Browse Posts by Martha Smith

During times of extreme weather, hot or cold, your pup’s paws are more prone to cracking. During the summer, cement sidewalks and asphalt can reach pretty high temperatures.

We’ve teamed up with the fabulous Hotel Maya to host a TweetUp/MeetUp to benefit spcaLA on Thursday, March 4 on the Luna Solstice Patio at Hotel Maya, a fabulous pooch-friendly space overlooking Long Beach’s breathtaking Rainbow Harbor.

New Leash on Life Ranch has the perfect holiday getaway for your pup. And, you can feel good (instead of guilty) about leaving Fido behind, because the cost of his stay will help rescue animals find forever homes!

This morning we learned that the Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, an Acton, CA rescue serving mostly pit bulls, is in danger of receiving an evacuation order due to a fire raging nearby. Dubbed the Station Fire, the blaze covers 85,000 acres, has destroyed 21 homes and taken the lives of two firefighters.

With all our concerns about what’s in our food and our water, many of us are paying even more attention these days to what we are giving our pets.

We need to be sure that our yards are securely enclosed, and that they are registered and microchipped. While my husband and I consider ourselves to be responsible and educated pet parents, we learned this the hard way.

Bisket Baskets, a family company in business since 1999, has delightfully creative gift baskets made specifically for dogs, and some for us doting pet parents, too!

Author, speaker, and holistic pet care advocate Nadine M. Rosin weighs in on the importance of creating a toxin-free environment for our canine companions, and shares how she kept her canine companion happy and healthy for 19 years.

In the summer of 2009, i Love Dogs donated $2 million dollars worth of premium canine vitamins & supplements to needy non-profit animal shelters and rescues.