Pet Spending Increases During the Great Recession

I get all kinds of interesting alerts via email. This includes tidbits from something called Packaged Facts. Today’s missive touts a 5% or $2.5 BILLION increase in pet-related

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Super Katie Sunday

Recently, Sam over at Marge Blog asked for news on Lilly’s best best dog friend, Katie (the borzoi), She was rehomed a while back, (if you’re just catching

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Lost Dog Near Sedalia, Colorado: Luke, a German shepherd

Here we go again. Through a neighborhood friend, I heard about Luke, who is missing from the area around Sedalia, Colorado, since last Wednesday. He is about 2

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LOST Dogs in Golden Gate Canyon Colorado: Sully and Nadi

AMAZING NEWS! Sully and Nadi are home. Home! Home! Who knows where they were, but they came home today (or near home enough that a neighbor saw them,

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Blog Redesign Update

I’ve narrowed down the blog redesign templates to a couple of choices. It’s pretty exciting, even though the learning curve is CRAZY. How proud will I be, if

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Unexpected Absence

I’m so sorry for my New Year’s absence. I didn’t mean to take any time off, but life (once again) got in the way of my best laid

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Blog Redesign Coming

Goodness help me, dear readers. I’ll be undertaking a monster blog redesign and platform shift in the coming weeks/months. I had hoped to spend the last 2 weeks

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My Bankrate.com Piece: The Economics of Puppies

Since I’m not quite back in my chair due to the holidays and ongoing eldercare efforts, I’m posting just a quick note today. My most recent piece for

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Dogs Outrank Friends and Family on Holiday Gift Lists

Amid the rampant belt-tightening, dogs fair better than human friends and even family in the holiday shopping rush. Human hangers-on and family gift obligations get the heave-ho, but

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Winston’s Joint System Opportunity for Dog Bloggers

I met some of the Better Health for Dogs people via Twitter recently. They are looking for some avid dog bloggers for a new project. I thought some

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