The Howliday Gift Guide Week continues with Book Day! As you're lounging by the fireplace with your cocoa and your furball, you might be looking for some reading material to pass the hours in the dark December nights. Fortunately I've got you covered: ... Read more »
Reviews
Giveaway: Stella & Chewy’s Carnivore Kisses
And the lucky winner chosen by random.org is Dana and her lucky pup Gucci! Congratulations! Have you ever tried those freeze dried apple thingies they have at Costco? They don't look like much, I'll give them that. When my friend pressed them into my hand with the confidence of one who was introducing me to the wonders of crack, I wasn't too impressed. "Why are you giving me astronaut food?" I asked her, proud of my impromptu 80's reference. So not appetizing (yet strangely alluring. I ... Read more »
John Paul Pet Product Review and giveaway
Winners: Annette, Keighter, and Shannon! I will get those out to you as soon as I have your mailing info (you can send it through the contact form). Hope you like them! I had big plans for this post, but with THUNDERSTORM 2010 looming down it kind of put a crimp in my idea. (Read: we get one thunderstorm every 24 months or so around here, and the county pretty much shuts down in mass panic, blackouts, that sort of thing.) So I thought I would keep it simple. As we learned in Wednesday's ... Read more »
Am I Bored By This Book? (clue: no)
When I was at Blog Paws in Columbus, I attended a panel featuring Edie Jarolim of Will My Dog Hate Me. An accomplished travel writer already, Edie was indoctrinated rather late in life compared to the rest of us crazies in the world of dog obsession. She made up for it admirably, though. Am I Boring My Dog is the happy result of what was clearly some pretty thorough crash-course research into dog ownership, a soup-to-nuts guide to pretty much everything you need to know when bringing a ... Read more »
Product Review: Alopaw Hawaiian Dog Treats
We recently received a bag of Alopaw Hawaiian Dog Treats for the pups. Founder Shannon created her vegan treats after learning her adorable black lab Kona was born with a liver shunt and would require a very specialized diet. So we receive a bag of treats from a dog named Kona, with a picture of a black lab on the front- is there any question who should get to do the product review? My husband and I were just discussing how Koa deserved to be featured a little more than she has ... Read more »
Double-Dog Dare
The dogs and I went for a nice long walk this morning. And by, "we went for a walk," I mean "Koa and Brody dragged me around the neighborhood for an hour or so." Brody and I had been working hard on the heel command for a while there, and for the most part when it's just the two of us, he will grudgingly do it. He has the attention span of a gnat, as, unfortunately, do I. Koa doesn't want to leave my side to begin with, so regardless of what I do with her she is attached to me by an ... Read more »
Book review: Marcus of Umbria
I like pet memoirs. I read them a lot. Marley and Me, My Dog Skip, you name it, I've sobbed over it. I also like women-finding-themselves memoirs. Like thousands of other women, I flipped raptly through Eat, Pray, Love, planning my own trip to Italy to eat my way to self-discovery. The two are entirely different beasts, really. While the chick-lit books usually detail the author's myriad trials in search of the ultimate love with the man of her dreams, most of the well known dog memoirs ... Read more »
Don’t tread on me
I'm sorry I haven't done a lot of picture posts or Barbie posts lately. Those are pretty time consuming, as I think I have mentioned before, and if there is one thing that has been in utterly bleak supply lately it's been time. Between the end of school, holidays, birthdays, colds, and some other junk going on I have barely- barely!- had time to breathe, let alone set up what I have planned for the next Barbie post. It's in my head, though, where it has remained since Mother's Day. Father's ... Read more »
Brody’s Favorite Things Giveaway!
