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Celebrate Good Times! (AKA: Please send gifts)
This episode marks the 158th weekly blog post. That’s officially three years and two weeks of weekly ranting writing about all things...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 4, 20233 min read
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Ten Questions With a Pro! (AKA: Joining the rat race)
Introducing the third episode of the series: ten questions with a pro. Every other month, I’m interviewing a “pro” to find out what they...

Chelle Hartzer
Jun 27, 20237 min read
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Making People Flocking Mad (AKA: Ruffling some feathers)
Today is World Penguin Day. So let's talk birds. I’m probably going to get some pushback from this, but I don’t like birds. I admit,...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Taking a Break with Pests (AKA: Bugging out on work)
I’m on semi-holiday right now. Working is a whole lot better when you can be sitting, watching the ocean, sipping your tea, and eating a...

Chelle Hartzer
Apr 4, 20233 min read
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How Much? (AKA: Break into the piggy bank)
I was doing some training last week and we were talking about the risk of rodents. I brought up the Family Dollar saga that hit the news...

Chelle Hartzer
Feb 21, 20236 min read
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Free Bird! (AKA: Flock off!)
I’m taking my morning walk today and over the podcast I am listening to, I hear a cardinal start up. Now, when I start hearing the...

Chelle Hartzer
Feb 7, 20234 min read
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Predicting the future (AKA: Pudge controls the weather)
At the beginning of every year, it seems I get a lot of questions on what’s going to be “the thing” this year for pest control. It’s...

Chelle Hartzer
Jan 3, 20232 min read
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The 12 Days of Pest-mas (AKA: WTH with all the birds?)
If you followed along on social media for my 12 days of Christmas – Pest Control Edition, this is the expanded version with tons of...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 27, 20226 min read
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The Grinch Stole Christmas (AKA: Me, we’re talking about me)
Yeah, I know I’m going to get some hate for this. So before we get into this let me say that I don’t completely hate the holidays. There...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 20, 20223 min read
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Aw Rats! (AKA: Not enough money)
I haven’t written about rats lately and it’s been all over the news that New York City is trying to hire a “Rat Czar” to help take care...

Chelle Hartzer
Dec 6, 20223 min read
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Sitting in the Seat of Power (AKA: Government pests)
I don’t think I have ever written about something like this. It is a bit niche, and many people never run across this type of account....

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 29, 20223 min read
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Waving My Magic Wand (AKA: Do you believe in magic?)
Sometimes pest problems are relatively easy to manage. One or two visits, some targeted treatments, sanitation and exclusion...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Houston, We Have a Problem (AKA: Story Time!)
Grab your favorite snacks, find your comfortable chair, and settle in for story time! I was at a conference a couple weeks ago. I really...

Chelle Hartzer
Nov 8, 20223 min read
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Following Alice Again (AKA: Back down the rat hole)
I had every intention to write about spiders. It’s October which means it’s coming up on Halloween (my favorite holiday of the year!) and...

Chelle Hartzer
Oct 18, 20224 min read
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Nothing was Stirring, Except for the Mouse (AKA: Driving us crazy)
For all those that regularly follow me, you know that my blogs are often about situations I have been in, articles that have recently hit...

Chelle Hartzer
Sep 6, 20223 min read
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Celebration Time! (AKA: I really don’t hate cats)
Yesterday (August 8th) was International Cat Day. My CFO Max was very impressed. In honor of that, let’s talk about cats and pest...

Chelle Hartzer
Aug 9, 20223 min read
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Airing My Dirty Laundry (AKA: This sucks)
I had to run a load of laundry yesterday. I hadn’t done laundry since before I left on vacation so I had all my dirty clothes still in my...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 26, 20223 min read
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Rats don’t take holidays (AKA: I’m the weird tourist)
You know how after you do something for a long time it sort of gets stuck in your brain and you see it everywhere? Like after you learn...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 19, 20224 min read
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It Was the Best of Times…(AKA: Retrospecting)
I’m on vacation this week so it’s perfect timing to look back and see what you folks liked. Blog posts – After writing these weekly for...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 13, 20222 min read
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Christmas in July? (AKA: Just here chilling...)
Yup, it’s the beginning of July and the start of summer (in the northern hemisphere at least) and with climate change, it has been much...

Chelle Hartzer
Jul 5, 20223 min read
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