By Tracie Korol To our dogs, food is love — and security, affirmation, and reinforcement. When we give our dogs what I call “high-value” treats — foods that are especially sweet, meaty, and yummy-smelly — the message we want to [...]
By Tracie Korol Royal Canin, a major dog food manufacturer, was quoted recently in Forbes magazine as developing an “Anallergenic formula” dog food using chicken feathers as the main source of protein. Keith Levy of Royal Canin states, “Feathers are [...]
By Tracie Korol Next time you take a trip to a big box store in the middle of the day, park on the far end of the parking lot. Slip off your flip-flops and walk to the store. Chances are [...]
By Tracie Korol While most people know that banner ads from companies you’ve never heard of that promise to melt away “10 pounds in a week, no exercise required!” should be taken with a grain of salt, some huge and [...]
By Tracie Korol Contrary to myth and legend, you are not allergic to your dog’s hair. Dog hair itself is not an allergen. Mostly likely you are allergic to what’s under it or on it. Dander or old skin scales [...]
By Tracie Korol Old dogs are our friends and protectors; the life-long love affair we have with them is priceless. They have endured our foolishness, overlooked our mistakes and have celebrated our achievements alongside us for years. They, in part, [...]
By Tracie Korol As much as I advocate for dogs living a dog’s life, I can be as disgusted as a non-dog person when a Best Friend shows up anointed in liquid squirrel, or worse, if there is such a [...]
By Tracie Korol None of us, realistically, believe our dogs are going to outlive us. We’d like them to age gracefully alongside us and diminish shortly before or shortly after we do. But it doesn’t work that way. Tragedy will [...]
Coolidge, a 4-year-old good-natured, all around good guy Wheaten terrier, spent the morning in the back yard doing general dog stuff — rooting around in the leaves, examining the bushes where the deer might have peed, sniffing the breeze, rolling [...]
By Tracie Korol All dog lovers know that their pets will delight in the simplest activities. It’s one of their most enchanting characteristics; living in the moment and being grateful for what they have. Every walk is thrilling. Every car [...]
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