When you live in a rainforest, you learn a thing or two about how to deal with dogs and the rain. I’m not talking about how to make your dogs happier walking in the rain or ways to have fun walking in the rain. No. Those are nice ideas, really, but the reality of the…
Apartment Living with Dogs
How to Stop Dogs Barking Outside
It’s patio season at Casa de Kolchak. It’s hot. Really hot. Here in BC, we’re in week three of a heat wave. We’re spending a lot of time out on our deck. We’ve made ourselves a cozy little space out there – small, but just perfect for the dogs and I. Well, almost perfect. Perfect, except…
Indoor Dog Games
edit. . Here in Vancouver, it’s raining again. It rained yesterday. It will probably rain tomorrow. And most of next week. And all of March. This is why you might not want to live in a rain forest; eight or so months of driving rain. Since my puggle thinks he is made of sugar, spice and…
How to Teach Your Dog to Use Pet Stairs
This post is sponsored by Solvit. While we were compensated for this post, all opinions and ideas are expressed are 100% our own. It’s our promise that we will never recommend a product we don’t personally use & believe in. Ever since Fe tore his achey breaky ACL, we’ve been looking for ways not just…
Elevator Etiquette for Dogs
So we’ve been living in our apartment for a while now and we love it. Koly and Fe have adjusted better than I ever could have hoped. There was a time when I would have thought that these two nutballs could never have hacked it as apartment dogs, but they’re proving me wrong every single…
Walking Your Dog on a Hot Day
It’s 8:33 PM and it it’s still about a squillion degrees at Casa de Kolchak. We are in the throes of a heat wave. It it’s hottest today, it was over 100 degrees. Now, as the sun starts sinking behind the mountains, it’s still 85 degrees. It’s hot. I’m hot. The dogs are hot. The apartment is…
Keeping Your Dog’s Water Bowl Cold on a Hot Day
This is our first year in an apartment and I am on a quest to create the perfect dog friendly deck for the pups and I. So far, we’ve banished the bugs and create some cool shady spots for the dogs to chill out (though Felix still insists on laying in the sun. Dude, you’re…
Dog Friendly Decks: Natural, Dog Safe Mosquito Control
This is the first summer in a long time that the dogs and I won’t have a yard to play in. I am loving apartment living with dogs and all the spare time that comes with not having a house and yard to maintain. Still, summer is coming. The dogs and I love to spend…
15 Ideas for Surviving the Muddy Season with Dogs
Spring has sprung, yo!
How to Minimize Dog Noise in an Apartment
Noisy dogs are one of the most difficult apartment living problems to solve. No one wants live alongside a dog who is always making a racket and no one wants to be that neighbour either. Part of being a good neighbour is taking steps to help minimize dog noise in an apartment. These tips can help….
