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Let readers know where discussions are happening by showing the comment count for articles

on your homepage.

In this tutorial, I'm going to walk you through the steps to implement comment counts

on your site.

For this example, I'll be using the Disqus blog.

To get started, we will need to add a single line of JavaScript code

to our site's homepage template.

You can copy this from either the Universal Code installation instructions page in your

Disqus Admin or in our Knowledge Base article.

Make sure to update the snippet with your site's shortname.

You can find your shortname in the General Settings in Disqus.

Next up: Paste the code snippet before the closing </body> tag in your site's template.

You'll need to add it to every page where you want comment counts to appear.

On the Disqus Blog, we use Hubspot as our CMS.

We're going to add the snippet to the Footer HTML for Blog Listing Pages.

Finally, add article links ending in #disqus_thread to your site's template where

you want the counts to appear.

This lets Disqus know which article to look up and return the corresponding comment count.

For the Disqus Blog, we're going to add the counts beneath the article titles.

Let's check the Disqus blog now.

Looks like the comment counts are showing correctly.

When readers click the link, they'll be able to load the article and jump directly

to the discussion.

If you'd like to customize the comment count text, you can do that in the Community Settings.

For example, if an article has no comments, you can change the default text to a call-to-action.

This is also useful for translating the text for your site's specific language.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful.

If you'd like to learn how to add comment counts to non-link elements or use identifiers

for generating counts, check out our knowledge base.

Thanks for watching.

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6 Things That Happen To Your Body When You Eat Turmeric Every Day - Duration: 4:32.

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Talk to an online therapist via Skype - Duration: 4:08.

Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to talk to an online therapist via Skype.

My name is Peter Strong and I specialize in mindfulness therapy, which I offer online

via Skype for the treatment of anxiety disorders, for help with depression, and also for help

in the recovery from addiction.

Online Therapy is a very convenient way of getting the help that you need and online

Mindfulness Therapy is particularly effective at teaching you how to work with the mind,

with thoughts, with emotions, with memories, with beliefs, with intrusive thoughts and

OCD, and other problems that arise essentially from patterns of habitual reactive thinking.

Anxiety and Depression are primarily habits caused by conditioned habitual reactive thinking,

and these can be overcome through training and that's what I teach during online therapy

sessions.

Being able to talk to a therapist online is very convenient of course, but it's also very

effective, especially for those suffering from anxiety.

Most people find it really quite difficult to motivate themselves to see a therapist

in an office.

It's rather intimidating.

So being able to talk to a therapist online is less intimidating and also more comfortable

for you because you can conduct your therapy sessions from your home or from your office,

at a time that works for you.

So if you'd like to learn more about online therapy and you like to talk to an online

therapist, I encourage you to go to my website and read more about the Mindfulness Therapy

Service that I offer.

Most people that I work with really enjoy the online mindfulness therapy approach and

I can guarantee that you will see quite dramatic changes once you start applying mindfulness

for working with your anxiety or depression.

Mindfulness is definitely one of the best ways of working with difficult thoughts, with

habitual reactive thoughts.

It teaches you how to neutralize those thoughts and how to free yourself from the emotional

suffering caused by reactive habitual thinking.

So, please go to my website, learn more about my approach and reach out to me via email.

Ask any questions you have about online therapy.

And please consider scheduling an online therapy session with me so you can save yourself and

evaluate for yourself the effectiveness of this approach.

I expect most people who work with me to see definite results within three to four sessions

once they start applying the mindfulness techniques that I will teach you.

So please go to my website and contact me.

Thank you.

For more infomation >> Talk to an online therapist via Skype - Duration: 4:08.

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Should You Borrow To Invest? Part 2 - Duration: 3:37.

In my last episode, I talked about borrowing against your home

to turbo-charge your retirement savings.

I went through some of the conditions you want to have in place

and the mechanics of the strategy.

If you haven't seen that video, I've put a link to it below.

