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Trying to think up a GOOD French name for your pooch? Visit these links for some fun auto-name generators. They can either provide a name or a push in the right direction.

French Male Name Generator

French Female Name Generator

Or, if you want to be trendy:
Trendy Name Generator

Try this one if you want a romantic name and to give your darling a character background:
Marie-Suzette Generator

Or maybe you want a pup with a notorious past?
Anti-Marie-Suzette Generator

And after all that work, you’ll be hungry. How about some Chinese food?
Chinese Resturant Name Generator

Check out this self-representing artist and her adorable Frenchie portrait.

Keely Willoughby, Blue Dingo Design

Etsy store and info about Malcom, the dog in the portrait.

It’s a busy time for boarding facilities and pet-sitters. This is the time of year when many people travel and take vacations. Prepping your pets and checking out the facility is all part of it.
American Boarding Kennels Association
ASPCA tips on boarding
Denver Post article on boarding

If you are boarding your pet, most facilities will require up-to-date shots and a Bordetella booster. It’s best if you can give the booster 7-10 days prior so immunity has time to develop. What is Bordetella? It’s a type of dog flu, also called “Kennel Cough.” Not fun for your dog or for you.

If you are using a house sitter, make sure they have good references and/or are insured and bonded. Most good sitters will want to meet prior to the first sitting service to meet your pet and discuss their services with you.
10 Recommended Quality Standards for Pet Sitters

The last thing you want to do on a vacation or your time off is worry about your pets. Making sure you have a quality boarding facility or pet-sitter lined up will make your time off much more enjoyable and relaxing.

Happy holidays and safe travels!

Easy, easy. Just click to feed and care for animals in need.

(And there’s more buttons to click if you want to help out other good causes: Literacy, Child Health, Breast Cancer, Hunger, and the Rainforest.)

No sense in restating what’s been stated so well already. But if you are thinking of giving a holiday puppy, please visit these sites and read the pros and cons. There IS a right and a wrong way to do it.
No Christmas Puppies, Please!
Christmas Puppies? Hanukkah Kittens?
Puppies as Christmas presents?
A puppy for Christmas? Not quite…
The Christmas Puppy

And never thought of this, vets dread and look forward to the holiday-pet aftermath.
Look out! Holiday pets are on their way.