Dos and don’ts to protect your dog. I have no idea what the celebration was a couple of weeks ago in early June, when one of my neighbors set off fireworks. Larry my nine-year-old Chinook is terrified of loud bangs. It is really stressful to him—and his stress stresses me. Almost every year, usually after […]
Ticks … Ick!
Non-toxic ideas to prevent & kill those suckers! Having recently taken a few ticks off Brio, my basset fauve de Bretagne, and found one walking on my hand after petting Larry, my Chinook, this feels like a good time to write about ticks. There are some common misunderstandings about ticks. They don’t float in the […]
Post-Covid & Socialization Issues
The unintended consequence of staying home. We recently hired a young woman for her first job. Because of Covid, she had spent the last two years unemployed and pretty much doing nothing. She lasted in the job less than two weeks. In that time, she was late twice and called out sick on her first […]
