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The Truth About Pet Food + Wellness TruFood Review

Between scary pet food recalls and reports that the pet food industry is now charging up to 50 percent more for lower quality versions of human foods, it’s hard to know what to feed your beloved pets. Since we’re all about paying the grocer rather than the doctor, or in this case the veterinarian, the whippets and I took one for the team and tried out a new highly-rated organic dog food called Wellness TruFood for this review. Plus my top tips on how to find reliable ratings and research on other dog and cat food brand safety before forking over big bucks!

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Whippet, Whippet Deux

It should surprise no one that when it comes to dogs, like most other things in my life, I’m a huge fan of finding them secondhand: adopting them and giving them a good home after others have discarded them (usually through no fault of their own). When the time is right to find a new furry friend, we always look first to shelters and breed rescues, and are happy to introduce Jack, our newly adopted whippet brother for Pixie!

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DIY Flea & Linen Spray

Since I’m on a major DIY kick with essential oils and beauty/cleaning products at the moment, and that big ol’ yard and dog house we bought also came with fleas, I concocted this totally organic linen spray recipe to keep them at bay inside our new home. AND IT WORKS.

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Dante’s Bucket List: Dog Birthday Party & Dog Cake

This weekend was pretty special. I’m not one to make a big deal out of a dog’s birthday (before this weekend we marked the occasion each year with a marrow bone from the butcher and a trip to the dog park), but since we knew it was going to be Dante’s last one, I indulged every crazy dog person tendency and dog birthday party inspiration I had ever collected.

Rules For Camping With Your Dog

I’m not going to lie. My dogs are not always the most well-behaved or friendly dogs on the planet. I know that, and so I try and be aware and always err on the side of caution. I do like to take my dogs with me, sometimes out of necessity, and sometimes just because they mean the world to me.

Green Living Has Gone to the Dogs

Despite the news that many pet owners are abandoning their animals due to the economy, some of man’s best friends are getting the green treatment — with the newest eco-friendly trend being the $1 billion sustainable pet product industry.

Green Pet Products Under $25

From nature sound CDs to organically soothe separation anxiety to collars and leads made from eco-friendly materials, Natural Health rounds up the greenest gifts for man’s best friends—and all under $25.

Furry Friends Hit Hard by Foreclosures

One of the most heart-wrenching fallouts of this current economy and the foreclosure crisis is the impact on families-specifically, those who are forced to surrender their beloved pets when the bank takes their home and their rental doesn’t allow animals. Damon Hodge of Las Vegas Weekly takes a look at this recent phenomenon out West.