UPDATED: The post has been updated with pictures taken at the Los Angeles pet event “A Second Chance” Pet Adoption and St. Patty’s Pet Pageant / Pet Fair, presented by The Pet Post and Pet Sit Pros. The star of the event was Megan Blake, The Pet Lifestyle Coach(TM) from “Animal Attractions TV” and Pet Life Radio [...]
A very special Los Angeles community event to support pet adoption is scheduled for this Sunday March 10, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. “A Second Chance” Pet Adoption and St. Patty’s Pet Pageant / Pet Fair will take place. at: Good Neighbor Park 2800 Studebaker Rd. Long Beach, CA. 90815 The event is hosted by The Pet [...]
Update: For a more successful experience, follow the Top Tips for Pets at Work. There has been a lot of heated discussion on the web this past week, following Yahoo’s announcement that it will no longer be allowing employees to work from home. Other big companies, such as Best Buy, are following suite as well. [...]
In a previous blog post we discussed how to introduce your child and your puppy to each other. In this post we discuss the next step in the relationship – assigning tasks to children of all ages. This will ensure that everyone in the family shares some responsibility for the new dog. As soon as [...]
Bringing home a new puppy is a very exciting and memorable experience, especially when there are children in the family. There is something very special about seeing a small child and a loving puppy playing happily together. Psychological studies have proven that people who are fortunate enough to grow up with a dog in the [...]
When researching what type of puppy or dog to bring into their home, many people focus (only) on the characteristics and personality of the different dog breeds. However, by doing so, you are ignoring some very important factors – the characteristics and personality of the dog owner and family! In this post I will try to [...]
I just came across this petition calling on the Los Angeles City Council to draft an ordinance to offer incentives to landlords who refuse to accept tenants with pets. The initiative of the petition would seem to be the desire and need to increase the number of homes available to people with pets, reducing the [...]
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As our site’s readership has grown, we have been thinking of what other types of useful content we should be adding to this site (If you have any ideas or suggestions, PLEASE let us know!) In addition to the current blog postings of news and stories about Los Angeles, General News, Health, Training, Breeds, Puppies, [...]
As someone who grew up in New York City, I have enjoyed the New Yorkers project. This project, conceived of by Moonshot Productions, is a recurring short documentary series that highlights regular, everyday New Yorkers from all walks of life. The people that other New Yorkers probably don’t even notice. Meet Harry Grumbles – a [...]
Update: The winners of the first ever Zoomie awards were: “Triple Threat Zoomie” for Best Dog Actor, Singer and Animal Advocate - Super Smiley for his award winning “Dogumentaries,” and for “The Super Smiley Flash Mob 4 Pet Adoption” National Tour and his Award Winning radio-show “A Super Smiley Adventure” on Pet Life Radio. Smiley’s person [...]
If you are reading this blog post, then the answer is probably YES to both questions… Well – have you ever considered starting your own dog/pet business? Something like dog sitting, dog walking, or dog grooming services? It applies to cats just as well. Even if you have, chances are that like a lot of [...]
The American Kennel Club has compiled its annual list of most popular dog breeds in major US cities, based on registration data and postal zip codes. Here is the Los Angeles data for 2012, shown side by side with that for 2011. Note that this year they only posted the top 5 breeds in the [...]
The American Kennel Club has published its annual list of most popular dog breeds in the U.S., based on registration data and postal zip codes. Here is the data for 2012, shown side by side with that for 2011. Do these results surprise you? Amazon.com Widgets Related Posts: Did you enjoy [...]
Let’s be honest – you’re bringing home a new puppy or dog and you are probably not very experienced at training dogs. You have not taken a canine training class and have not studied up too much (if at all) on the latest puppy training techniquesthat are available. That’s okay! New puppy owners should not [...]
This Jack Russell Terrier is certainly quite well-trained – I wish I could get my kids to do half of the things he does, never mind my dogs! I wonder how long it took to complete all that training? I am sure he sleeps well at night… Want to receive short, actionable training tips? Click [...]
The city of Burbank, California appears to be joining Los Angeles and other local cities in banning pet stores from selling pets that come from breeders. In fact, the Burbank law, which if it receives final approval in a few weeks, goes even further than the Los Angeles law in that it prohibits the sale [...]
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