Archive for April, 2009

Maggie’s First Few Days

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Just wanted to give a quick update on how Maggie is doing.  She is starting to come around and really show her personality.  I’ve got a few pictures that I will be putting up within the next week.  When we got her, she was already housetrained and she has been doing really well inside.  Only [...]

Follow-up to: Adopting From a Shelter

Friday, April 10th, 2009

I got a couple of comments on my previous post and I just wanted to give everyone an update as to where I am in my search.  You will all be very happy to know that I do have a new addition – a 1 year old Beagle named Maggie.  We found her at our [...]

Adopting From a Shelter – Please Read!

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

I am 100% supportive of shelters and adopting from one if you can.  A couple weeks ago, my boyfriend and I decided to go out in search of our own dog to adopt.  We began in the obvious places – shelters.  Our experience with them has not been successful so far.  Like most people, we [...]

Overseas Vacations With Your Pet

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

The last couple posts have been about vacations with your pet, but one thing I want to caution you against is traveling overseas with your pet.  There are just too many things that could go wrong with it.  Your pet could get lost or misplaced, put on the wrong airplane by the baggage handlers.  Your [...]