Today, I'll go through some of the pitfalls you want to watch out for if you do decide

to go ahead with this strategy.

If you want more information, have a look at my website which will also be linked below.

So, you're ready to pull the trigger and implement the strategy.

What decisions do you need to make first, and what do you need to know?

You first need to decide what kind of loan to take.

Do you want a Home Equity Line of Credit or a fixed rate mortgage?

Well, there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

A Home Equity Line of Credit allows you to unwind the strategy at any time, without penalty.

On the other hand, you're exposed to potentially rising interest rates.

With a fixed rate mortgage, say for a 5-year term, you lock in your interest rate,

but you might have to unwind the portfolio at a specific point in time, in other words,

at the maturity of the mortgage, which may not be the best time to sell the investments.

That said, I prefer the fixed rate option for two reasons.

First, interest rates are generally rising and bond market expectations are for this

to continue gradually over the next few years.

Second, you can always roll the mortgage into a home equity line of credit when it matures

if you don't want to unwind the portfolio at that particular time.

You could even roll it into another fixed rate mortgage if the interest rates are low

enough to make that interesting.

Now, you'll also need to decide how to invest the proceeds of the loan.

How much risk do you want to take with these funds?

You can't simply buy a portfolio of bonds because you won't make much more than the

interest you're paying on the debt.

You also probably don't want to buy an all-stock portfolio, because the potential of a serious

market drop would be pretty nerve-rattling in relation to the amount you owe on the debt.

The final decision lies somewhere in-between and it will be a function of what other investments

you might have and the level your income relative to the cost of the debt.

There are a few more caveats to doing this, and it's important that you go into it eyes

wide open, so here they are:

One:

Don't put the proceeds of the loan into your TFSA or RRSP.

If you do that, you can't deduct the interest from your income on your tax return.

I'm generally not in favour of borrowing to invest in your RRSP or TFSAs no matter

what the banks say.

Two:

Don't use the loan for anything but investing.

For instance, if you borrow $100,000, don't put $50,000 in your portfolio

and use $50,000 to renovate.

From Canada Revenue Agency's perspective, that muddies the water when you deduct the

interest on your taxes.

Keep the loan for investing and nothing else.

Three.

As I mentioned several times in my previous video, don't borrow so much that a rise

in interest rates and a drop in stock markets would squeeze your ability to make the payments

on the loan.

You don't want to be forced to collapse this strategy at the wrong time.

I hope all this has given you food for thought on how to leverage your home to turbo-charge

your retirement savings.

Don't forget to take a look at my website if you're looking for more information like this.

Thanks so much for watching!

For more infomation >> Should You Borrow To Invest? Part 2 - Duration: 3:37.

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Memory - How It Works and Why We Forget - Duration: 4:08.

Have you ever had a test where you just couldn't remember how to answer the questions?

You're definitely not alone.

Remembering information and how to apply it

in different situations is an integral part to your success in university.

Let's figure out how your memory works and how you can use it to optimize your learning.

There are three processes involved in memory:

Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval.

Let's say that you need to remember Albert Bandura and his contributions to observational learning.

First, you need to pay attention to this information.

This allows you to encode it.

You also need to retain information.

Your brain stores it in your short-term memory.

If you actively rehearse it, Bandura, Bandura, Bandura

then it will stay in your short-term memory and you can work with it.

Depending on how well you encoded the information,

it can decay or be stored in your long-term memory.

It's great to know that Bandura had contributions to observational learning,

but can you prove it on a test?

The third memory process is retrieval.

From the depths of your long-term memory, you pull up information so that you can use it.

But what if you can't remember that information?

There could have been a problem with forming the memory when you encoded it.

Were you multi-tasking when you were trying to remember who contributed to observational learning?

Checking your social media, talking to other people

or just doing other things at the same time divides your attention.

If you don't pay attention to the things you're trying to remember, you won't encode it.

