BADRAP Blog
Welcome!
We’ve been blogging for nearly 18 years, so while we migrate our more popular blog posts over here, interested readers may want to dig through our archives here for other goodies: Former Blog Site.
Your Housing Search: The Basics
Need Housing for You and Your Dog(s)? HOW you search can be more important than WHERE you search. 1. Review this link to make sure you're putting your best foot forward when discussing pets with
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The 11/6 Vote: Calling all Earthlings
SAVE HER! (Save WHO?) We've all gotten so good at organizing to save lives, including and especially the yearly rush to save thousands and thousands of animal victims of global warming-related natural disasters. WHAT IF all our life
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Pit Bull Awareness Month – Who? What? Why?
Pit Bull Awareness Month. It was originally organized to shine a spotlight on dogs described as Pit Bulls and their mixes as a way to help newcomers learn why they're valued members of our
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The humans behind the dogs you love to love
"Where do your dogs come from?" Having a way to help any dog who tugs at the heartstrings can be a huge gift and a terrible burden. How do you possibly decide who to rescue
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April Fools – An Anniversary
It all started on April Fool's Day. Today marks the first day of our 20th year of doing BADRAP. Twenty! Holy wow. This gorgeous spring day comes with the knowing that it's not "One dog
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Kicking the steroid cycle to heal the dog
The (skin) struggle is real! Karen and John Deal had been struggling with Nico's dermatitis nonstop when we first met them. Under the care of her veterinarian, they'd been giving Nico oral steroids (Prednisone) for six long years
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Newcomers Camp
Good vibes, Oakland-style Our Wednesdays have been busy with a special 'Camp' that focuses on helping some really great kids gain marketable job skills. This project is in partnership with the Rudsdale Newcomer High School in East
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Help us educate!
Show off your dog and help us educate. We're looking for clear, fun photos and short (10sec max) videos of dogs having a blast while exercising in safe ways. ANY breed type works for us!
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2018: May the Force be with us all!
2018 - We are so ready for you. But before you arrive, we have to gather our wits from the whiplash lessons of 2017. It was an undeniably difficult year. Because the connections between fundamental human
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Welcome to our new and improved website!
It's been a long time coming ... We're happy to unveil BADRAP's updated website. We hope you like it. As we sharpen our dog owner support focus, our goal for the upgrade has been to make the site more smart
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