As our regular readers know, our pets have changed our lives in SO many ways, not just personally but professionally as well. Prior to 2008, John and I were travel guidebook writers specializing in the Caribbean, on the road at least once a month. With the adoption of Irie and then, six months later, Tiki, …
The upcoming holiday season really makes me value our family – and that family is definitely one composed of both humans and pets. The holidays will be a time for us to stop and relax, to step away from the computers (yes, I am determined!), and just to enjoy all that we are so lucky …
September is International Pet Blogger Month, a time that, for us, holds special significance. If you’re new to DogTipper, you may not be familiar with our background; before John and I were pet writers, we were travel writers, specializing in guidebook writing. For years, we worked on international guidebooks (along with some guidebooks to our …
Six years ago today, we adopted a sweeter than sweet, six-month-old puppy we named Tiki, and we officially launched DogTipper.com! It has been an amazing ride, one in which we’ve had the chance to meet so many great fellow pet lovers. Although we’d been blogging since 2000 with our travel websites (and writing professionally for …
Sometimes life gives you lemonade…and sometimes it gives you sargassum… As I told you about in yesterday’s quick post, we just returned from a two-night trip at the beach with Irie and Tiki. The beach normally looks like this: Not this time. Apparently one of the worst influxes of sargassum, a free-floating seaweed that makes …