Joey is a young Anatolian German Shepherd Mix dog, who is waiting for a nice loving home. He is currently located at the Operation Kindness shelter in Carrollton, TX, which is near the major city Irving, Texas.

The dog was obtained along with other 30 dogs from a hoarder and has no signs of aggression. This puppy could be a good find for a family of all ages, who wants to raise a dog for many years. The shelter will also provide microchip and the first 30 days of health coverage for free. You can read the rest of Joey’s profile.

I know this is a pet dog blog, but many of my visitors are mothers and fathers, who care about their kids. Thats why you might be interested in Dymo, which specializes in the sale of Color labels equipment. These label creators can come especially handy for your children, as they go back to school now. Dymo has been around since 1958 and they are one of the largest makers today of label equipment, so they are a brand you can trust for high quality stuff.

Dymo’s Personal Label Maker LetraTag Plus LT-100H model sales for $29.99. This label maker can do everything for your child going back to school. It can label your kid’s lunchbox, gym clothes, school books, toys, music, and much more. There is many reasons why they label makers are a good choice. They make it convenient to do labels whenever you want, they can be stylish, and they make different types and colors of labels.

You can choose different types of label based on what you want to apply it to. For example, on gym clothing you can iron on special labels. Now you don’t have to worry about sewing or even attaching sticky labels that can easily come off on your kid’s clothes. On books or lunchboxes and other similiar items, you can use different kinds of colored labels, so it will look fashionable on your kid’s things.

I still remember my first day back to school. I was usually so excited meeting new friends and going back that I lost many things the first month back to school. If my parents had bought me a label maker they could have easily on hand been able to label it whenever I needed it. This would have prevented me from easily losing things.

The most important thing you can do for your dog is what you feed him on a daily basis. Over the years as I’ve learned more about what is put in human foods I also learned how much worse mainstream dog food.

Most of the common commercial brands you see in your local grocery store are loaded with grains. Dogs are carnivores not omnivores, they should be eating mainly meat in their diet! Grains are a common allergen for Dogs. These grains, especially corn, aren’t healthy for dogs or even humans. Corn and wheat are often contaminated with a natural fungus, so aren’t healthy for human or dog. Years ago, dog food used to be mainly meat, but now it is full of cheap grain and wheat and other things to cut costs.

In the meat they do use, it is inferior meat in most mainstream dog foods. Usually what is leftover of a carcass is what is thrown in dog food. The fatty or indigestable or unhealthy parts of the animal like ligaments or lungs or intestines is the kind of things that are put in dog food. Once again, it is a way to cut cost. It gets even worse, some of those animals have been euthanized and then ground up into the dog food. The drug that they use to kill them pentobarbitol is left in the dog food. According to this news story 43 common brands including Ken L Ration, Kibbles and Bits, Kibbles and Bits Puppy, Nutro, Walmarts “Ole Roy”, Trailblazer, and more had trace amounts of pentobarbitol.

Finally, another way they make pet food even less healthy is by adding dangerous additives like preservatives. Some of them are banned or not even allowed for human consumption by the FDA! None of these pet foods have any organic ingredients free from pesticides, antibiotics, or hormones just like mainstream human food.

You may be wondering what you can do to avoid inferior meats, grain filled dog food that is organic and full of natural ingredients. Well forget all the national brand dog foods. None are good for you. Instead I recommend you check out all the natural dog food’s at Only natural pet store. They only carry natural dog foods, none of the cheap or unhealthy stuff you find mainstream. There are different formulas and types of dog Food, the most expensive brands tend to be the most healthy for your dog, using only organic, whole high quality meat, and grain free.

Here is another edition of a post where I add a caption to a funny dog picture.

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It’s been more than a year since my dog Rex died. And I still think of him. I think when you have a dog since you were growing up and he dies it can be a very saddening and traumatic effect, even moreso than normal because it is all you know. Our whole family was really shaken up by it too. We knew that our dog had limited time life because he had lymphoma cancer. I cried that day and many other times. Yes as a man, I admit I cried. We tried to fight it, but his cancer was obviously too advanced and we had to put him to sleep when he got severely sick and stopped wanting to eat about 3 weeks after we found out he had lymphoma.

Putting a dog to sleep when he is terminally sick is such a horrible experience. On one hand you know it is the right thing, but you don’t want to be the one to actually do it either. I don’t see how someone could let an animal suffer though and die at their home if they are really sick. In the end I just think an animal doesn’t know what is happening, so if they are terminally ill and suffering you shouldn’t let it continue.

