Dieting on the Buddy System — Losing Weight with Your Dog You know how much better it is to embark on a project with a friend? Especially a task that isn’t so much fun—like cleaning out your basement…or going on a diet?! I had a light bulb moment when I realized how hard it is […]
Sometimes Saying Goodbye Isn’t So Sad I had to say goodbye to my old Collie-mix dog Jazzy this weekend. People were feeling sorry for me when I told them my vet had come to put her to sleep — but I wasn’t sad. It was such a relief for me and for Jazzy — to […]
Everybody was a Winner at the Oscars, thanks to Halo, Purely for Pets I loved watching the Oscars this past Sunday — along with about a billion other movie fans around the world! — even though it was typically too long. One of the high tension moments at the Oscars that makes me feel uncomfortable […]
Dog Kibble: How Much Is Way Too Much? Do you wonder how much kibble really belongs in your dog’s bowl? Many of us who have large breed dogs are suspicious about the enormous amount of dry food that some pet food companies recommend feeding. We cannot help wondering whether it is self-serving for a company […]
Fat Dog? Halo Healthy Weight Food Helps Shed Pounds Dr. Donna Spector is Halo’s veterinary advisor and she is also my co-host on our internet radio show THE EXPERT VET on the Radio Pet Lady Network, where we’ve been having a good time choosing candidates for our Halo Healthy Weight Challenge. We knew that when […]
House Training a Puppy Means Being a Helicoptering Pet Parent A fundamental rule of house training a puppy successfully and quickly is that you should know at all times exactly where your puppy is — which isn’t difficult, since there are really only three places the puppy should ever be during the house-training period. First, […]
Bringing Pet Rescue and Philanthropy to the Oscars Swag Bags! The Oscars are now 10 days away and the whole of Los Angeles is already in Prepare-to-Launch mode, I used to live there for over 20 years and was in the movie business myself, so I can tell you that even now every limo is […]
As another Thanksgiving rolls around, I always think of wonderful experience I had when I was the PETCO spokesperson in 2010 for their natural foods section. They flew me down to San Diego and I had a chance to prepare my very own version of Halo Spot’s Stew for the cameras, encouraging dog and owners […]
