Your cell phone is dinging with Facebook notifications, the e-mail in your inbox keeps piling up and that laundry you need to do is just sitting in the corner, silently judging you. There are a million and one things competing for your time and attention, and they’re all screaming that they are the most important. It’s enough to make anyone’s head spin.

Then your dog comes in with a tennis ball and puts his head in your lap....

It’s really hard to consider, but every year in the U.S. 10 million dogs and cats are lost to their owners. 10 million!  That means 1 out of 3 pets will go missing in their lifetime. The numbers are staggering, and very hard to think about when you consider it being your furry family member.  But with numbers like these, its also crucial to think about how to prevent your dog from becoming lost, what to do if they are lost and what steps to take if you find a lost dog that isn’t yours.  With the right plan in place, we can reduce the number of dogs that become statistics.

One of the best parts of having a canine adventure buddy is all the exploring you get to do together. Hiking mountains, rivers, forests, canyons, and fields is so much better with a dog.  Tireless and joyful, your dog will go with you wherever you roam, including some very remote places.

But how do you handle it when one of you gets hurt on the trail?

Getting a new puppy so is so exciting!  Everything is new to them, and it’s fun to watch them explore the world.  Their first encounter with stairs, learning how to carry a stick twice their size, protecting you from their reflection in the mirror and so much more.  And there is a lot you have to teach your puppy. He needs to know where to go to the bathroom, how to chew bones and not the new shoes you just bought, and how to sleep on his own.  

You got a puppy in part to have an awesome adventure buddy.  But have you given much thought to what you’ll need to teach your puppy to become the ultimate adventure dog?  Some people simply head out on the trail with their new puppy and hope for the best. But you weren’t born knowing how to hike, camp and climb, and neither was your puppy. 

Here are our top training tips to set you and your dog up for many miles of successful camping trips and mountain trails.

Did you know that 2 January is National Pet Travel Safety Day? And with a company slogan like Never Roam Alone™… we can obviously get behind a holiday like this. 

(Seriously… we don’t make these things up, just ask Google.)

Your dog is a member of the family and likely to tag along when you hit the road, but just like traveling with any other family member, their safety and comfort is important regardless of the distance or destination. 

We’ve put together a list of 10 safety tips for you and your best friend.

Here at ZUMI. we often talk about what we can learn from our dogs. Whether we’re talking about being a more compassionate or empathetic person or maybe finding more presence in our day to day life… 

Dogs just have this shit figured out.

So if you’re here and you possibly agree with our “woo-woo” (or are even just open minded to it), we’ve got some great news for you...

It’s a process. Not an achievement.

Today is a special day at the ZUMI office because we’re celebrating Esha’s 10th birthday!

She’s the last of the office dog birthdays for 2019, so we sorta make a thing of it, even though everyday is a party in Esha’s world.

Also, we do try to keep this level of crazy-dog-people-ness limited to one day a year... you know, for our street cred.