Dog Blog

There are so many things that dogs do and have you ever wondered why? Well, we are bringing you some facts about dogs that we are sure some of you didn't know! 1. Dogs can smell you feelings! Their sniffers are way better than ours (100,000 times stronger) and can notice a difference in you if you get afraid or upset. This is because these emotions cause you to perspire and even if it is just the slightest amount, your dogs will notice. 2. Dalmatians are born white. They start out completely white and the spots form as they grow older. (Image...

A while back, we wrote a post about some great places to adopt in Canada. Today, we are here to tell you about some great shelters a little closer to home in and around Chicago! As you may know, we donate a portion of our proceeds to a local shelter called Alive Rescue! 1. Alive Rescue Their mission:  ALIVE Rescue is an animal rescue that protects the lives and the welfare of animals. We believe every animal has the right to a well-balanced, socialized and fulfilled life. We take on the responsibility to save, rehabilitate and place abandoned, abused and stray...

Easter is upon us and we wanted to give you guys some tips for how to share the love of Easter with your pets. So what better way to do that than to throw them an Easter egg hunt! Image from Dogtime.com The first thing to do would be to choose a location! It should be somewhere nice and open so that the dogs have lots of room to explore. A big yard is perfect or if you can convince a dog park to host one, then that would be the best! Image from lubrisyn.com Then you have to get some...

Running a small business is hard! Let alone trying to continue to run one while the government is requiring businesses to close their storefronts since the pandemic started. We wanted you to know that there are still ways to support us small business owners and help us continue to make a living. Check out these recommendations and also leave any more that you have in our comments section so that we can get this list even bigger! 1. Eat Take Out More A lot of small businesses are in the food industry and all those small restaurants have all this...

Guest post by Jennifer Riske Meet Hiro! My son, Zachary, for his fifth birthday wanted a black cat to name “Hiro” after his favorite engine on Thomas and Friends.  My husband and I found a few cats at the Windsor, ON Humane Society. We needed a cat that would be good with another cat and a dog and two very active kids.  One beautiful black cat in particular caught our eye. We were concerned because she was missing a front leg.  The weekend before Zacharys birthday, We got in the minivan and didn’t tell him where we were going. When...