July 30, 2017

Diagnosing Our Labradoodle Puppy with Addison's Disease

July 30, 2017/ Irene McHugh

Life with Bernie McSquare hummed along for three months.

Over 2016's Labor Day weekend, Matthew traveled out-of-town to visit his mom (Thursday - Monday). He was gone for just four days, but I could see how his absence affected Bernie.

When we'd come home from our walks, Bernie would stop and look into the parking lot waiting to see Daddy drive up.

I tried to play with him more and give extra snuggles, but our little guy wasn't the same happy Doodle. He was also teething and starting to lose a few puppy teeth.

July 29, 2017

A Realistic Plan for Supplementing Commercial Kibble with People Food

July 29, 2017/ Irene McHugh

After researching a great deal about dog nutrition and dog food options, we decided not to feed Bernie a raw diet. With his atypical Addison's Disease we just can't risk him getting salmonella poisoning. Plus, I learned that most therapy dogs are not allowed to eat raw diets.

Since we decided upon a high quality kibble, I started adding some human food every once in a while. After watching Rodney Habib's TEDx Talk, I've been adding people food in almost every meal.

July 27, 2017

Create A Canine Command Center

July 27, 2017/ Irene McHugh

Even if you live in a small space, you can organize all of your dog supplies in one compact place. Dog leashes, training leads, paw wipes, travel water bowls, poop bags, and more neatly find a home in this canine command center.

July 26, 2017

Considering Therapy Dog Work for your Pup? Here's our Therapy Dog Origin Story...

July 26, 2017/ Irene McHugh

When we were thinking about training to become a therapy dog team, we weren’t sure if our Labradoodle Bernie McSquare would enjoy visiting with people. On Bernie’s first Christmas Eve, he showed us he would be a therapy dogtor pro! Learn more about how we were inspired to begin training for certification, and how Bernie let us know he was all in for therapy dog work.