Technically that means that you can't forget that memory because it never existed.

Let's say that you paid just enough attention to encode the information.

This could have shallow processing,

meaning that you only remember superficial details about the information,

like the font that it was written in or what your prof sounded like when they said it.

You'll need to pay more attention if you want to keep this memory longer.

When you pay attention to it, identify what the information is.

For instance, Bandura theorized that people learn by observing others.

You see the consequences of their behaviours and you can copy them if you liked the outcome.

And you'll know not to copy their behaviours if they were punished.

Bandura also conducted an experiment with Bobo dolls

to show how adults can model aggressive behaviours for children.

Learning this extra information about Bandura highlights its importance and it'll help you remember him better.

Do you want to know what will really make this memory stick?

Make it personally relevant and interesting!

Maybe you're a big music fan and making up a band name,

like Bandura and the Bobo dolls,

helps you to remember some of Bandura's key research.

Even with good encoding, sometimes we just can't access those memories!

If there's a mismatch between how you encoded the information

and how you need to retrieve it, it can be harder to remember.

Say you had a short answer test, but you studied for it like it was multiple choice.

It'll be harder for you to retrieve information if you were focusing

only on recognition rather than recall.

It might help to have a cue

but really, you need to study the way you are going to be tested.

When the encoding and retrieval pathways are similar,

it'll be easier to access those memories.

Sometimes memories just fade with time. This process is called decay.

In 1885, a scientist named Ebbinghaus published a paper

about how long our memories last.

In the experiment, he made himself memorize a bunch of nonsense syllables

and then recall them over time.

Ebbinghaus made what we call, the "forgetting curve".

He concluded that we forget things quite quickly after learning them.

However, it's important to note that this curve shows what happens to information

you don't rehearse after learning it.

Time may have an impact on forgetting, but really you need to use the learning, or lose it.

So the next time you're class, pay attention so that you can encode the information.

Elaborate on what the information is and why it's important.

Make it personally meaningful so that the memory will stick.

Most importantly, make sure you practice!

Study the way you will be tested and keep using what you learned.

Want to know more about how you can improve your memory?

Check out our video on memory strategies,

take a look at some other resources included in the links down below,

and get some tips for studying smarter.

For more infomation >> Memory - How It Works and Why We Forget - Duration: 4:08.

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Five Strategies to Improve Your Memory - Duration: 3:13.

In high school, you may have gotten away with memorizing everything.

Repeating information over and over again works, but it's not effective.

In university, you'll be tested on so much more content and at much deeper levels.

Apply these five strategies to study smarter.

Chunking is a memory strategy where you organize and group information.

This helps you to cut down on the number of items in your short-term memory.

Let's say you had to remember this string of 10 numbers.

You can group them like a phone number.

Now the string goes from being 10 to three items.

For your courses, you might group information into similar concepts.

For example, when studying for a Biology course,

you might group specific organs into the systems they are involved in.

For Math and Physics courses, you might group equations together based on their applications.

Chunking helps you to organize information and make it more meaningful.

Mnemonics are tools that help you remember large chunks of information.

You can do this by making acronyms or visual stories.

OCEAN is an example of an acronym that people use to remember the Big Five personality traits.

Green Bananas Dance For Apples is a visual story

that tells you the line notes in the bass clef.

The first letter of each word you say gives the order of the notes.

Chunking and mnemonics work because they help you encode less amounts of information at once.

This is great, but self-referent encoding is even better.

Create more neural pathways with memories by connecting your learning to you!

This gives you more cues to retrieve information.

Make the information personally meaningful and interesting!

Are you learning about classical conditioning?

Connect it back to how you cross the street to avoid dogs.

Are you learning about digestion?

Try going through each of the steps the next time you have a meal.

Putting information in your brain is great, but you need to access it.

Test yourself and see if you can apply it.

Study actively: Solve problems without looking at your notes,

summarize key points in your own words, and participate in study groups.

