How to Make Pet Blogging Suck Less in 2021

Every year, I participate in a pet blogger round-up hosted by Colby of Puppy in Training, which is an opportunity for pet bloggers to check in with each other, share their knowledge and experience, ask questions, and close the book on another year in blogging. Whether...

Can Bloggers Be Sued for Sharing an Opinion?

Have you heard the news? The popular website on dog health and nutrition, Dogs Naturally Magazine, has filed a lawsuit against CocoTherapy, a small, family-run business that promotes coconut oil for pets. When I read the news I was stunned. Dogs Naturally Magazine has...

Challenging the Raw Feeding Trolls

WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND EXAMPLES OF AGGRESSIVE COMMENTS I'VE RECEIVED FROM READERS. Keep the Tail Wagging® is a personal blog where I share what I'm learning as I raise five dogs (I started with two dogs). I don't call myself an expert, I...

Moving Past the ‘Death of Raw Feeding’

Every January, there is a pet blogger challenge. It's a great way to connect with other bloggers, take a look at the past year, and gain some inspiration for the new year. I'm so inspired by this challenge that I tried to do one for the fresh food community and it...

Join the Raw Feeding Open House #BlogHop

2019 was a year of learning and evolving both personally, with how I approach raw feeding, and the direction I'm taking my blogging business. I'm so thankful for all of my experiences, both good and bad, and I'm happy see 2019 coming to an end. #Kimberly2020 What is a...

So You Want to Be a Pet Blogger

Although I grew up writing in journals (that my mom read and lectured me about – jeez), I didn’t automatically leap into blogging when it became mainstream.  I started my first blog, My Pet Impressions Photography, when I was trying to build a pet photography...

7 Comments I Don’t Allow on My Blog

I've been blogging for more than 10 years. For the first eight years, I had a thin skin and was easily offended, but then I began to see a trend in the people I had a conflict with on social media and that helped me take a step back and look at my social media...

101 Pet Blogger Topic Ideas

When it comes to raising our dogs, I’m not the only passionate pet parent out there who is inspired to share their story with others. It's FANTASTIC that there are so many of us out there who are sharing our stories because it helps so many people make better...

How Much Money Does Keep the Tail Wagging® Earn?

I recently received a comment from No Thanks who has the email address NoThanks@YouAreTheBiggestLiarHowCanYouEvenSleepAtNight.com and the website SellOut.com. As you can tell, this person believes that I'm a liar; their issue is that they believe I'm not honest about...

Results of the 2017 Blog Reader Survey #PetBloggerChallenge

I launched Keep the Tail Wagging six years ago as an outlet for my love of two littermate puppies and changed the focus of my blog to raw feeding in April 2014 when I realized that I wasn't the only one who was struggling with DIY raw feeding.  Thanks to you, Keep the...

Blog Reader Survey | Preparing for The Year of the Dog

Thank you for helping me make this blog a useful resource for dog parents. Sunday, December 24th marks six years of blogging about dogs. I launched Keep the Tail Wagging 6 years ago with a post about adopting littermate puppies. Should I Adopt 1 Puppy or 2? Today, I...

When They Go Low, I Go High #2017PetBloggerChallenge

I look forward to this time of year every year.  Although I've distanced myself from the BlogPaws community (a community of pet bloggers who work together to share pet related information and stories), I still love catching up with what the other pet bloggers are...

How I Earn Money Sharing My Experience as a Raw Feeder

I started blogging in 2009 when I discovered pet photography.  I knew people took pictures of their pets, I just had no idea that some were paid for the pleasure.  After a few years, I left photography behind and continued with the blogging.  I love it! I love sharing...

What’s New This Week in Raw Feeding?

  What's New This Week in Raw Feeding We survived the storm. Chewy.com is going to start selling frozen raw. Criminal Minds featured raw feeding!!! Rodney Habib launches a new Q&A series. I explain the basics of raw feeding. Criminal Minds: Adam Rodriguez's...

What’s New in Raw Feeding this Week? – #8

Did you see my post about The Seattle Pet Expo was last week?  I received an invitation to invest in a booth in the 2017 Seattle Pet Expo, and I declined.  It's expensive. This week was pretty uneventful.  I've been having fun posting excerpts of emails I receive from...