Halloween can be exciting for the tiny humans in our lives but it can be stressful for pets. The constant ringing of doorbells or knocks at the door along with people’s faces sometimes being covered by masks can make a dog uneasy. Training a dog to be used to the doorbell ringing and to have them positively associate the ring of the bell with treats, can help dogs to be more calm and will (hopefully) result in less barking or stressful moments of trying to restrain a dog fr

What do you do when you have a child in your life who isn’t particularly interested in reading? That has been a question we’ve been asking in reference to our 8 year old nephew who hasn’t really been all that fond of reading since he was smaller. His parents read to him and with him each evening, and have since he was born, but he still doesn’t love reading on his own. So, what do you do when your child or, in our case, a kid that we love like our own child, doesn’t want to

Last year, I hand sewed Yoda’s Halloween costume (he was a fart, in case you’re wondering, which is his normal resting state anyway). It involved me using yellow and brown tulle, a brown body suit, and a remote controlled fart machine sewed into the body suit so he could fart on command. The year before that, I needle felted Yoda’s Halloween costume so he could join us at a fundraising costume parade for our local animal rescue. I was “Raining Cats and Dogs” and he was a f