This helps you identify where you need to refresh your knowledge.

The more you engage with the material, the better you will be at retrieving and applying it.

Think you've mastered the concepts and skills?

Overlearn by continuing to practice!

This will build your confidence and increase your likelihood of success on a test.

Distributed Practice is a studying strategy where you space out your studying.

Cramming does not work!

You're more likely to retain information if you study over longer periods of time.

It's better to have nine 30-minute study sessions over a month than it is to have one big four-and-a-half-hour study session.

This is because other information that you're trying to learn is less likely to compete for your attention.

Plus, you'll have more time.

Dedicate different days to study for your courses so that you can focus on them.

This will decrease the amount of interference between memories.

Practice doesn't necessarily make perfect, but it does make better retention.

Apply these five strategies in your studies and work out your brain.

For more infomation >> Five Strategies to Improve Your Memory - Duration: 3:13.

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A recipe for biscotti passed down through generations you can bake and enjoy at home - New Day NW - Duration: 8:54.

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Raymond Rowe, DJ Freez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com - Duration: 11:56.

Raymond Rowe, DJ Freez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com

Raymond Rowe, a popular wedding and event DJ known professionally around Lancaster, Pennsylvania as "DJ Freez," now stands accused in the cold case murder of an elementary school teacher named Christy Mirack, who was attacked in her home while carrying Christmas presents.

The surprise arrest in the high-profile but long dormant 1992 homicide was solved by using an open-source genetic DNA database, much in the same way that a suspect was apprehended in the Golden State Killer case in California, authorities said.

The process entails coming up with a family tree of the suspect through a distant or close relative and then narrowing it down to a single possible perpetrator.

Raymond Rowe, 49, whose website claims has performed with top celebrities and companies, was accused of criminal homicide and is being held without bail.

It could be a death penalty case, prosecutors said at a news conference on June 25, 2018, in which they announced Rowe's arrest.

Here's what you need to know:.

Christy Mirack Was Found Sexually Assaulted & Strangled Inside Her Home.

The murder of Christy Mirack, who was a 25-year-old 6th grade teacher at a local elementary school, was brutal and horrific.

District Attorney Craig Stedman, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, detailed the crime scene in the news conference.

For years, investigators toiled to figure out who killed the young teacher.

She was living with a roommate and, on December 21, 1992, the roommate left first to go to work.

Investigators believe that Christy Mirack was getting ready for work when the killer struck.

She was holding Christmas packages and had her jacket and gloves on.

However, when she didn't appear at school that morning, her principal became concerned and went to the home to check on her.

It was 9:15 a.m., and he found the door ajar, and then "he went in and saw a shocking scene," said Stedman.

Mirack was lying unresponsive on the floor of the livingroom.

"It became obvious looking at the scene that a struggle had taken place," the DA says, noting that there were scuffed marks on the floow and the Christmas packages were "strewn about.

It's believed the killer sexually assaulted Mirack.

Her underwear, pants, and shoes were removed, and the clothing on her torso was pushed up.

A wooden cutting board was found near her head.

There was blood, and her face was distorted.

Mirack "had suffered a brutal beating as well," Stedman said in the news conference.

"She had her jacket on, her gloves on.

She was assaulted almost instantly at the doorway.".

It appeared that she had fought for her life, but she suffered blunt trauma to her neck, back, upper chest, and her jaw was fractured.

The cause of death was strangulation.

Horrifically, the coroner was able to find DNA from sperm on multiple areas of her body and in a section of the carpet directly under where her body was found.

Authorities developed a DNA profile of the suspect, and they put it in the database for offenders.

There was not a match, and the years passed by.

Eventually, authorities had run out of leads, when they heard about a new approach to crime solving involving genetic DNA testing on samples voluntarily submitted by people around the country, sometimes called "family DNA.".

Authorities Say They Used Rowe's Chewing Gum & Water Bottle to Solve the Case.

