1 Fit Mutt

This is a guest post submitted by one of our contributors. The author’s views are his or her own and may not wholly reflect the views of 1 Fit Mutt Well it’s finally springtime and where I live in the mountains it was a long, snow filled winter. So, I am very ready for warmer weather and I think my two dogs, Maya and Chief, are just as excited. I am a nature lover so all of these activities are going to relate being happy with your pups...

My boyfriend (we'll call him C) and I went hiking with Keeda today in Byford. It was about a 30 minute drive to get there from our house. It was a very...interesting...hike. And at one point very scary. Keeda encountered a kangaroo up close for the first time and, of course, felt the need to chase it, going "deaf" to my calls (aka ignoring me) in the process. She first bolted after a female kangaroo with her joey. We didn't know where she went...

There's a Better Pets & Gardens near our house, which is where I do all shopping for Keeda (like her B.A.R.F. and kangaroo tails). They recently got a permanent DIY dog wash installed in the store. It costs $10 to use the dog wash for 10 minutes. My boyfriend is allergic to dogs, so Keeda has to be clean. And when I say clean, I mean clean. I wash her on a weekly basis, fortnightly at the least, but washing her in the yard with a hose never g...

I really want to get some more user interaction going on 1 Fit Mutt. I get plenty of people coming to the site, but you're all quiet and don't like to talk! Come on, people participate! Comment! Now, here are some changes and improvements I'm working on for 1 Fit Mutt. Improved article submission One thing I have been getting is a lot of article submissions. Unfortunately most of these are just plain old spam completely unrelated to dogs. ...

Entering a human running race with a dog (or dogs) can be a bit of a controvercial topic. We may love our dogs to death, but in a human race a dog can get in the way of other runners, causing frustrations and even accidents. Some people think running a race with a dog is no different from running it with a kid or a pram. Others think dogs should not be allowed on the course in human races. Here are some things you should keep in mind when cons...