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Big Changes Are Coming!
Big Changes Are Coming!
When I posted my last blog way back in April 2019, I had no intention of taking a ten-month break from Love, Laugh, Woof. This blog has been my passion project and I never expected to want to take so long away, but in reality, I was feeling burnt out and in need of some changes.
Today I am very excited to announce that this blog is coming back better than ever with a new name, a new website, and…
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Adventures in Puppy Sitting
Adventures in Puppy Sitting
It’s probably not a big surprise that my very first job was as a dog sitter. I was only about twelve years old and our retired neighbors trusted me to take care of their Pekingese when they would travel to see their grandkids. They knew me well, were my emergency adult contacts after school when I waited for my parents to get home, and I always played with their grandkids when they visited.
I…
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The RV Pet Safety Monitor at Home and Away
The RV Pet Safety Monitor at Home and Away
As a reader of the Love, Laugh, Woof blog, you know that pet safety is one of my passions. It is also one of my favorite topics about which to write. This is why I was so excited when I learned about the RV Pet Safety Monitor a few years ago.
What is the RV Pet Safety Monitor?
The RV Pet Safety Monitor from Nimble Wireless is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and measures in just…
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A Puppy Momma In a Baby Conversation
A Puppy Momma In a Baby Conversation
Last weekend we hung out with friends who work with my husband. Several of the couples have had babies in the last year. There was much passing back and forth of the two youngest babies along with conversations about human baby topics. Every adult wanted their turn at holding the adorable babies. They smelled them, and nuzzled them and spoke in baby voices.
Except me.
Don’t get me wrong, I love…
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Love and Your Dog's Holistic Health
Love and Your Dog’s Holistic Health
Love, Patience and Your Dog’s Holistic Health
There is a popular phrase that I see frequently on merchandise and on social media. It reads, “If love would have saved you, you would have lived forever” and is used to commemorate our love for our dogs. It speaks to me because I feel that way about all of the dogs I have loved who have gone to the Rainbow Bridge.
I’ve been writing for a few years…
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How to Get Gum Off a Labrador Paw (And Other Things That Happened on Our Walk Today)
How to Get Gum Off a Labrador Paw (And Other Things That Happened on Our Walk Today)
Last week I swore off the local park. I promised myself that, at least in the warmer months, I would take Jackson and Tinkerbell to various local and state parks that offered more of a woodsy experience instead of encounters with irresponsible dog owners and random items of trash that my dogs find much faster than I do. In less than a week, though, I forgot that vow and the dogs and I took…
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Walking Your Dog After Hibernating All Winter
Walking Your Dog After Hibernating All Winter
After what seems like a particularly harsh winter in the Chicagoland area, people are starting to come out of hibernation. Because I have a firm rule that my dogs are never to be outside without human supervision, I am outside with Jackson and Tinkerbell all year. Between November and March, though, I normally am the only human, and definitely the only adult. As a result, I don’t need a groundhog…
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My Shoulder Injury and Why You Need a Dog Sitter in Your Life
My Shoulder Injury and Why You Need a Dog Sitter in Your Life
It’s crazy how one poorly placed foot can change your life, or at least cause a lot of pain and aggravation. Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way when I slipped on some ice in our driveway and went crashing face forward onto the frozen blacktop at the end of January.
One minute I was upright, trying my hardest to walk like a penguin like the “experts” advise. The next minute I was on my…
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Kids With a Heart for Dogs
Kids With a Heart for Dogs
Some of the blankets the children created for shelter dogs. Photo credit, Natalie Navarro. https://www.natalienavarrophotography.com/
In this journey as a canine lifestyle blogger, I have met a lot of fellow business owners at various networking meetings and events, who have started unique companies based on their own passions and professional skills. Through networking and coffee outings,…
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Pivoting and Adapting as a Dog Owner
The Perfectly Imperfect Puppy
The Perfectly Imperfect Puppy
The other day I read somewhere that January 14 is the day each year that most people give up on their New Year’s Resolutions. On that day, I also happened to see the first “I need to sell my puppy, he has too much energy for this family” post on the Next Door social media platform. And while the two situations are not directly linked – meaning I doubt that someone has said, “This is the year…
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Magic Acts & True Stories: Taking Love, Laugh, Woof into 2019
Magic Acts & True Stories: Taking Love, Laugh, Woof into 2019
As a writer, there is not much worse than staring at a blank screen and not having any words making their magnificent journey from brain to fingers, which is how I describe the process that happens so easily when you are writing from the heart. In 2018, having a lack of inspiration and nothing to say was way too common of an occurrence for me. Day after day, week after week, I stared at a…
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Our Newest DogSitter
Earlier this month my husband and I went out of town for several weeks to spend time with my family in Florida and to go to our beloved Disney World. This annual trek is so precious because it is our time to be together without anyone needing anything from us and we get to put adulting on hold and act like kids, or at least much younger adults.
