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Dog Grooming Basics: Bathing Your Dog

Once you’ve got all of the tangles brushed out, now it’s time to head for the bath. Bathing a really tangled dog only make it worse.

Dog Health

Dog Grooming Basics: Brushing Your Dog

Regularly brushing your dog helps to remove excess hair, and helps to distribute the natural oils in the dog’s skin throughout the fur keeping their coats looking healthy and shiny. And helps them to stay healthy and feel great. It’s also a great time for one on one bonding with your dog.

Dog Health

5 Dog Grooming Basics you can do at home.

Grooming, it's a chore that every dog owner must...

Our Foster Dogs

Foster Dog Update: Dotty, 2 yr old Chihuahua

Spotty Dotty is the third of our Chihuahua girls, and she’s ready for adoption – to the right adopter. One used to dealing with an escape artist dog.

Life with Dogs, Our Foster Dogs, Senior Dogs

Missing our Old Boy, Ozzy

Today is the one month anniversary of having to say goodbye to the old man of our pack. Ozzy, our 6 1/2 years together were not enough. We’ll miss you forever.

Animal Fostering, Our Foster Dogs

Foster Dog Update: Lassie, 3 year old Chihuahua

Lassie is the second of the Cheese Nip girls, and she’s ready for adoption too! She can be a little grow-ly and snappy at first, but once she warms up to you, then you’ve got a friend for life.

Animal Fostering, Animal Shelter Volunteering, Life with Dogs, Our Foster Dogs

Foster Update: Chiquita, 7 year old Female Chihuahua

Chiquita is a great girl, she’s been pretty adoptable from the start. Spayed and ready to go! She’s now quite a little love bug with pretty much the whole family, and would spend most of her time snuggling on someone’s lap if she could.

Animal Shelter Volunteering, Our Foster Dogs

Newest Foster Dogs: The Cheese-Nip Girls, 3 Adult Chihuahuas

Well, they were unexpected, and a little fierce and nippy at first, but our newest foster girls (#86-88) are slowly coming around.

Adopting Rescue Dogs

What Rescues Look for in a Home Visit

Lots of animal rescues require a home visit prior to the adoption of one of their rescue animals. As a foster family, we often get asked what rescues look for in a home visit. It’s a pretty simple answer.

Animal Fostering, Our Foster Dogs

Foster Dog Update: Razzie, 9 yr old JRT, Cattle dog Mix

Now that the puppies are gone, it’s time to get Razzie ready for her new forever family.