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Halloween and the Escape Artist

by Aimee Amodio

31 Oct 2009 09:14 AM

Halloween can be a day with more tricks than treats if you share your home with a four-legged escape artist. Picture it: Halloween 2004. Moose, Lally, and I were living in New Jersey with my grandmother.

Do You Know Your Leash Laws?

by Aimee Amodio

28 Aug 2009 05:11 PM

Quick -- do you know the leash laws in your neighborhood or town? If you live in an apartment complex, do you know their pet rules? More importantly...

Learning about Coping Gracefully from My Pets

by Courtney Mroch

04 Dec 2008 10:27 AM

Over in Marriage I wrote about how this year has been one blow after the other and I feel like I'm living under a black cloud. A string of them to be exact. No sooner does one pass than another one moves in and pours on me some more. I don't even get a chance to fully dry off.

Celebrating a Second Anniversary as a Pets Blogger

by Courtney Mroch

01 Dec 2008 05:17 PM

Two years ago today I officially started on with Families.com as one of their newest Pets Bloggers. Ironically enough, two years later on my anniversary date, here I've turned in my two weeks notice. (I just realized as I started writing this that I did that on my start date anniversary.

An Unexpected Lesson about Halloween Costumes

by Aimee Amodio

05 Nov 2008 05:52 PM

On Halloween, I decided to dress up my dogs Moose and Lally for our afternoon walk. Lally had on a green tee shirt with a cartoon character on it. Moose wore a white shirt with pastel lettering that says "charmer". (Both shirts are mine, as you might guess.

Rain or Shine, My Pets Are There

by Courtney Mroch

06 Oct 2008 02:45 PM

This hasn't been a very easy year for me. In fact, of all my years on this Earth to date, this past one has been the most trying by far. And the most blues-filled. One After the Other It started last summer when we tried to move back to Jacksonville.

Beware If Your Pet Gets Hurt During a Kennel Stay

by Courtney Mroch

30 Sep 2008 11:53 AM

Just as Aimee (and most of us pet owners) experiences separation anxiety when she has to be away from her pets for an extended length of time, so do I.

Appreciating Pet Photographers

by Aimee Amodio

18 Sep 2008 02:09 PM

I got the brilliant idea of a "family portrait" the other day -- Moose, Lally, and I all in the same picture for once. (It's rare that I can get that to happen.) Moose is the easy one. He's pretty happy to lay there and pose for pictures without a problem for quite some time.

Learning From Our Mistakes as Pet Owners

by Aimee Amodio

26 Aug 2008 08:58 AM

Accidents don't make you a bad pet owner... as long as you learn from them. I was catching up on posts in one of my favorite pet communities and saw a scary story. A young child knocked a lamp off a bedside table, which scared the family dog into making a run for it.

My Dog is a Better Man than Most Humans

by Aimee Amodio

15 Jul 2008 01:44 AM

Just about every night before I go to bed, I take my dogs for a last walk. Sometimes it's just a short run outside; sometimes it's a longer stroll through the apartment complex or around the block. Since I'd been out of the house a lot today, I figured the pups deserved a longer walk tonight.



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