Authorities had the DNA of the killer, but no match.

However, then, in 2016, while at a seminar, they became aware of a company called Parabon NanoLabs, Stedman said.

They submitted a DNA profile from the carpet.

"We didn't have any more leads.

We didn't have any suspects," said Stedman in the news conference.

"Parabon was the last shot, and turnout out to be our best.

We didn't feel like we had any more arrows in the quiver.".

The DA pointed out that, although the process has been used in other cases throughout the country, it had not been used to solve a homicide in Pennsylvania yet.

Authorities contracted with Parabon.

Parabon's CEO Dr.

Steven Armentrout was also at the press conference on the Mirack case arrest.

"Together we worked efficiently and effectively," he said.

"It's a model I hope we can use across the country.".

He pointed out that critics have raised concerns about the process, especially since the higher-profile Golden State Killer arrest, but he believes those concerns are based on misconceptions.

He said that Parabon used a database called GEDmatch that is publicly available.

"People proactively upload their DNA files to this," he said of the site, which many people use to research their own ancestry and find relatives.

"The site is specifically designed to find genetic relatives." GEDmatch's database was also instrumental in the Golden State Killer case.

Armentrout said he had uploaded his own DNA to the site, and that he would be fine with it if law enforcement used his profile to "implicate even my closest relatives if their DNA is found at a crime scene.

Authorities uploaded the Mirack suspect DNA to the site, and set the file to private.

They say that GEDmatch shows the amount of shared DNA between two people and allowed Parabon to find distant cousins of the suspect, build family trees, and then suggest a suspect's name to law enforcement.

The lab often works with second and third cousin matches, said CeCe Moore, who works for Parabon.

Authorities have not said which relative's DNA matched Rowe's.

"We provide a highly scientific tip" to law enforcement, said Moore.

She said that the lab "analyzed family trees of those who share DNA with him.

We triangulated between these family trees and used genetic information to identify a possible suspect.

This is not magic. It is science.".

The district attorney said that Rowe had lived only a few miles from where the victim lived at that time.

"We had no connection to the defendant from our files," he said.

It didn't stop there.

Authorities don't make an arrest based on Parabon's findings.

It's just a tip.

They staked out Raymond Rowe, who was known as DJ Freez, and who was performing at an elementary school function.

On May 31, 2018, authorities observed him with a water bottle and chewing gum and obtained them when he abandoned the items, the DA said, adding that the DNA from those items matched the semen sample on the carpet and Mirack's body, in some cases by odds of 1 in 200 octillion (that's a thousand trillion trillions, a number with 27 zeroes behind it, according to the district attorney.

"This killer was at liberty from this brutal crime for longer than Christine Mirack was on this earth alive and they steered us in the path of holding him finally accountable," said the DA.

Rowe Got His Start as a DJ by Working as a Break Dancer & Winning Local DJ Battles But Some Considered Him 'Creepy'.

Raymond Rowe owns a company called Freez Entertainment, LLC, where he is known as DJ Freez.

The website labels the company as "an AWARD WINNING DJ Company that provides music entertainment for any occassion (sic).

Along with Professional Emcee Services we are also detail oriented when it comes to your event's timeline.".

For more infomation >> Raymond Rowe, DJ Freez: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com - Duration: 11:56.

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22 Shows You Can't Miss This Fall - News Today - Duration: 2:21.