Most people can’t really relate to those who make a big deal out of a dog’s death. Some people just aren’t the animal loving type for whatever reason. I don’t understand it, but some people just seem to never really care for their dogs or want them. For the rest of us dog lovers, it becomes a family member. Every dog is so different and we love them so much they can never be replaced once they die, just like anyone else in our family.

After a couple weeks when we called the vet she asked if we were getting another dog. I thought that was absurd. Here we are mourning over the current one, like as if getting a new dog is gonna replace or get us over the grieving of the one we just lost. Even more than a year later we still haven’t gotten a new dog for a variety of reasons, including it is emotionally draining. I’m not ready to go through the attachment cycle again, I’ll be thinking of Rex too much. I’m sure there will be a time when we are ready, but not yet.

When your dog dies the best thing to do is just take it easy from work for a few days. Take a vacation and mourn their loss. Get support at a Dog Memorial forum and talk to other dog lovers in similiar situations. Realize it won’t be easy and you probably won’t want a new dog for a long while as you grieve. Don’t worry what people think, you lost your dog not them, so they don’t understand.

Tabrio is revolutionizing the way we call long distance and text message. Tabrio is used through your regular landline phone line, so you can save on long distance and text messages. Tabrio will also maintain high quality reception, even with the lower rates. I have some long distance relatives that I call often, this could really help me save some money.

Tabrio allows you to view instant text messages in a view window, like as if it is a IM software on your desktop. You can also start making calls from the internet on your browser through Tabrio. Tabrio also helps you keep a global contact list stored on it. I encourage you guys to learn more about Tabrio. You can now call your friends and family long distance for a low cost because of Tabrio.

Toby is a Shepherd Rottweiler mix and he is 13 years old. You can find him for adoption at the Truckee / Lake Tahoe Humane Society

My heart just melted seeing this photo after learning he had been tied to a chain most of his life! Although he is 13 he is a gentle dog and great for a older couple who wants to give this dog a life he never got. The Truckee humane society is in the northern California foothills region.

See Toby’s profile here

I used to struggle finding a local person in my town to take care of my dogs. I didn’t know my neighbors that well and they didn’t seem to be too much into animals or someone I really trusted. I didn’t have relatives or friends that lived in the neighboorhood that I could have take care of them. When I looked around I came across Care.com. Their listings are for human babysitters and they also have a special section just for dog care specialist.

Dog care listings on Care.com can help you with finding dog walkers, dog sitters, feeders, transportation, kenneling, doggie day care or overnight sitting. You can search the site by your zip code without registering to see what listings come up. You can see a picture and a short description about them. The benefits come when you register. Registered users can see pre-screened profiles, do background checks on anyone for free, see recorded references, and post jobs.

I highly recommend Care.com if you are looking to make a job out of taking care of people’s dogs or if you are looking for someone to take care of your own dog. If you are in a small town, you might have trouble finding enough choices even on Care.com, but this is the first site I would check because screening is so easy to do.

You or your husband might already own a type of Dremel power tool. Dremel makes rotary power tools that are used commercially to grind down things. Dremels also make great alternative dog nail clipping tools to the traditional dog clippers. This is because instead of cutting your dogs nails through clipping, which leads to pain, splintering, and bleeding, a Dremel painlessly grinds down the nails. Many dogs can’t stand regular nail clipping and for some dogs, it is so traumatizing they won’t let you do it. However, most dogs will get used to the Dremel over time. It might take them a while to not associate you using the dremel on their nails with their previous bad experiences with nail clippers.

There are about 3 different Dremel models that are commonly used to effectively grind your dog’s nails. Which one you pick depends on your dog’s size. Large dogs do best on the Variable Speed MultiPro, which has a range of 5000 to 35,000 RPMs. You will want to stay in the 5000 to 8000 RPM range because if it gets too fast your dog’s nail will get too hot and cause him pain. Do not get the cordless multipro dremel because the minimum RPM starts at 10,000 on that model. Dremel also has a Cordless Pet Nail Grooming Tool, specifically for dog nail grooming. That model has a range of 7000 to 14000. The cordless MiniMite model has a range of 6,500 to 10,000 RPMS. Both the Cordless Pet Nail Grooming Tool and the MiniMite model are ideal for the smaller dog breeds.

The Dremel is a nice dog nail clipping tool, but I and many other dog owners prefer another dog nail timmer called the Peticure. The Peticure works on a similiar rotary nail grinding action like the Dremel. The difference is that the Peticure can also catch flying debris and tends to be less of a rough grind. You can only buy the Peticure through their official website. You don’t need to go out and buy a Peticure to have the abilitiy to catch nail debris because the Peticure site sales a Peticure Safe Guard. This accessory can be attached on certain Dremel models. You can read more about my experience using the Peticure in my previous Peticure review post.