Welcome to the Pawdex Blog
By Norman
Pet parent · Cebu, Philippines
Most pet care articles you find online are written from somewhere far away. They tell you what a 5-in-1 vaccine costs in the US, what the local government in some city you've never heard of requires, what to put on your dog's tag at a Petco.
We started the Pawdex Blog because Filipino fur parents deserve guides written for us — our vets, our prices, our weather, our barangay rules. Real numbers. Real stories. Stuff you can actually use.
What we're writing about
Every post here will fall into one of a few buckets:
- Lost & Found — what to actually do in the first hour your dog escapes the gate. The Facebook groups that work, the barangay procedure, the flyer that converts.
- Pet Vaccinations — schedules and prices from real Cebu and Metro Manila clinics, with the honest "do I actually need this vaccine?" conversation.
- Pet Travel — Cebu Pacific vs PAL pet policies, BAI health certificates, what the USDA actually wants if you're moving abroad.
- Pet ID — microchips vs QR tags vs paper passports. Honest tradeoffs, no sponsored takes.
- Adoption & Rescue — the Day-1 checklist for a new rescue, working with PAWS and CARA, how to ease a street dog into indoor life.
🐾 What we won't write
Generic listicles you could find on any pet site. AI-regurgitated vet advice. Anything that pretends one breed is universally "the best." We try to be honest, specific, and useful — that's the whole point.
How we write these
I'm Norman. I run Pawdex out of Cebu, and I share an apartment with Shimmer (an Aspin who runs the household) and Sigbin (a cat who tolerates the rest of us).
Every post is grounded in something specific:
- A real peso amount from a real PH clinic
- A real BAI requirement, dated
- A real story from a fur parent we've talked to
- A real edge case Shimmer or Sigbin ran us into
We use AI to research and structure (we'd be lying if we said otherwise), but every fact gets verified locally, and every recommendation comes from somebody who actually owns pets here.
What's next
The next post is the one we keep getting asked about: Microchip vs QR Tag vs Digital Passport — what actually brings a lost pet home in the Philippines. No hard sell, just the honest comparison.
If you have a topic you want us to cover — a question you wish someone had answered honestly when you first got your fur baby — message us on Facebook. We read everything.
Welcome aboard 🐾
Written by
Norman
Founder of Pawdex. Pet parent to Shimmer and Sigbin. Writes honest pet-care guides for Filipino pet parents — no fluff, real prices, real stories.
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