With summer programming providing fewer shows than ever to watch on the main networks, it's time to look ahead to the fall

  With a string of new additions that will either be hits or colossal failures and some returning shows that ended their most recent seasons with a bang, the 2018-19 TV season is shaping up to be one filled with a lot of shows to watch

  Have a look at the list below of new and returning shows you cannot miss! 1. Riverdale - The CW Archie was arrested for murder on Riverdale's twisty Season 2 finale

Will everyone be able to band together to turn the tables on Hiram Lodge and have the teen released?    Find out when the show returns in the fall

2. Last Man Standing - Fox In a surprising turn of events, Fox revived Last Man Standing one year after ABC canceled it

   It will air Friday nights. 3. Legacies - The CW Legacies is the highly anticipated sequel to both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals

It takes place in Salvatore Boarding School for the Young and the Gifted. Matt Davis and Danielle Rose Russell will star

   It will air Thursdays at 9/8c. 4. All American - The CW All American is new football drama about a teenager who is given a free pass to Beverly Hills High after being scouted for the football team

   It sounds like The OC meets Friday Night Lights, and we are so in for it.    It will air Wednesdays at 9/8c

5. New Amsterdam - NBC New Amsterdam is yet another medical drama, but this one is fronted by Ryan Eggold and focuses on the oldest public hospital in the country

   It will air Tuesdays in the fall. 6. Murphy Brown - CBS Murphy Brown is returning to the air in the form of a revival

   That means much of the original cast will be back. It will join the CBS Thursday comedy block in 2018

Wait! There's more Shows You Can't Miss This Fall! Just click "Next" below: Next

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Breaking News - Judy Murray plays down Wimbledon hopes for son Andy following win - Duration: 4:03.

Judy Murray has warned against expecting too much, too soon of her son, Andy, despite his impressive win over Stan Wawrinka on Monday

Murray recorded his first win after almost a year out with a hip injury, beating three-time grand slam champion Wawrinka 6-1, 6-3 in just 77 minutes at Eastbourne

The Scot made his long-awaited comeback last week in a three-set defeat to Nick Kyrgios at Queen's Club but showed further signs that he is getting back to full fitness on the south coast

With Wimbledon set to start next week, the two-time winner at the All England Club has refused to commit himself as he continues to work his way back and Judy Murray was not reading too much into the win

'I think he did really well yesterday, but this is about him just dipping his toe back in the water and seeing how his body holds up,' she said at the inaugural UK Coaching conference in Edinburgh

'It was great for him to have a win.' With Murray now through to the second round at Eastbourne - where he will face fellow Briton Kyle Edmund on Wednesday - he could yet suffer an adverse reaction to the strains of being back on court

He admitted to experiencing soreness and stiffness after the loss to Kygrios and any further problems could see him pull out of Wimbledon next week, but Judy Murray says it is vital he gets match time under his belt if he is to get back to his best

'The goal was always to try and play the grass court season and at some point you have to dip your toe back in the water to see where you are at,' she said

'Any athlete who has been out for a long time will tell you the same thing, you have to build up your physical fitness and your match fitness and you can only build that up by playing matches

'I think for him it is about seeing how he is during the match, and how he is after the match

That is what tennis will demand of you; if you are playing in a tournament that lasts for a week and you get to the final, you have to play five matches in seven days

'If you play a grand slam, you're playing seven matches across 13 days and the best of five sets, so you have to test yourself and see where you are at

'I think he had a good match at Queen's last week and had a good match yesterday with Stan, so it's just baby steps

' - The inaugural UK Coaching Conference is taking place at Oriam in Edinburgh from Tuesday 26 - Wednesday 27 June, focusing on the next generation

For more infomation >> Breaking News - Judy Murray plays down Wimbledon hopes for son Andy following win - Duration: 4:03.

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Should you allow pets in your Airbnb or other vacation rental? - Duration: 11:37.

Hello, I'm Cari-Lee Stevens and I help people to succeed in the world of short-term real estate vacation rentals, the topic today is

"Should you allow pets in your vacation rental?" I know that for many people they will give a resounding no,

no way,

never, and

what I want to share with you here are the pros as well as the cause so you can make a really good decision

based on more information than what you would usually assume when it comes to having a pet in a rental.

