Posts by Michelle & The Paw Pack

I've written about this before, in passing, in a couple of my other papillon posts.  Because it still shocks me how many people, even groomers and people who own papillons, don't know that this...

Crate training can be a pretty polarizing topic among dog lovers.  Some owners swear by it, others feel that it's cruel.  I've received quite a few questions/comments about crate training since I...

I feel like, when it comes to certain dog products, I'm always on the lookout for the "perfect" dog item.  One such dog product has been dog crates.  Both of my dogs, Kitsune the papillon and...

I wrote the other day about the perks of raising dogs in the city.  Although we don't live in the city anymore, for the first 11 years of my papillon's life we lived in a third floor walk up...

Kitsune, and to some extent Fenrir too, grew up as city dogs.  Kitsune joined our pack in March of 2009.  From then until late 2019, we lived in a third floor  walk up apartment just outside of...

Today, August 1st, 2022, is my Alaskan klee kai Fenrir's 7th birthday! I decided to make this weekend a long one and take today off.  No, I didn't tell my boss it was so I could celebrate my dog's...