Each year, Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) offers residents a chance to adopt a desert tortoise. This year, nearly 100 desert tortoises will awaken to prepare for summer and AZGFD wants to make sure ...
Despite the fact that water covers 71% of the earth, we are finding ourselves with rapidly dwindling water supplies. Those of us in North America are very fortunate because we have large aquifers and a ...
This year, I’m very excited that BlogPaws 2016 will be held in what is essentially my backyard. As a person who has been in Arizona for over thirty years, I feel like I can call ...
Tell someone you live in Arizona and they immediately think about resort life, retirement, year-round golf, beautiful winter temps (highs in the 70s, lows in the 30s), and sunshine for 350 days a year (even ...
Mayke is a Belgian Malinois who was born in Germany and educated at an enormous expense to track smugglers on the US-Mexico border. Somewhere along the way to Texas, the dog discovered her innate fear of ...
There is no margin for error with pets in the deserts of the Southwest. A 21-year-old man learned this the hard way after taking a hike with his roommate's dog in the Arizona desert. With ...
We’re continuing our discussion of the deadly dangers in the desert for pets. Today, we’re discussing one of the most obvious ones: rattlesnakes. Since I’ve lived here, I’ve seen my fair share of snakes. They ...
Today we continue our look into the deadly world of the Sonoran Desert, one of the most deadly (and beautiful) places on earth. We have lived here for over twenty years and are quite familiar ...
Arizona. It’s one of the most hostile, yet hauntingly beautiful places in the world. But our Sonoran desert is filled with danger for us and to our pets. One of these dangers is the Sonoran ...
Water is a precious resource for every species on Earth. We’re fortunate because in North America, we have many water resources. But, probably because we have the ability to turn on a faucet and pour ...