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Does Your Dog Stink?

Do you wash your dog only to smell the “stink” a few days later? Does it keep you from hugging and kissing your furbaby? I have good news… You don’t have to smell the “stinkies” ever again! 🙂 First...

Signs Your Dog May Like a Companion

  #1. Enjoys the Dog Parks Your dog plays well with other dogs at the dog park and is never aggressive. #2. Willing to Share If your Lab shares well with other pets, its likely he’ll share a bed...

How to Repel Fleas and Ticks Holistically

THOSE TOUGH, RELENTLESS FLEAS AND TICKS ARE ON THEIR WAY ALONG WITH WARMER WEATHER! As the warmer weather creeps up, we dog lovers start to worry about those tough, relentless survivors called fleas. Have you ever wondered why some...

22 Ways to Socialize Your New Puppy

Congratulations! You are officially a new puppy parent! 🙂 (Or soon to be!)  This will be, indisputably, one of the most challenging, but rewarding endeavors of your life. The first 16 weeks of a puppy’s life are the most formative…...

“Why Does My Dog Obsessively Lick?!”

Let me set the scene here. It’s 2 AM.  You’re sleeping soundly, and  Fido is curled up peacefully next to your bed (… or in it). And it begins… *Lick* *Lick* *Lick* He’s licking his leg (or insert other...

Allergies – Could it be??

Does your dog scratch, bite, lick at its skin or coat?   Marley, a Springer Spaniel, was always licking and chewing at her feet. Her owner, Lin, didn’t know what to do about it, but she knew it was...

Help! My dog is in heat!

Female dogs go through their first heat cycle between 9 and 14 months, on average.  Obviously, just like people… not every dog is the same, nor on the same cycle. 😉  She will consequently come into heat every 6...

How to use Therapeutic Essential Oils for your Dog… it’s NOT snake oil!!!

WHY USE ESSENTIAL OILS ON DOGS? Not toxic to the body– Just like the human body, toxicity is a huge problem for our animals. I see more and more dogs with thyroid issues, arthritis, bowel issues, liver and kidney...

My Lab Saved My Life!

We received this REALLY cool email the other day from one of our beloved clients, Dani Alba, about her girl, Kodi.  Kodi has been through it all with Dani, and has shown since day one that she has a...

In Labradors – What is PRA : Progressive Retinal Atrophy

So you’re shopping for a new puppy, and you’re scouring over countless websites of breeders listing the various health clearances that they test for in their dogs… and you see a flurry of letters and abbreviations, including PRA. What...