feral cats in the neighborhood, I set out on a quest to find the safest and most natural flea treatments I could find. After extensive research, I was able to compile a veritable arsenal of flea […]
1. Get your household information squared Emergencies happen with little or no warning, so it’s essential to have all of your home information easily accessible. That includes insurance documents, birth certificates, passports, and local maps. Put these items inside your emergency kit and save it. Create secondary copies of each document and place them inside […]
Growing up in upstate New York and not moving to Arizona until I was twenty-seven, I’ve come to realize just how diverse the Sonoran Desert really is. Living in Nogales, AZ, which borders Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, I have come to realize that both Mexico and southern Arizona have incredibly bad reputations. Of course, Mexico has […]
Three years ago my children and I were adjusting to life without their father. They needed someone or something to hug and so did I. So on Labor Day 2007, I loaded the kids into the car, remembered to bring some towels, and headed out to Amish country, where puppy prices were in line with […]
Today’s Yorkshire terrier is slightly smaller than its predecessor who famously lived a life as a hunting dog, the rat killer weighing in at just over seventeen pounds and was bred to kill. Whereas today’s Yorkie is only 8 pounds and is perfect for sitting on your lap and making noise when someone is at […]
There are some things I never imagined would happen in my life, and one of them was that I would be sharing our home with a hat-wearing, one-eyed, one-eyed taxidermy squirrel named Pierre. Always in sympathy with animal rights, the mother thought of a dead stuffed and used as decoration, it really turned my stomach. […]
Puppies usually have a normal inclination to bite, especially when they are teething. If you have a puppy, it is essential that you know how to prevent puppies from biting when they are still small, because it will surely become a big problem when the dog grows up; if you don’t nip it in the […]
While vacationing in Sedona, Arizona, you have an unlimited variety of day trips to the surrounding areas that will educate and spark the imagination of you and your family. One of my favorite day trips from Sedona would have to be to Montezuma Castle National Monument, located at 2800 Montezuma Castle Highway in Camp Verde. […]