A Sitting For a Cause Blog Featuring All Things Pet-Related
Bringing pets into a new home can be stressful. It’s a new world with unknown rules and new smells. When I first brought my cat Smudge home, I opened her carrier and allowed her to come out on her own. Letting her sniff around the room, I sat and watched her explore. Letting her see the room helped her calm […]
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The decision to bring home a new pet is one of the biggest decisions you will make. Whenever you add a new furry family member to your household, you should think carefully before doing so to ensure that you not only give your pet a good life, you give them an excellent one. So what are some things you should […]
Continue reading »Editor’s Note: Please welcome to our writer roster, Rena Carman! Rena is a Communication Studies major at Rider University with an English writing concentration minor who lives in New Jersey with her cat Smudge. At a party you can always find me on the floor with whatever pet the host happens to have. At my parent’s house, I have a cat or […]
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When was the last time you went out to eat and wished the restaurant had a treat for you to take home to your dog? If you are a dog lover like me, odds are you find yourself wanting to bring a treat home for your dogs whenever you are out! Or, you may want to enjoy eating with your dog […]
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Editor’s Note: Please welcome to our writer roster, Chris Ventura! Chris is a Virginia Tech student double majoring in communication and English. Once he graduates, he hopes to adopt one dog and one cat. We are excited to have him on board! Imagine this: you’re 7 years old. You go to your best friend’s house and he shows you the tiniest puppy you’ve […]
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Dog toys can get expensive, so one dog owners can do is DIY toys for their pup! It is incredibly affordable and easy to do. I recently came across a tutorial from Eileen Chow on SheKnows that showed how to make a DIY toy with just a tennis ball and old t-shirt. It looked like the perfect toy for my two […]
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I wanted to tackle a topic that my family and I have become a bit too familiar with over the last few months: making the decision to say goodbye to a pet. We were blessed to have a beautiful cat named Flip for 18 years and a sweet pup named Sadie for 12.5 years. Flip was an indoor-outdoor cat who ruled […]
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October is here, and that means Halloween is right around the corner. One of the best parts of Halloween is dressing up. Who could forget dressing as a princess and trick-or-treating door-to-door? But people aren’t the only ones who can enjoy the costume fun. Here are some recommendations for cute costumes for some of America’s most popular pooches. Dachshund: Hot […]
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Editor’s Note: Please welcome to our writer roster Anna Streetman! Anna is the proud mom of an adorable rescue pup and is a Kennesaw State student majoring in journalism. We are excited to have her on board! For as long as I can remember, I have loved animals. When I was two, I was determined to grow up to be a tiger. Fast […]
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