Stray Magnet Blog

Cat Allergies-Really?

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I spent four hours being tested for allergies and was excited to find out exactly what I was allergic to. I also was looking forward to asking an expert if a lot of people are really allergic to cats or is it just an easy excuse for not wanting to have one. Not only did I […]

Pet Friendly Apartment Living

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Apartment Living, pet-friendly options We resided in an apartment for five months (May-October) while we were renovating our home. Week one was a little bit of an adjustment all six of us (4 humans, 2 pets) living in a small space but I received an email that shined a light on a huge positive for this […]

Welcome to Stray Magnet

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I’ve been an animal lover my whole life and aspired to have my own business one day. I envisioned a petfriendly restaurant with a separate pet store beside, pet daycare in back with a special self serve bath station, and some guest rooms upstairs to make it petfriendly B&B. Drop off your dog on the […]

Brooksie, a Sewanee rescue

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When you are an animal lover and you do take notice of strays and publicly try to help them, sometimes you become “the go to” in a community for help with animals. One night I heard a knocking on my window. When I came to let the student in I noticed she had a little […]

Opossums are animals too

Let me just premise this by saying I have the most wonderful thoughtful husband in the world. He is amazing with our kids and loves animals. One morning as he was headed off to work, the kids and I walked him to his car. Looking off into the yard I saw something unusually big on […]