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Pet-friendly places in Cancun & Tulum
Mexico is well known for being a welcoming country and a great place to take a break from reality. Whether you are planning to have some relaxing time with your family or have adventures with your friends, México has it all.
By Miguel Herrera5 years ago in Petlife
The Real Queens of Wakanda VIII: She’s Almost There
I can remember when I was doing my internships for college, I would often document some of my experiences working at the facilities on my old blog, and other social media pages that I had. However, out of respect for some policies that these facilities had regarding social media practices, I had to limit myself to posts approved by my supervisors such as interactions with the animals in our care, the animals themselves, or us just exploring the different animal habitats that the facility offers the public to experience. Whenever I posted something about my internship experiences, they all focused on what it was like to work with the animals that were under that facility’s care. I kept anything regarding meetings and other sensitive information out of it.
By Jenna Deedy5 years ago in Petlife
Overnight, I Have Become the Mother of a Toddler Shih Tzu
I’ve written a bit over the last year about our rescue dog, Berkeley. Long story short, Berkeley came into our possession soon after my husband and I were engaged, when a family member decided they no longer wanted their Shih Tzu and were planning to sell him on the internet.
By Gillian Sisley5 years ago in Petlife
My 2021 Resolution - Be More Dog. Top Story - February 2021.
It is 7.30am on a wet and dreary January day. I am contemplating getting out of bed and preparing for the day ahead, not really wanting to move from the cosy comfort of my nest beneath the duvet but knowing that I really ought to.
By Sophie Jackson5 years ago in Petlife
The Horrors of Commercial Pet Food: What Every Dog and Cat Owner Should Know
What’s more, many of these will not appear on the label and others are hidden under umbrella terms such as ‘meat meal’ and ‘meat by-products’. How can this happen? The pet food industry is highly unregulated. As Ann Martin, author of Foods Pets Die For, writes in her article The Pet Food Industry and its Questionable Practices, ‘Governments in the USA and Canada regulate the labeling of the food, the name and address of the company, the weight of the product, and whether it is made for a dog or cat - nothing more.’
By Bilal Hussain5 years ago in Petlife
Today I Won't Chase
Have you ever experienced something so powerful that fighting against its compelling attraction just isn't on the menu much less on the plate? That's how my demon has controlled me but by gosh this will be the year that I regain the reign over my own palace of self! The chase doesn't just haunt my waking hours it's penetrated my subconscious like a Japanese Katana vertically parsing a bamboo shoot. This affected my sleep and frankly pilfered its regenerative abilities. I always playback a dream that reoccurs the way an 80s rom-com on HBO does, it begins with me running through the forest naked, inches shy of the ground, four puffy paws to the floor. I'm so close to the prairie dog that's breaking our path that I can hear its heartbeat thumping like a bass drum, leading our dance through the foliage. A flash appears deep starboard, pushing the limits of my periphery, I can make out an awe striking bright ruby beam of light. The prairie dog breaks right but I maneuver quickly to the port side following the crimson beast as if I'm its next cart on a train. I can't win the fight, it even forces me to defy my own instinct.
By Bruce__Leroy5 years ago in Petlife
The Cat
The therapist told me I should organize my thoughts, write them and reassemble them, he gave me this little black notebook to do that so here I am again smoking -again- leaning against this planter full of dead rotting flowers that no one tends to, in this crappy apartment complex outside my crappy apartment in this crappy episode of my lonely life.
By Michiko Baumgartner-Enei5 years ago in Petlife
