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February is National Pet Dental Month: Keep those fangs shiny!

February is National Pet Dental Month. The American Veterinarians Medical Association is working in conjunction with several clinics and companies around the country to educate and promote dental health to pet owners. It is estimated that about 1 in 10 pet owners make sure their pet’s teeth are cared for and brush them on a [...]

Keep Your Dog Slim and Trim!

So you’ve noticed your dog’s harness is a little tighter around her mid-section and when she lands on her feet from jumping out of the car it’s now a loud “THUD” as opposed to the softer “THUMP” from last year. Your dog might be getting chubby. Some dogs are naturally heftier than others and some [...]

How to Give a Pill to a Cat

We’ve covered some ways to administer a pill to a dog which entailed wrapping the pill inside of something yummy like cheese or crushing it up in food and if needed, holding your dog and putting the pill in his/her mouth by hand. This half covers what to do with cats. Cats tend to have [...]

How To Give a Pill to a Dog

I used to work at an animal shelter and we would have pets who needed to be given medication from time to time as they waited for their new forever homes. Sometimes it was something as routine as a heart worm pill and other times it was an antibiotic. Whatever the reason, in general, I [...]

7 New Year’s Resolutions For Your Pet

Every New Year’s we make resolutions. We make promises to ourselves to improve our lives, our habits, and how we care for ourselves and those around us. It’s like a fresh start to developing new habits. So what about the resolutions towards our pets? Maybe this past year was hectic and you didn’t get to [...]

Thanksgiving Pet Tips

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and for pet owners that means in addition to thinking about how we’ll handle our own excesses over the holiday we need to be aware of how our pets will deal with it, too. This can be a really hectic time, with more people in the house than usual, so it’s important [...]

Caught on Video! Clever Pets Outsmarting Their Humans

We all believe our pets are smart. Well, maybe not. I know a dog who got his head stuck in a cat door and just stayed there for about 10 minutes looking pathetically sad and confused… But we do know that some dogs, cats, hamsters, and other critters that we share our lives with can [...]

46 Reasons Why You Should Adopt (Not Buy!) A Pet

Last year I made a short list advocating adopting an adult dog. Adoption is a great way to bring a new best friend into your life. Whether it be a young cat or an older hamster, the affection, attention, and love that animals bring to us can, well, make us more human. Is it time [...]

11 Hilarious Animal Tumblrs

It’s no secret we love our pets. On our desks at work we have pictures of our families, which includes pets. On our smartphones we have pictures of our pets and some of us pose as our pets on twitter. We aren’t the only ones. There are plenty of others out there who love cats, [...]

Boy and Girl Scouts Can Earn Pet Care Badges

As pet owners and parents, it’s important that we teach children that pets are family members. While it is unreal to expect kids to be completely responsible for a pet’s well-being and care, it is possible to teach them what it means to be a good pet owner, how to humanely treat animals, and how [...]