What exactly is a Dog Buddy Match? A Dog Buddy Match is a peer to peer exchange between dog-owning neighbors who each have a complementary need, which is finding an effective solution to leaving their dog alone or indoors whenever they’re at work or at school every day. But, a Dog Buddy...

There have been numerous studies which draw a direct link between overweight or obese dogs and cats and their overweight owners. Put simply, overweight owners are more likely to have overweight pets. That’s not to say that there are owners who are not overweight, but who have overweight dogs a...

Losing a beloved canine sidekick at the end of their all too short lives is never an easy thing. Having gone through it three times, myself, I am certainly no stranger to the pain and grief one feels when we’re forced to say goodbye to a dog with whom we've really bonded.  Some p...

We have no shortage of people telling us how much they love the concept behind Dog Buddy Match. For that we are extremely grateful. But, occasionally, people chime is with comments along the lines of, "Why not just get a second dog?" Or, "If you only spent more time exercising and/...

Dogs enhance and enrich our lives in so many ways. For instance, their capacity for teaching us a great deal about life and how to live it. This is especially true if we simply observe their behavior and follow their lead. Unconditional love, complete forgiveness, the art of absolutely living in the...

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  Have a dog in your life? Then, know it or not, you are an ambassador for dogs. If you have a dog, then you are an ambassador for all dogs. Usually when I say this to people, they turn their head slightly sideways like a puzzled puppies, so I am always quick explain.   When...

I came home one late December day in 2013 to discover my beloved 12 year old black lab mix Nick had two hard, golf ball sized lumps on the underside of his neck. The lumps turned out to be his lymph nodes, extremely swollen due to advanced Lymphoma. Weeks to live was the prognosis. Chemotherapy I wa...