Sunday, August 25th from 11am to 3pm at Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine. Join Fish & Bone at this FREE festival to celebrate our four-legged friends! There will be plenty of other vendors there too, as well as live music, Maine’s BEST food trucks, animal welfare organizations and more! Attendees are encouraged to bring their pets, so Pet Rock is really a big two-legged…
Top Ten Reasons to Feed a Raw Food Diet to Your Pet
Thinking about boosting your pet’s bowl with raw, or switching to 100% raw? There are many more reasons to feed raw, but we stopped at our top ten (plus one bonus reason). If you can feed entirely raw, the results will be dramatic and undeniable. But even a small amount of raw, whether it’s in the bowl or a treat, boosts nutrition and opens the…
MA Tax-Free Weekend
All items in our Boston store (and our web store for MA shipping destinations) are tax-free during the MA sales tax holiday, aka Tax-Free Weekend, on 8/10-8/11/24. What does that mean exactly? Well, it means that you save the 6.25% sales tax, so in effect it’s like a 6.25% sale on everything! Everything?? Yes, everything! Does that include your web store? If your purchase is…
Beat the Heat: Essential Summer Safety Tips for Your Pets
Beat the Heat: How to Keep Your Pet Safe and Cool All Summer Long When temperatures climb, our pets can’t just kick off their shoes and grab a cold drink. They depend on us to help them stay cool — and the right gear makes all the difference. From evaporative vests to frozen treats, here’s how to build a summer safety plan for your dog…
Leave Your Car Behind & Unleash the Fun at Open Newbury
Open Newbury starts June 30, 2024! We are pawsitively thrilled to participate again this year! Mark your calendars for 12 consecutive Sundays (thru Sept. 1), because we’re bringing all the tail-wagging fun! Open Newbury: A Celebration of Boston’s Best Open Newbury is a vibrant celebration of everything that makes Boston’s historic Newbury Street so special. This year’s Open Newbury will bring days filled with: Street…
Reducing Your Carbon Paw-print: Earth-Friendly Products for Dogs & Cats
Do you know about the paw-some eco-friendly pet brands – like food, treats, toys and beds for your cats and dogs – that can actually help you mimimize your carbon paw-print while taking the very best care of your pets and the planet? Here are some of our favorites! Sustainable Pet Food Open Farm was founded on rigorous ethical sourcing principles in 2014 after the…
Chews Wisely: Safe Bones, Chews and Chew Toys for Your Dog
Choosing chews is an important decision for a dog mom or dog dad. Dogs need the jaw exercise and stimulation, and pet parents need to keep their pups healthy and occupied. So as a dog parent, what do you need to consider when ‘chewsing’? Turns out, a lot! Let’s break it down into the types of safe bones and chews, discuss raw bones v. cooked…
Appreciation Days for Dog Trainers
We love dogs. And if you spend a lot of time with lots of different kinds of dogs, you get that dogs need training. And by that I am not at the moment talking about what humans need from dogs. Independent of what we might want from them, dogs need training to support their emotional well-being and physical safety. But I digress. We love our local…