When I went to the BlogPaws conference, I recognized a brand representative in the audience of our presentation about working with brands. Since I recognized her, I referenced her and her company, Darwin’s Natural Pet Food, multiple times in our presentation. I kind of felt guilty calling on her so frequently, so I stopped by her area in the exhibition hall to apologize. In our time talking, I mentioned that Yoda is essentially a fart wearing a dog suit, in a joking way, a

Have you ever had those moments when you spend time with a person that you’ve just met, and immediately feel a connection with them? That’s how I felt with Deirdre “Little Darling” Franklin from Pinups for Pitbulls. Let me tell you how our paths crossed. I was a BarkTank book pitch finalist last October at BarkWorld. That was a strange sentence to type, but we’ll pretend it’s totally normal. A part of the event’s activities included a tour of the CNN headquarters. Our gr

Sometimes events happen when you don’t feel like you can really do anything. Being helpless is a hard feeling. I’d like to tell you about one of those times and the tiny way I felt I was able to contribute. The “C” word is never greeted with joy, unless someone is then saying they have found a cure. God, I wish that would happen at some point soon. Instead, cancer normally brings forth sadness, anger, frustration, and uncertainty. When I learned of one of the recent cancer