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  Why Fat is Important for Your Dog

  Published May 20, 2013 - 5 Comments

  After our last two Tasty Tuesday posts, we all know that protein is an important ingredient in a dog’s diet and what kinds of protein sources we should look for in our dog’s food.  Today we will focus on the macro-nutrient “Fat”. Just like with humans, not all fat is bad, but it&# ...

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  Pet plastic surgery a growing trend

  Published May 20, 2013 - 2 Comments

  Dr Katy Nelson, host of ABC’s The Pet Show, reported on an interesting topic – pet plastic surgery.  You can read the article here: Pet plastic surgery a growing trend | WJLA.com I thought this was an important passage from the article.: And while plastic surgery in people is ...

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  Black & White Sunday 5-19-13

  Published May 19, 2013 - 6 Comments

  Maggie May checking out the nooks & crannies on these big rocks. We’re joining Black & White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to our Blog Hop sponsors: YouDidWhatWithYourWeiner My Life in Blog Years Dachshund Nola  

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  FitDog Friday 5-17-13 Q & A with Steve

  Published May 16, 2013 - 9 Comments

  We have been busy in the media lately.  Besides filming another segment on The Pet Show with Dr. Katy, we have recorded several radio spots with Robert Semrow of PetWorldInsider which will be airing on  the EMB network, which currently has shows on more than 100 AM/FM stations across Nor ...

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  Tale of Tails: Maggie & the Kryptonite

  Published May 15, 2013 - 10 Comments

  As you may have read in our Tale of Tails: Maggie series, we adopted Maggie last June and soon discovered she was a VERY fearful dog. Maggie had been a breeder farm mom and was turned in to the rescue when she became to old to breed. She was particularly fearful of Steve and limited [...]

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  Get the SlimDoggy Widget!

  Published May 15, 2013 - 6 Comments

  We are pleased to announce that the SlimDoggy web widget is now available. This widget provides some of the features available in the SlimDoggy iPhone App. Check it out on the side bar to the right. Use the widget to: Estimate your dog’s daily calorie requirements so you can feed the ...

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  Wordless Wednesday 5-15-13

  Published May 14, 2013 - 28 Comments

    It’s time for BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday blog hop!

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  What KIND of protein is best for my dog? (Part 2)

  Published May 13, 2013 - 9 Comments

  Here we are again, joining the Tasty Tuesday Blog Hop. Tasty Tuesday is about celebrating ‘good food’ and to us good food also means healthy food. We continue our discussion about Dog Food Proteins. Click here if you missed part 1. Protein is the foundation for a quality dog fo ...

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  Tale of Tails: Tino & the Crawlspace

  Published May 12, 2013 - 17 Comments

  I’ve written at length about our dog Tino. (See Tail of Tales) and told much of his story, but I have a million mini-stories as he had many humorous adventures. We retell them all the time: “Remember when Tino…” This story is about Tino and the crawlspace. We live i ...

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  Coyotes!

  Published May 11, 2013 - 2 Comments

  On our walk this morning, we ran into some pretty bold coyotes. I saw them first, luckily, and they were about 50 yards off. Usually when they see a person they scamper away, but one of them didn’t, he just sat there staring at us. I had both dogs with me, so it was three [...]

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FitDog Friday Blog Hop

Published 04/17/2013 at 10:19 am - 5 Comments

FitDog Friday Blog Hop What’s it all about? FitDog Friday Blog Hop is our way of spreading the news about the dangers of pet obesity and the benefits of keeping your pet fit & healthy. We would love to have hundreds of dog lovers, bloggers and their readers,  ban together and show the world that [...]

The SlimDoggy Story

Published 12/19/2012 at 6:48 pm - 11 Comments

SlimDoggy’s first product is a mobile app like a “Nike + or RunKeeper for dogs” and is based on our experience with Jack- a Yellow Lab that we rescued in August 2011. He was 105 lbs. and on both Prozac (for anxiety & hyperactivity) and Rimadyl. Jack was ‘unadoptable’- he was in the shelter for [...]

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Latest Articles from the Blog

• Why Fat is Important for Your DogPublished 05/20/2013 at 9:27 pm
• What the dogs did while we were at BlogPawsPublished 05/20/2013 at 6:11 am
• Pet plastic surgery a growing trendPublished 05/20/2013 at 5:37 am
• Black & White Sunday 5-19-13Published 05/19/2013 at 3:18 am
• FitDog Friday 5-17-13 Q & A with StevePublished 05/16/2013 at 7:15 pm
• Tale of Tails: Maggie & the KryptonitePublished 05/15/2013 at 7:20 pm
• Get the SlimDoggy Widget!Published 05/15/2013 at 7:00 am
• Wordless Wednesday 5-15-13Published 05/14/2013 at 8:07 pm

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