4 Shocking Effects of Climate Change on Your Dog
And What You Can Do About It Climate change is here to stay. Understanding the effects of climate change on your dog is the difficult reality dog parents have to face. You might think, my dog stays inside where it’s temperature controlled, goes to the vet regularly,...
Pro-Tek™ Pro-Tips – 5 Easy Steps to Removing Stubborn Tea and Coffee Stains
How to Get Coffee Stains Out of Your Clothes, Couch, Carpet Coffee stains are ugly, smelly and inevitable. You stagger into the kitchen half awake, pour yourself a nice hot cup, and have a seat on the couch to watch the morning news. Then Buddy jumps up on your lap,...
Heroic Dogs: 10 Times Someone Lived Because of Their Bravery
What makes a heroic dog? National Dog Day is Aug 26, and we like to think every dog has the making of a hero. They’re unconditional love wrapped in fur. They snuggle up to watch TV with us at the end of a long day. They get us out of bed on time to go for a walk. Dogs...
3 Scandalous Crimes Hiding Behind the Innocent Cherry
And Why You Can Eat Cherries Guilt-Free Bloody Cherry Mess? "It looks like a crime scene in here!" I remarked to my neighbor as I walked into her covered patio. Her hands, the table, even her chair were splattered in blood red stains, as if an axe murderer had hacked...
Pro-Tek Pro-Tips – How to Clean Your Gas Grill–Without Toxic Grill Sprays
10 Steps to a long lasting grill and food that tastes better. Mmmm. There's nothing like the mouthwatering aroma of hamburgers or chicken or fish cooked on a gas grill. Your gas grill is an important part of backyard living, and proper cleaning will not only make your...
Father’s Day and National Soul Food Month Can Mean Only 1 Glorious Thing:
Cooking with Dad (and Bacon) National Soul Food Month was created to celebrate the ingenious tradition of taking the ingredients you have to make tasty, nourishing, and comforting food. It’s an homage to African-Americans of old, who combined cheaper, less appealing...
Pro-Tek Pro Tips – How to Clean Your Kitchen the #foodsafe Way
How's how to clean your kitchen so your food is safe from germs and toxins--without bleach. If you're accustomed to that capful of bleach to disinfect your kitchen, you're not alone, but you are taking a risk. Bleach is toxic. The CDC recently reported a case of a...
Worrisome Challenges Dogging Animal Shelters and their Ingenious Solutions
Overcrowding, tight budgets and supply shortages come nose-to-nose with creative answers With dogs living in over half of all American households, chances are you’ve been to your local dog shelter at least once. You’ve probably been hit up for a donation, asked to...
Pro-Tek Pro Tips – How to Spiff up Your Tire Rims and Hub Caps
Here's how to clean your tire rims and hub caps so they sparkle for summer. Spring time is mud season where I live, and between puddles and brake dust my tires will tell you so. While a run through the car wash helps, there's a feeling of pride that comes with a...
Think Sweetest, Greenest Mother’s Day Ever
9 Green Mother's Day Gifts Your Mother Will Love, Even If You Wait Until the Last Minute With Mother's Day only a week away, if you still need a gift, you've come to the right post. I consider myself something of an expert, being a mom and all. Not only are these gift...
50 of the Most Scenic RV Campgrounds in America
Because you deserve to be wowed. You clean eco-friendly. You reduce, reuse, recycle and go as green as you can--all to take good care of Mother Earth. RV camping means its Her turn to take care of you. Scenic RV campgrounds are some of the best way to let Mother Earth...
Fun Fact
The use of single-use plastic packaging, which is largely not recyclable, has grown from 120,000 tons in 1960 to 12.7 million tons in 2006. U.S. EPA, 2006. 2006 MSW Characterization Data Tables