When you find the right animal, having a pet can truly be a lifesaver for people suffering from Inflammatory Bowel Disease or any other type of chronic illness. When I was first diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at the age of 13, my family and I had a one year old yellow labrador retriever named Kobi. […]
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Pet Appreciation Week
I meant to have this post up at the beginning of the week but life happened. <3 Anywho… I was asked by DogVacay to write a post about what I appreciate most about my pet. I know I do talk about my dogs a lot on my blog but I think our animals are the one thing […]
Happiness: An Instagram Account for my Dogs
If you’ve read any of my posts you know that I am a huge dog lover. I actually went so far as to make a separate account on Instagram for Phoebe and Holli. I know it probably sounds a little ridiculous to some of you but there are tons of dog accounts on Instagram […]
Life is Different With(out) Dogs
In a week or two, Frank and I are going to do a week trial with Phoebe and Holli. In case you are not sure who they are, they are my two lab mixes who have helped me get through so much in incredible (and different) ways. Some posts about them include: Phoebe, The Role Pets Play […]
Happy Birthday to the dogs who saved my life!
I want to wish my sweet dogs a very happy birthday today. I truly cannot thank these girls enough for all they have done for me. April 6, 2011 was the day we got Holli, just three weeks after my chocolate lab Kassie passed. I wasn’t even two months out of my first surgery of […]