Cinco de Mayo for Mexicans is a holiday celebrating their victory over the French army in 1862. Cinco de Mayo for Americans is usually a day of fun and drinking lots of tequila. Cinco de Mayo for Chihuahua owners is race day! Yes, you heard that right, race day! Being that Chihuahuas have been dubbed the Dog of Mexico, Cinco de Mayo is the perfect day to celebrate our amazing tiny but mighty friends. I was ... [ Read More ]
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Our Second Swim Session & What You Should Know Before You Go!
Here in Maryland, we’ve been hit with crappy winter weather. Yes, it’s usually cold here during the winter, but it’s been unusually wet, with bouts of rain and snow. And, while we luckily haven’t had any large snowstorms, we’ve had a bunch of 1 - 3 inch snowstorms, which has kept the grounds just wet and muddy enough to keep us indoors. This winter weather has impacted and dramatically decreased our outdoor activity ... [ Read More ]
An Alternative Dog Medicine: Dog Chiropractic Therapy
While many of us may have visited a chiropractor once or twice before for our back, many people that I talk to are surprised to learn that veterinary chiropractors have been practicing this alternative medicine for 15+ years. I often get inquisitive looks when I tell fellow pet parents that my dogs see a chiropractor. Yes, all 5 of my dogs see a chiropractor every 8 weeks. Some go for maintenance, some go to address ... [ Read More ]
The Bruce Wayne Cloned Puppies: 1 YEAR OLD!
It’s been a while since I’ve written a formal update on my Viagen Pets puppies aka The Others. The Others are 1 as of today (Friday, 10/26)! Holy Batman, can you believe that?! Time flies when you are raising puppies. It feels like just yesterday I received a call from Melain of Viagen Pets telling me that not only were the puppies born, but there were 5! Yes, 5! Because there were more than I had originally expected, ... [ Read More ]
Is Cloning Right for You?!
As you can probably imagine, I get a lot of questions when I tell people that my puppies are clones! There is the initial look of shock, followed by the questionable “we can do that now” look, then the question “why did you clone your dog”, and finally over half the people I talk to want to know more and if cloning is for them. So, I figured, why not answer and address this issue in a blog post. If you’re new here, you ... [ Read More ]
The Bruce Wayne Cloned Puppies: FIRST Swim!
If you’ve been following our Instagram account over the last year or two, you know that Bruce Wayne absolutely hates swimming and anything to do with water! It might seem like cruel and unusual punishment that I take the ViaGen Pets puppies aka The Others aka Bruce Wayne’s Mini Me’s swimming, but that is the exact reason why I took them swimming. I don’t want The Others to hate water as much as Bruce Wayne. I’m hopeful ... [ Read More ]