Tag: pets

  • How We Ended Up With a Bernedoodle

    I’ll just say it upfront: the Bernedoodle is one of the most bougie dogs on the planet. Possibly the most bougie. We own one. His name is Hobbes. He’s been part of the family for three years now, and I feel like I should explain how that happened, because it wasn’t exactly a straight line.…

  • When GPS Dog Fencing is Not Accurate: A $600 Lesson in Canine Trauma

    I bought a PetSafe Guardian GPS fence for our bernedoodle Hobbes in September 2023. Six hundred dollars. I used it for two or three months before I quit. I should have quit sooner. We live on a rural property the wrong size for an underground wireless fence — too big to bury affordably, too small…