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Apartment Living with Dogs

How to Use Dog Resume to Showcase What an Amazing Pet-Friendly Renter You Are

6 February, 2021 by Jodi Chick 2 Comments

No matter how good of a pet owner you are, renting with pets is HARD. For the last two years, Kol and I have been living in a spacious, charming apartment that is absolutely perfect for us. I take pride in keeping our space clean, (mostly) free of pet hair, and absolutely free of dog…

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Hack Your Dog Training: 7 Rainy Day Tricks To Help Prevent Wet Dog Smell from Taking Over your Home

16 April, 2017 by Jodi Chick 9 Comments

diy dog training

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…

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How to Stop Dogs Barking Outside

15 June, 2016 by Jodi Chick 15 Comments

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…

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Indoor Dog Games

19 January, 2015 by Jodi Chick 14 Comments

Games to play with your dog on a rainy day.

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…

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How to Teach Your Dog to Use Pet Stairs

16 September, 2014 by Jodi Chick 7 Comments

teach your dog to use pet steps

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…

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Elevator Etiquette for Dogs

10 August, 2014 by Jodi Chick 7 Comments

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…

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Walking Your Dog on a Hot Day

13 July, 2014 by Jodi Chick 20 Comments

diy dog training

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…

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Keeping Your Dog’s Water Bowl Cold on a Hot Day

25 June, 2014 by Jodi Chick 22 Comments

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…

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Dog Friendly Decks: Natural, Dog Safe Mosquito Control

29 May, 2014 by Jodi Chick 32 Comments

Dog Friendly Mosquito Repellent Plants

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…

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15 Ideas for Surviving the Muddy Season with Dogs

24 April, 2014 by Jodi Chick 14 Comments

muddy dog paw solutions

 Spring has sprung, yo!

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dog-friendly living expert Jodi Chick

I’m Jodi, the person behind the pup here at Kol’s Notes. I love desserts, netflixs and obviously, dogs. You can learn more about me, why I do this and the dogs that changed my life here.


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