Halloween With a Dog Who Isn’t Ready for Halloween
Halloween is a strange night for dogs. From their side of the door, the sequence goes like this: the doorbell rings every ninety seconds, strangers appear in shapes that aren’t people-shaped, everyone shouts, and this continues for three hours. For a confident...
The First Three Days, Three Weeks, and Three Months
Most adoptions that fail don’t fail because the dog was wrong. They fail because the first two weeks looked nothing like what the family expected, and nobody told them that was normal. So here’s the version somebody should have handed you at the shelter...
The Lease Says No. Here’s What Actually Works
One of the most common reasons a pit bull adoption falls through has nothing to do with the dog. Someone finds the right match, gets excited, then reads their lease or calls their insurance agent and hits a wall. It’s a solvable wall more often than people...
Celebrating America’s 250th: Keeping Your Dog Safe This Fourth of July
This Fourth of July is unlike any other. As our country celebrates its 250th anniversary, communities across America will gather for parades, barbecues, concerts, and some of the biggest fireworks displays in recent memory. For many people, fireworks are a highlight...
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