Keeping Fido Cool on Mutt Monday

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

The heat is on. Pet lovers all over are struggling to get their dogs out for walks during hours that are not sweltering. Be sure to be aware of the temperatures of the pavement or asphalt as well. Cement or concrete are cooler than asphalt for your dog's pads.

I've linked up some archived posts offering tips on keeping your dog cool and safe from overheating during outdoor walks and other activities. Keep in mind that walking the indoor perimeter of your local pet superstore could be an option on particularly hot days.

Bloggers are invited to link up posts on similar topics of help to our readers. Feel free to link up as many posts as you wish and join us each week as we continue to share a themed group of our archived posts. You can let your readers know you've joined in by clicking this Tweet to share it with your followers:

Join #MuttMonday where @AllThingsDog & other blogs share tips 4 keeping Fido cool this Summer: http://t.co/PyE4xcoigz
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) June 30, 2013

Next week's theme for our posts at Mutt Monday will be

Helping Woof and Meow Coexist

With many of our homes offering space to both dogs and cats, we'll be sharing our tips for making it all work. I hope to hear some of yours as well. Please give me a little assistance with getting the word out by clicking the Tweet to share it with your followers. Thanks and I hope to see you next week for Mutt Monday!

Our 7/8 #MuttMonday theme is 'Helping Woof & Meow Coexist". Bloggers pls link up 2 help our readers learn: http://t.co/fwJpozD33T
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) June 30, 2013

Mutt Monday Shares Kitty Litter Tips

by Carrie Boyko, CEB

With a Swheat Scoop Twitter Party being announced tomorrow, I find myself thinking about kitty litter quite a bit these days. Sounds boring, right? What's cool is that this kitty litter is so Eco-friendly that I feel much better about using it. Our compost pile stays busy year round with vegetable ends, kitchen scraps and dry parts of dead plants, etc. Now I have another way to add to my composting pile, and keep my upper body exercise going--LOL. Turning that pile with a pitchfork is definitely a tough job when the pile is more full.

Patches has had her share of litter transitions and has been a good sport about it all. Not every cat owner can say this; some have finicky meows that really do have preferences. Some kitties simply refuse to use new litter. 

Today I'm sharing a few posts on kitty litter issues. Bloggers may join me to link up their posts on kitty litter topics, litterbox tips and so on. We'd love to get more input since Patches is not saying a whole lot :)

would you mind giving me a little help with getting the word out by clicking on this Tweet. This is definitely a topic that requires more input!

#MuttMonday is requesting #Litterboxtips from #cat owners. Feel free 2 reply here or post them on 6/24 at http://t.co/MYkGWmZiyI
— Carrie Boyko (@AllThingsDog) June 15, 2013

Thanks for the assistance. I hope to see you back again next Monday when I'll be spilling on 

Coping with Summer Heat

I'm sure we can all agree this is an important topic for keeping our pets safe at this time of year. Join me and bring your comments along.

Happy tails,