Pet stories.
Real stories from real owners — plus vet-reviewed reading on training, behaviour, places, and life with the dog who picked you.
The 3-3-3 rule — and how to use it when your rescue won’t eat.
Vets call it 3-3-3. Most new owners crash through it in week one. Here’s a stage-by-stage map of what they’re feeling — and what to do, and not do, in each.
Community I lived on this street six years. Pethood introduced me to my neighbour.
A founding-member essay on what hyperlocal actually means when it shows up at your door wagging.
Nutrition Reading a kibble label without the marketing fog.
Five lines that matter. Four that are there for you, not your dog. Plus the order to read them in.
Cats Your indoor cat needs a job. Seven that actually work.
Enrichment isn’t another plastic ball. Here’s what your cat is really telling you at 4am.
Training Loose-leash walking in two weeks. (Yes, really.)
A protocol from a force-free trainer, tested on 200+ rescues. No corrections required.
Health & vet The senior-dog blood panel: what each line actually means.
A vet walks through the numbers twice-a-year owners see — and the ones to actually watch.
Places 15 Zagreb cafés that actually mean it when they say “dogs welcome.”
A list with water-bowl honesty, photos of the actual seating, and no Instagram-friendly sponsorships. Updated monthly by the Pethood community.
Behaviour Why your puppy bites your hand at exactly 7pm.
The “witching hour” explained — and four interventions, ranked by how annoying they are to you.
Health & vet Tick season started in March this year. The new map.
Where they are, what they carry now, and the two prevention strategies vets quietly disagree on.
Community Our cat-people are quietly the best people on Pethood.
An ode to the 23% of users who don’t have a dog — and what we’ve learned from them about local-first social.