You’ve assessed your lifestyle, done your research and you’re ready to buy a dog. Now what? Where should you start and what should you look for?
Category Archives: Pets
Homemade Frozen Dog Treats
Friday Wrap-Up: “I Confess” Edition
Tomorrow night, a great old band, English Beat, will play live in my hometown of Denver. I don’t think I’ll be there, but I’ve had this song in my head. Here’s a hint — the photo at right is about remedying a slip-up. I rent a shared office part-time. Usually, I bring my own coffee from home in the morning, in a nice stainless steel mug that my husband orphaned.
Winner of Molly Mutt Dog Duvet Giveaway!
We have a winner of the Molly Mutt Dog Duvet Giveaway! The random number generator at Random.org selected commenter #13, which is Condo Blues commenting on behalf of
Speak Out Against Genetically Engineered Alfalfa – TODAY!
Back in January, I wrote about “personal change or political action?” Now is a good time for a little political action, and I’d like to encourage you to take a few minutes to help TODAY. I received a bulletin from Organic Valley reporting that the USDA is taking public comments through today only (March 3, 2010, until 5 p.m. ET) regarding the agency’s apparent intention to deregulate genetically engineered alfalfa.
GIVEAWAY! New year, new Molly Mutt Dog Duvet
Make your pet more frugal
A post I published last week mentioning frugal fitness garnered a couple of comments that getting a dog is not a frugal choice.
Of course, we make many decisions in our lives that are governed by more than frugality. At least, I hope so.
There are ways, however, to make pets more affordable.
The (almost) gasless car is (almost) here
Chevrolet has unveiled the final production model of its Volt, a car that can travel 40 miles on a battery charge … without any gas. They say it will be available in 2010. It’s not a Flintstone-style, foot-powered vehicle. Instead you fill the tank with gas, and the gas powers a generator that can charge the batteries on a longer journey.
Friday wrap-up: Stainless freezer ware, dog costs, SmartFlix and how to spend
Friday wrap-up: New cars, old socks
These were my two favorite posts elsewhere this week. Get Rich Slowly had a guest post from a car reviewer called “What’s Not to Love About a New Car.” I agree with most of her arguments– although I did buy a new car four years ago. (But certainly not at a 10.39% interest rate, like her boyfriend! Ours is 1.9%.) And Simply Thrifty posted 40 things to do with old socks. Wow! That’s a lot of single socks.
Dealbusters: Homemade dog biscuits
This Monday series checks out whether something that sounds like a good deal — or takes a bit of extra work — is a good deal. We’ll look at cost and benefit — with everything filtered through my individual experience. Please chime in with your take. Shortly after the dog food recall this spring, our local newspaper published a recipe for homemade dog biscuits. We gave the biscuits a try. First we used a cookie cutter shaped like a little pig, about the size of a small bone-shaped commercial dog biscuit. But our dog tends to the overweight side, so we usually broke those in half. Now I make the biscuits using a 1″ round cutter.