Oct 22, 2026 · National Pumpkin Day lands on Monday, October 26, 2026, and your dog may be the happiest one to celebrate. Plain pumpkin is one of the few fall flavors that’s actually good for dogs, so this is a holiday you can share. Here’s how to do it safely, plus a few easy […]

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October 22, 2026

Dogs & National Pumpkin Day 2026

“But you don’t look sick.” If you live with an invisible disability, you’ve probably heard that sentence more times than you can count. It’s usually meant kindly. But it carries a quiet assumption: that if an illness can’t be seen, it can’t be that serious. An invisible disability is any condition that significantly affects daily […]

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October 19, 2026

Seen and Unseen: Living with Invisible Disabilities

Oct 16, 2026 · Grab the ball and clear some space: Saturday, October 17, 2026, is National Fetch Day. It’s a day to celebrate the simplest, happiest game there is, one ball, one dog, and one human willing to throw it again. And again. And again.  Zelda Sayre, Fetch professional In our house, nobody takes […]

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October 16, 2026

Fetch Like Zelda: Celebrating National Fetch Day

The cool bathroom tile offered a small mercy against Charley’s flushed skin, but the sudden, violent wave of nausea had her pinned to the floor. Her Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) joints throbbed fiercely from the abrupt move to the bathroom, making every micro-movement pure agony. It was always rough the day after her Amjectiva injection, when […]

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October 11, 2026

Chronic Illness & Teamwork: How My Husband Willy and My Service Dog Zelda Sayre Get Me Through the Hardest Nights

It started in my kitchen Today, Bark Bites made its very first public appearance at Barks and Treats in Avondale, Arizona, and I’m still smiling about it. A few months ago, Zero to Zoomies was just an idea, a stack of recipe notes, and two very patient four-legged taste-testers, Lambeau and Zelda Sayre. Today, it […]

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October 4, 2026

From Zero to Zoomies: Our First Event at Barks and Treats

There’s a particular kind of morning that Arizonans wait all summer for. The air finally loses its bite, the sky goes deep, impossible blue, and for the first time in months you can step outside without bracing yourself. This morning was one of those. And like every morning, Zelda Sayre was the first to know […]

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September 28, 2026

Autumn Mornings with Zelda Sayre

More Than a Pet: The Life-Changing Work of Service Dogs I know it has been almost a year since my last blog post and SO MUCH has happened but I AM BACK!!! I will cover some of the life changing events which has happened over the past year in upcoming blog posts. For those unfamiliar […]

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September 19, 2026

National Service Dog Day