I thought I would take this chance at my first blog entry to discuss something I am going through right now, and hope to inform other Arizona dog owners about the nasty problem of Valley Fever.

About 5 weeks ago, my dog was diagnosed with this. It has not been fun. I won't go into a dissertation about the nature of the disease, but a lot of good information can be found here.

Valley Fever is a fungus that lives in the Southwest soil. There is not currently a vaccine...