Do any of you remember when Oprah used to do those "Oprah's Favorite Things" shows? She'd come out in front of the audience who thought they were there for '10 ways to dress thinner' or some other Oprah-esque show, and then boom in her resonant voice, "It's my Faaaaa-vorite THINGS, PEOPLE!!!" and everyone would burst into cheers. Well, we're a small outfit here, and while I won't be giving away any Burberry dog coats or cars or anything, I did want to give a little something back to all of ... Read more »
Young Again Winner and an offer for everyone
The winner of last week's food giveaway is Rose D.! Please send me your mailing information to drv (at) pawcurious (dot) com and we will get that bag of cat food off to you! I can't wait to hear how Eesa likes it. I also received this e-mail today from Cydney at Young Again: The owners of Young Again really connected with your readers through their comments about their pet's individual health needs. To spread the love, we have activated a coupon code for 25% off an entire order of cat or dog ... Read more »
This one’s for the kitties (well, the dogs can come too. And the hedgehogs.)
A few weeks ago, I was approached by Young Again Pet Food to see if I would like a sample of cat food for Apollo. They said, quite reasonably I thought, that Apollo deserved a go at a sample of a high quality food and they thought he might really like theirs. I'm quite sure he would, actually. But as you probably know by now, his incredibly sensitive allergic body rejects a wide array of proteins and grains regardless of their quality, including the chicken found in Young Again's cat formula, ... Read more »
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Today I put in a few extra hours at my daughter's school in preparation for Mother's Day. Yep, on my day off I went in to help someone else's kids make presents for their moms who also had the day off but aren't the helping types. I was OK with this until one of the little rugrats (there's a paste eater in every class, isn't there?) colored all over his hands with permanent marker while I was working with the other 24 kids in the room. The teacher panicked, "Why did you use permanent ... Read more »
Clean + Green Giveaway!
When I was in college, majoring in biology up at a small liberal arts university in LA, I spent many hours at the coast studying the noxious effects of human debauchery on the environment. I'd sit at Dockweiler State Beach and admire the 747s taking off from LAX just over my head, inhaling the lovely smell of jet fuel and admiring the rare view of an empty Los Angeles Beach resting in the shadow of the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant. I'd go home, sob a little about the depravity of man into ... Read more »
Book Review and Giveaway: Scent of the Missing
If you've been a regular reader of the blog, you know I'm a big fan of the dog memoir. Part treacle, part drama, part romance, the format is always the same, ending of course with the tearful goodbye to a faithful pup. Susannah Charleson's new book Scent of the Missing breaks that mold in all the right ways. Of course, the requisite components are there: an adorable dog, the initial bumps in the road adjusting to a new puppy, and the gradual coming together of owner and pet. Here's the ... Read more »
Giveaway: Hoppy Easter!
And look at what the Easter Bunny has in his basket for you: Yaay! Fetching Tags! Since they were so admired last week, Jen generously offered to give a custom tag to a lucky reader who would like to be as fashionable as the pawcurious crew. To enter, go check out the site and comment below with what your pet's tagline would be. Treat Monster? Beach Bum? Who Tooted? :D You have until Sunday to enter. ETA: The winner, selected at random, is Angie and her pup Seamus! ... Read more »
Things to smile about: Fetching Tags
I had NO idea I had so many knowledgeable chicken experts reading this blog. Truly, thank you for the encouragement and all the fantastic links. I have my work cut out for me. I even found out my receptionist is on a similar chicken kick and she pointed me to a place that is selling 8 month old laying hens. Score! There are all sorts of things that put me in a good mood this week. I put new tags on everyone's collars, and they are seriously, seriously cute tags. Since people tend to frown on ... Read more »
Teddy’s Pride Giveaway winner!
Using random.org, I came up with a number and here you go: Congratulations to Lindsay and her stinky pup Toby! This sounds perfect for my dog Toby. His breath STINKS. I got his teeth cleaned and it still smells. Lindsay, if you can send me a line through my contact info we'll get that out to you! ... Read more »
chompchompchomp
People ask me on a regular basis what kind of toy they should give their dog to chew on. We go through the usual: Bully sticks, rawhides, Greenies, Kongs (each with distinct advantages and disadvantages.) We eliminate the problem items I never recommend: pigs ears, cow hooves, dried femur bones. For the most part, we can find something that most dogs can use. Sticks, by the way? I don't recommend them. (My husband took this picture when I wasn't around.) About once a week, an owner ... Read more »
