Flea Season is here!

Flea and tick season has arrived in the midwest! Which means it’s time to get started on flea prevention on both your pet and in your home. Preventing fleas includes treating three different areas: your home, your yard and your pet.
Indoor Flea Prevention
Indoor flea prevention starts with vacuuming. You will want to vacuum high traffic [...]

Socializing an Older Dog

I would start with the basics. You want to desensitize him to touch first. This will allow you and others to easily groom him as well as brush his teeth and make it easy for you to check him for bumps, etc.
When you are doing this, you will want to have plenty of treats on [...]

Reality TV’s Gone to the Dogs

We all know there is an over abundance of reality TV shows right now. Well now Animal Planet has jumped on the reality train with Groomer Has It. Groomer Has It is a competition between 12 dog groomers for the title of Groomer of the Year, a mobile grooming truck and $50,000. The show is [...]

Guest Post on the Feline Point of View

I recently got the pleasure of guest posting for the Feline Point of View. If you haven’t stopped by yet, you should check out the site. It features cat breed profiles, cat health issues as well as product reviews and fun cat stories. So, go on over, read my post, add your ideas and check [...]

Black is Beautiful!

There has been talk lately of Big Black Dog Syndrome, where black dogs have been pretty much doomed to be put to death because they are big and black and people pass them up for lighter colored dogs. Doesn’t this resemble something that is so politically incorrect now that there are laws against it? Yep, [...]