It’s National Dog Day! (There is a holiday for everything, isn’t there?)  August 26th is the nation’s official annual celebration of dogs (more info here www.nationaldogday.com). It is a way to show public recognition for all of the wonderful things about our dogs and to celebrate their love, companionship, loyalty, patience and their amazing capacity [...]

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We get to have lots of interesting conversations with our wonderful customers at our retail store and grooming salon at Dee-O-Gee in Bozeman, MT.  Listed below are answers and explanations to 3 of the more common questions we get. 1) Can my dog have Chocolate? The worst a Hershey bar can do to you is [...]

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10. Your hairdresser doesn’t remove the boogies from your eyes. 9. You don’t go eight weeks without washing or brushing your hair. 8. Your hairdresser doesn’t give you a sanitary trim. 7. Your hairdresser doesn’t clean your eyes. 6. Your hairdresser doesn’t wash and clean your rear end! 5. You sit still for the hairdresser. [...]

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Have you ever heard the saying – you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink?  We at Dee-O-Gee think that is accurate.  The same might be true for dogs, too. You can have plenty of fresh clean water available but that doesn’t mean a dog will drink it.  Jericho (our [...]

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We know you love your d-o-g … you love how they make you smile, how they are always excited to see you, how they play so gently with your kids … but, what does your d-o-g love about you?  Here are a few ways in which you could show your d-o-g that you love them [...]

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We have recently been notified by Natura of a purchase agreement between Natura (makers of Innova, EVO and California Natural) and Procter & Gamble.  The closing of the sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including receiving regulatory approval.  The closing is anticipated to occur in early June 2010.  Natura has long been the industry [...]

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Spring time in Bozeman, MT is usually indicated by a repeated mix of sunny and snowy days!  Spring time at Dee-O-Gee is usually indicated by an over-full grooming schedule.  So, why all of the rush to get dogs in to the groomer in the spring time?  A few reasons … Most every dog will need [...]

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As some of you may know, we at Dee-O-Gee (Josh & Holly) are expecting a newborn in the next few weeks. We have been talking about how to best prepare Jericho (the resident Papillon at Dee-O-Gee) for the day when the new baby arrives at home and his world changes forever. Perhaps some of you [...]

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Arthritis isn’t just a human disease. Dogs get it, too. And they get it a lot more often than you might think. Arthritis is a degenerative joint disease that wears away the smooth joint cartilage, causing the exposed raw bone surfaces to rub together. This results in an ongoing degeneration of the joint, pain and [...]

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As we approach Valentine’s Day at Dee-O-Gee, we like to pause and think of the reasons we love our d-o-g’s.  As you know, there are many of those reasons … dog breath, puppy eyes, yellow spots in your lawn, chewed up shoes … we could go on and on. Another one of the reasons we [...]

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