If you find this information helpful, I would be really grateful if you would share it with your friends, press the like button and subscribe,

as there will be new content regularly. So let's get started. The good the bad and the

absolutely adorable

This is Nova. My sweet sweet foster dog. And this is after she did her very first run with me,

she was completely exhausted. I just find her so adorable. Now

I'm not sure what kind of pets besides dogs people would ask you about but when someone asks me about a pet I think about

a dog, especially when it comes to traveling with a pet.

So at the very least you want to be sure you're talking about the same thing.

In fact, I just got a call about someone wanting to bring their cat

and if you don't specify you'd get a surprise like someone may bring their pet lizard,

pig, chicken or snake. You just never know. So today we're going to be talking about dogs.

Let me start by saying that I am NOT a dog expert

I just know what's worked well for me in my properties, so let's start with the downside.

They could ruin your furniture or your floors,

scratches on the hardwood, marking on the carpets and female dogs will mark just as male dogs will.

In terms of flooring choices tile is always a good choice for pets

Allergies can also be a concern and non-shedding dogs is what you want if you are concerned about allergies.

Barking, there's a potential disturb the neighbors if the dog is left alone, and it's also not cool for the dog.

Fleas and other pests can invade your home, they come in on the pet

and dirt and generally they're not as clean as humans. Let's just, you know, say it. It's the truth and

it's like wearing your shoes in the house all the time and those little shoes may even come into the bed

so,

consider all of these things when you're thinking about the downside.

When it comes to allergies,

you may alienate

allergy sensitive travelers and if you choose to start accepting pets you might be concerned about pushing away potential

bookings from travelers with allergies and it's a valid concern,

however, you have to weigh what makes sense to you in your business and according to the Humane Society of the United States about 15

percent of the population is allergic to dogs or cats.

That being said some might still be willing to rent your home

even if you have allowed pets,

just be sure to disclose this at the time of booking and include a clause in your rental agreement.

In my listing it clearly states that hypoallergenic, well trained dogs are considered on a case-by-case

basis, so those who are booking know that we do allow pets.

I also get the home clean from top to bottom as I normally would

But I ask for special attention to be paid to certain areas and I get the carpets cleaned

Additionally if the guest stays for more than two weeks they are

required to pay for bi-weekly cleaning to my cleaner and this is all part of the agreement in writing.

It could increase your expenses.

Allowing pets in your vacation home might increase some cleaning and maintenance of maintenance expenses for your vacation rental business and

you'll likely have to book pest control appointments and clean your carpets more frequently.

Homes with other types of flooring are more ideal for accepting pets.

Nevertheless you'll probably be able to recoup these expenses with one or two additional bookings

On top of that,

I build these into the pet cleaning fees and pass this on to the guests or the pet owner.

If you want to roll the pest control fees into the cleaning fee

you can also do that and people should expect that deeper cleaning is going to be necessary and they should be

expecting to pay for that.

Having pets can create more work and it can create more work for your housekeeper. So,

knowing that,

be sure to have clear communication with your

housekeeper if you start allowing pets in your rental and make sure to allow enough time to clean between the guests checking out and the

next ones checking in. You'll probably need to compensate your cleaner for the extra cleaning time, which makes sense.

Additionally, I'd recommend that you build this into the rate and add a cleaning fee for the pets and if you want to cover the

pest charges roll that also into the cleaning fee and tell your cleaners that you have two people in the unit

but they have their dog, so you need a deeper clean and allow for an extra two hours or whatever it is.

Here is the up side. Look at this cute little guy, he's so old, it's easier to find renters and

this is going to help you expand your traveler base.

If you consider the number of people in the US owned a pet and perhaps more importantly

those who love their pets so much that they want them to bring them on family vacations

you're gonna open yourself up to a whole lot more renters and

according to the Travel Industry Association

14% of all American adults have traveled with a pet at some point in the past three years and that translates into about

29 million travelers.

The potential for increased bookings means that when demand exceeds supply you have a promising business

opportunity, less than 23% of the properties on HomeAway.com

accept pets and most of these properties only allow dogs and even fewer allow big dogs.

