Category: Pets

Summer Vacation Etiquette – Part 1: The Beach

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Don’t Forget to Pack Your Manners

Everyone looks forward to summer.  Regardless of whether you have plans to go away or not, the nature of summer seems to slow time and evoke a feeling of being on vacation if only on the weekends.  With its warm weather, sunshine and evenings fragrant with honeysuckle summer sets the stage for cookouts, picnics, trips to the beach, lighter clothing, relaxing evenings and a drift toward leisure time.  Summer is vacation time because for many it’s the most convenient time of year to take off time off from work.

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In Memory of
Bogie 'Woof' Nelson
2003-2012

Etiquette, Ethics and Empathy for Our Animal Friends

This past weekend, my family and I lost a beloved pet.  We had to make the difficult decision to euthanize our adorable, funny and affectionate male cat, Bogie – AKA Woof -- whose progressive disease finally left him crippled, in chronic pain and unable to walk without great difficulty, despite his medications, home therapy and tons of TLC.  But, in the midst of our grief we had the most extraordinary experience.