Dog Gone Green (blog)

I think about it now.  Bailey, who is now 11, will not live forever.  I think about life without him but I think more about when the time comes for us to make one of the most painful decisions, myself as a  pet owner will have to face – the decision about  how we will handle his remains when he does pass away. I want to be prepared.  …

I have to admit, I used to love sending and receiving cards but over the last few years, I appreciate that I am not adding to waste.  I always get a family pic done at Christmas and send a few especially to family and friends but overall, I get an online card to send to Co-workers and business partners and also ones to …

It’s that time of year…food everywhere!  We are always nibbling….and sharing!  One important thing to keep in mind is that not everything we taste and digest should be shared with our dogs! Dogs do not have the same metabolism/ digestive track and for this reason..even though it is the time to be merry, it’s also the time to be careful …

I have never really neglected one very important dog care issue-Paw Care.  However, I have become even more careful since fostering ( soon to be adopted:)  Punky, from Taiwan.  Punky is disabled ( not that she thinks so) and does not  have much use of her back legs.  So, her front paws really get a beating because they do the work …

Do you remember the FDA report that came out in January, and reported on CBC, about the dangers of Bisphenol A or BPA?  This chemical is most often found in the making of plastic ( #7) but believe it or not, it could also be found in those soup, spaghetti, gravy and veggie cans you buy and consume on a regular basis. In …

The holidays are fast approaching and many people will be choosing to travel with their pets.  We do not like leaving them behind but we always travel doggie free.  We have a wonderful house-sitter who we greatly appreciate.  Packing up the pooches is not really an option for us.  If you do make the choice to travel with your pets, …

We live behind a school.  We love the fact that there is a lot of room and paths to take the dogs for a walk.  I am often discouraged by the amount of garbage in the playing field-plastic bottles, containers, wrappers, cans and the list goes on.  It disturbs me and I have been known to pick up a few …

Not all doggie bowls are the same!  We may go for the cheaper plastic ones but they not be the greatest of choices.  Bailey, my Border Collie mix, lost all of the hair around his mouth and was on antibiotics for over a week.  Plastic bowls can be chewed, scratched, and a haven for lots of wonderful bacteria that can …

You know when a meeting happens and you just know it was meant to be..well, that’s how I feel about my impromptu meeting at the Health Tree with Joanne Gero, a Health and Nutrition Coach who’s mission is  to “raise awareness  through educating, motivating and inspiring as many people as possible with the right information/education while supplying the best tools needed …

I used to feel guilty.  I used the biodegradable pooper scooper bags but would  always ask myself..where is all that poop going?  I realized that I had a choice..continue to send all that poop ( and that’s a lot just from my dogs alone) to the landfill or to be more savvy and learn how to build a poop compost.  I knew …