Tag Archive: dog

Roza & Rita- Dog Boarding Clients from Natick, MA

Roza&Rita

Rita and Roza are my “dog-daughters,” and when I had to go out of town for several days, I wanted to make sure they were not only safe, but in the familiarity of a home environment, with personal and loving attention from a full-time “parent.” Marcia has the calm, warm, caring touch I was looking…

Adopt a pet through Petfinder.com: make someone happy

As you may know, I’m a big fan of Petfinder.com. You can see references  in this blog here. here, here, and here.  I adopted my beloved Roxie through Petfinder.com.  And on most pages of this blog you can see an ever changing array of sweet photographs of adoptable dogs and cats in Massachusetts that are…

Pure Love- Loving Our Companion Animals-Part 1

young girl holding golden retriever puppy

Human beings have kept companion animals for thousands of years. They are the animals taken out of the wild–either recently or long ago– that we invite into our homes, our families, our lives. They can be dogs, cats, birds, pigs, rabbits, small mammals, reptiles, or fish. We do not join our lives for reasons of…

Exercising with your dog: Dog-er-cise

A woman exercising with her dog

Now I tend to keep it simple by taking two daily walks with my dog, Roxie, and with all the guest dogs that board with HousePETality. But here is a video of an alternative approach to exercising your dog that clearly involves a smart dog, a persistent owner and a great relationship between them.

Smart dog awarded Harvard diploma!

Imagine that!  I completed Sophomore Year in the Class of 2010 in less than two hours!  How many of you can say that? Here’s my Certificate in Recognition of Canine Achievement to prove it. I must say, it wasn’t too difficult for a smart dog like myself to just breeze through the program. For those…

July 4th, coming up. Do YOU know where your dog is staying?

Holidays are busy times for pet sitters. With a one-dog-at-a time policy it’s important to reserve a spot for your dog early.

Roxie here- My first blog

This is my blog.  I know.  I’m a dog and dog’s aren’t supposed to blog.  But, just as God is Dog spelled backwards, blog is…golb spelled backwards. Oh, nevermind. You have to admit, at least, that blog almost rhymes with dog.   So there you have it. I will write whatever matters to me– subjects like…