I went to visit my mother over the weekend to pick up my two girls and during the visit she brought to my attention a pretty cool store for pets. It is an all natural pet store with an online presence. This would’nt typically be a topic of interest for me, but there is background to this story.
About 3 months ago, my wife and girls surprised me by bringing home a “Shi-Poo”(forgive me if I spelled this wrong). This is a small, albeit cute, furry little rascal. It was even a bigger surprise to me because the day before Max arrived, we as a family determined that we were not going to get a pet because of my allergies to most animals, and especially dogs. We determined this after I walked out of a local pet store with puffy, red, watery eyes and a runny nose while visiting with dogs. As a child, I was nick named ” The Boy in the Plastic Bubble” because of the frequency of being hospitalized and put under a plastic tent for oxygen because of my accute asthma attacks brought on by allergies and the like.
Moving on……Well, commented my wife ” the Shi-Poo is hypoallergenic”! Don’t believe the hype people, there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic dog. There are dogs that people with allergies are less sensitive to, nonetheless in many cases the allergic response is still there and was for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I am not a dog hater by any means and in fact I am a lover of all animals from a far:-) Unfortunately for little Max, he got caught in the middle of a battle that had less to do with him and more to do with the frustration about my families lack of sensitivity to my sniffles. To that end, in the past 3 months Max and I have come to know and understand one another as well as appreciate one another. We are pretty good friends now, but we still have boundaries (Max cannot come up stairs). My allergies have been mild and manageable but more importantly the wife and kids are giddy about having little Max around. Max appears equally happy to have a family that loves and cares for him.
Recently, we notice that Max is sensitive to the food we have been feeding him. He either doesnt like it, or coughs it up like a cat with a hairball! I was intrigued with the idea of bringing home the natural pet store guide to Jessica (my wife) so that she could find alternative food options for Max. The natural food store has just about everything you could imagine for pets:
- Natural Flea & Tick Control ( My mother swears it is the best thing since Roller Disco)
- Huge Selection of Natural Food
- Natural Pet Vitamins
- Holistic Remedies for Pets
- and more…
The web address is www.onlynaturalpet.com. I am not affiliated in any way to this company, just a big believer in holistic foods and medicines as well as living with a sense of consideration for the environment.
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