25 Mar

Pet Camp’s New Retractable Roof – What It Adds

Pet Camp has always prided itself on being the pet care facility for pets – not humans.  We’re not posh, we don’t spend our money on branded dog beds or food carts, we spend our money (which means the money you spend with us) on the things we think will make your pet’s stay amazing. […]


21 Mar

Pet Camp is "Open To All"

Pet Camp recently signed the OPEN TO ALL pledge and signed up to get our window decals (without the yelp marketing component).  For those of you who don’t know, businesses that sign the OPEN TO ALL pledge commit to: Maintain a welcoming and safe environment for people – including employees, visitors, customers, vendors and clients […]


18 Mar

What’s that Smell? Decoding Dog Flatulence

OMG. What’s that smell? In my house we can almost always blame flatulence on my 16-year old son Quinn; even when the dogs (and we have 3 of them) let loose, Quinn gets blamed. But what if you’re not fortunate to have a “fart-goat” in the house? How do you deal with your dog’s gaseous […]


5 Mar

My Dog is Not "Chattel," My Dog Is Family

I admit it, I look at other pet care facilities’ web sites.  I look at how cool some of the web sites are, what services they offer, how much they charge – the normal stuff any neurotic small business owner would do to make sure they stay competitive.  One of the areas I always look […]


27 Feb

Giardia in Dogs: What You Need To Know

I don’t often go to the dog parks in San Francisco.  Part of the reason I don’t go is that I’m spoiled enough to take my dogs to work with me every day, part of the reason is time (or the lack thereof), and part of the reason is the dog park itself (this was […]


15 Feb

Dog Parks and Bars: More In Common Than You Might Think

The other week I attended the 5th annual Owners’ of Doggie Day Care Convention (often referred to as the ODD Ball).  It’s three days of discussions of best practices as well as presentations by pet care professionals and other experts. This year one of the presenters was Michael Shikashio of Complete Canines, LLC. Most of […]


5 Feb

An Educated Pet Parent is Pet Camp’s Best Customer

Growing up in the Garden State, I often heard Sy Syms say “An educated consumer is our best customer.”  I’m not sure that his stores, SYMS and Filene’s Basement, ended up filing for bankruptcy speaks to the quality of the stores or the quality of his educational efforts (or of course something else.)  But frankly, […]


8 Jan

Politics and Business: How to Treat the Relationship on Social Media

Right before Christmas, on the day the partial government shutdown started, we posted something on our Facebook page asking WTF was going on in Washington, D.C.  Someone who liked our page (though I don’t think is a client), took umbrage at our post for not supporting the President and said she was through with Pet […]


19 Dec

Homeschoolers need socialization, and so do dogs!

There are lots of opinions about homeschooling kids. Some parents swear by it and some swear at it; thankfully this blog is not meant to persuade anyone of the pros or cons of homeschooling. Even the advocates of homeschooling agree that an important component of homeschool is ensuring adequate socialization. Sure, what “adequate” means and […]