Housemates

How to price a pet honestly before you bring one home

The adoption fee is the number everyone remembers and the least useful one they will ever be told. It is a rounding error against what follows, and it arrives at the one moment when nobody is in the…

By Beatrix Penrose 2026-04-10 5 min

Housemates

Taking a dog or cat on a long road trip

The bad version of this trip is decided long before the trip. The carrier lives in a closet and comes out twice a year, both times to go to the vet. The dog has been in the car…

By Anika Ibarra 2026-02-18 4 min