I am going to go ahead and call the A Dog’s Purpose movie the movie of the year for dog lovers. No, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but the trailer alone is enough to spear me through the heart in a good way. Other dog owners will know exactly what I mean. This post …
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Sometimes I think people think I’m nuts when I talk about my rescue dogs. I gush about them like they are my children. However, if you know, you know. My rescue dogs rescue me right back on a daily basis. Owning a pet is challenging, but worth the rewards a thousand times over.
When we made the decision to add a little guy to our crew, we spent a lot of time searching pet adoption online sites like Petfinder. Mike gets all the credit for finding The Grump. In fact, what caught his eye first is that the foster family named him “Grumpy.” Now, I know a lot of fosters name litters of puppies group names like The Seven Dwarves, but they explained how he earned the name. They called him Grumpy because he was always the last puppy out of the crate each day. He was the runt, and just a little shyer than the rest of the bunch. We both joked that he sounded a lot like us and that we had to meet him.
Tick protection for dogs is not something to mess with. We can’t drive that point home enough. Once you make the decision to welcome a pet into your family, it’s your responsibility to take care of them. A huge part of that is flea and tick prevention. As we have said many times, fleas and ticks are more than just a nuisance. They transmit disease, and can make the pet and the humans sick. Prevention is key.
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