When you consider the demand for pet friendly accommodations compared to the number of rentals available,

your decision might be a bit easier.

I've personally had people who have returned because I allow them to bring their pets and I find that they're

easier going renters and they're happier because they are with their pets.

Here's some questions to ask people who are potentially going to be bringing their pet.

How old is your pet? Is your dog spayed or neutered?

Have you taken him or her on vacation before?

Is your dog crate trained?

Is your dog going to be left 4 hours on their own while you're out?

Why are you bringing your dog? Is your dog well-behaved?

Does your dog mark territory in Ihe house?

Do you have previous travel references for your pet?

You're gonna have to go with your own personal preference, this is what I prefer.

I take pets in my higher-end rentals only unless they're a service dog.

I know that this may seem counterintuitive

but I find that generally when people are paying for something nice, something that is expensive, they treat it better.

They are also paying a higher damage deposit

but I believe that it really has to do more with the fact that people who are able to afford a luxury rental

understand the value of things and

this is not to say that those paying a lower price don't know the value of things

but I do find that the higher price point makes it worthwhile and so far I've had no issues.

I also ask them to keep the pets out of areas where the carpets are like the bedrooms.

So you're gonna want to consider what type of flooring you have if you have a lot of tile and hardwood

it's going to fare much better than carpet. I also prefer dogs that are non-shedding like a Portuguese water dog or Shih Tzu. I

want dogs that are at least two years old and are crate trained. I

prefer spayed and neutered pets,

I just find them calmer and if you've been around a dog in heat it can be quite messy and loud and

male dogs can be a bit more rambunctious if they've not been neutered and they're more likely to mark their territory.

What do you ask your guests to bring if they do bring a dog?

Well,

there's a couple of things

but one of them is I set the ground rules in writing and I let them know that the dogs are not allowed on

the furniture and that includes beds and this is all sorted up beforehand. I

also, let them know that they need to bring a crate or a pet bed

and if you have a pet bed already,

it's helpful to the pet parents because they tend to be large and kind of awkward to travel with but a

crate is

used during travel, so it's easier to bring, people will usually have that.

I also have dog bowls at my location and I'll let people know this I

also

have a great pet sitter that I suggest because I don't want the dog to be left for hours on his own and

by himself, I

also take an additional pet deposit that is refundable and

I take an extra cleaning fee. That is non-refundable

There's usually gonna be some extra wear and tear on your home,

even though the dog doesn't shed, his little feet don't get wiped every time he comes home

and he doesn't have shoes to take off, s cleaning is going to be more expensive. I always get the carpets cleaned after guests with dogs.

If you're still a bit unsure about whether or not to accept pets

you might be able to test the waters by accepting pets only in your off season,

if you find that it's causing more wear and tear than you'd hoped or

maybe it's not right for your home, then you don't have to do it.

But if you notice that it helps to increase bookings, you might extend your pet friendly season year-round.

Young couples, empty nesters and retirees are more likely to travel off season than families who are restricted by school calendars and

those people may want to bring their fur babies with them.

It's also a way to earn extra income. When you allow guests to bring their pets to your vacation rental,

it's acceptable to charge an additional per night fee. I

personally don't do this because I know how hard it is for people to find a place to bring their pet and I want to

make it easy on them. As long as I cover my direct costs, I'm fine.

That being said if your guests couldn't bring their pet along they'd have to pay board for it anyway, so, I don't know maybe ten to twenty five dollars a night.

I would suggest that you compare your pet fees with other rentals in your area to make sure they're competitive or

find out how much it would cost to board the pet.

This is my final photo of my sweet Nova, this is about five minutes after I took the first one, she's really conked out here.

So I'm hoping that this has been helpful for you.

Let me know in the comments below, how many of you would allow pets in your rental after you've seen the pros and the cons,

or if you already do allow pets,

please let us know why you do. It's really great to learn from each other.

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