Altitude Sickness: Ski Season and Your Dog (and Cat)
It’s the middle of October. The days are getting shorter and it’s hot in San Francisco (September and October are our hottest months of the year.) That means that ski season is on its way! I love skiing – there was a time, yes, before marriage, before kids, and before Pet Camp, where I got…
Read MoreLEGAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR DOGS? I could get stuck with Marmalade!
Everybody knows that Marmalade is Virginia (my wife’s) dog. I was out of town one Saturday last December when I got a text message from one of the kids with a picture of Marmalade in the back of our minivan coming to our house from Virginia’s place of work (San Francisco Animal Care and Control.)…
Read MoreMarmalade and the Angry Bouncer
It pains me to tell you this, but Marmalade, my (well, she’s actually Virginia’s dog) 155-pound Mastiff, may have gotten me banned from my favorite dog friendly dive bar in San Francisco. Here’s The Sad Story For the last 10 years or so, Splash and now Marmalade have joined me and a few other…
Read MoreIt’s Always the Big Dog’s Fault?
I was re-reading the August Your Dog newsletter published by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, and stumbled across the following sentence in an article titled When a Big Dog Attacks a Little Dog: “It is never your fault if a larger dog attacks your little one.” Big Dogs vs. Little Dogs:…
Read MoreWhy Longevity of Employees Matters in Pet Care
I was recently part of a discussion with a group of doggie day care / dog boarding facility owners about the longevity of employees. It quickly became clear that most of these owners regarded having an employee stay with them for more than a year or two was regarded as a success and the average…
Read MoreCats and High Places
We’ve all seen it – some cat high up in a tree, on top of a refrigerator, walking across the top of a door or window. Long before we created the spaces for cats to climb it was built into their evolutionary DNA. Why do cats love being up high? Being up high allows a…
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