Of course, I have written about these trips before,…
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April the Giraffe & The People's Choice Awards
April the Giraffe & The People’s Choice Awards
This morning I was enjoying my morning coffee and watching a show that I had recorded on the DVR off of the E! network. I saw an ad for the People’s Choice Awards show that will be broadcast on Sunday, November 11, 2018, and thought to myself, “OOH! I have to set the DVR for that to see if April wins her category!”Â
Immediately after that thought I nearly spit my coffee out as I laughed out loud…
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A Beautiful Blessing From Bentley's Pet Stuff
A Beautiful Blessing From Bentley’s Pet Stuff
Last week our country observed the seventeenth anniversary of the horrific September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. I had intentionally stayed away from social media that day because I am adamant that I never want to profit in any way from the murder of 2,996 innocent people, even if it is from an increase in clicks and engagement because I posted something. That is how seriously I take that…
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My Dogs are My Self Care
My Dogs are My Self Care
Lately I am seeing the phrase “self care” everywhere I look. Now, maybe it’s been around longer than I know and I’m only now noticing it, because I have been going through a lot of personal changes myself the last few years. I have been learning about mindfulness, meditation, energy, connecting with the source energy of the universe, reading non-fiction books about people with life advice, and…
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Earlier this month I wrote about my new Nimble Wireless RV Pet Safety Monitor that I was excited to try in our new camper…and then we sold the camper! I’m kinda sad because we spent so long looking for the camper, and it was so perfect for us, but we got an offer we couldn’t refuse and decided we weren’t using it enough to justify the expense of storing it and paying for insurance, and it still wasn’t exactly what we wanted as it did not really fit all five adults and two dogs. So, we are back to browsing for the right camper for next season. However, I have still had fun testing out the Nimble Wireless RV Pet Safety Monitor in various other places.
The Nimble Wireless RV Pet Safety Monitor transmits data using the Verizon Wireless network, so if you have mobile service, this device should work. If you are boondocking way out in the middle of nowhere, you might get service or you might not, but if you are that far out in the middle of the wilderness, there probably isn’t anywhere that you won’t be taking your dog since chances are you will be doing all outdoor sports and not going to tourist attractions that do not allow pets, which is, of course, the whole reason you would need to monitor the temperature of your RV from a distance.
Because your device is tied to a wireless network you will need to sign up for either a monthly service plan or an annual service plan depending on your needs. If you are a full-time RVer, you would probably want the annual plan. With the monthly plan, you can start or stop your service whenever you want.
Once your plan is purchased and your device is charged, you want to give your device a day or so to connect to the network and get all synched up. That’s as technical as I will get because my expertise is living your best life with your dogs, not techy-stuff.
The last step is to download the RV Pet Safety app, log in with your account, and go to the Settings tab to add any phone numbers and email addresses where you want to receive alerts and to choose your minimum and maximum temperature settings. You can also choose if you want to receive battery percentage alerts to tell you how much battery power you have. The nice thing is that you can easily go into the app and turn these on and off and also change the frequency of alerts.
I set my device to alert me when the temperature went under 40 degrees or over 70, then I moved the device around the house and took it on car rides with me during which I left it in the hot car while I went about my day. Sure enough, as the temperature in my car reached the maximum, the alerts began and continued until the device was back in an environment under that temperature.
I found the device to be pretty accurate give or take a degree or so, and that could be my own thermostat at home that is off since this device has been in use monitoring the restaurant industry for many years. It even detected a change when I moved it to the windowsill in our bedroom where the sun was coming through the curtains and warming up the particular spot where I had placed the device.
I like this device for the purpose of RV monitoring and think it will give considerable peace of mind. I could see this as being useful to professional dog show handlers, police departments that do not have other solutions in place for their K9 officers, search and rescue handlers, boarding kennel or doggie daycare operators or really anyone who participates in dog sports like hunting, conformation, rally obedience or barn hunt with more than one dog. This device can technically be used in the car, but I am a strong proponent that dogs never be left alone in any car regardless of the weather because of the rate at which cars heat up and the potential for the theft of the dog or car or both.
If you want more information on the Nimble Wireless RV Pet Safety Device, check out their website https://rvpetsafety.com.
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Actual temperature inside my car on an overcast 80 degree day
Alert settings in the app
Edit settings in the app
In-app help
In-app help
In-app help
Refer friends from within th eapp
Example of an email alert
Example of text alerts
This post is sponsored by Nimble Wireless.
 My New RV Pet Safety Monitor Part 2: Setup and Testing Earlier this month I wrote about my new Nimble Wireless RV Pet Safety Monitor that I was excited to try in our new camper...and then we sold the camper!