http://www.petswelcome.com/articles Pet Travel Articles Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:41:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/geeky-pets-101-2-dog-walking-apps.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/geeky-pets-101-2-dog-walking-apps.html#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:00:19 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=8598 In May, Fujitsu, a company in Japan released a pedometer for dogs. This isn’t a new concept. The pedometer is on the dog’s collar and transmits pace and mileage to the owner’s smartphone which then can be uploaded to a website. Sound familiar? Sound like the Nike+ iPod app that many of us used with [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/geeky-pets-101-2-dog-walking-apps.html/feed 0 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/3-diseases-dogs-can-pass-to-us.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/3-diseases-dogs-can-pass-to-us.html#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:38:29 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=7097 Dogs give us a lot: companionship, love, laughs, and drooly licks. There are so many wonderful reasons to having a dog and so many reasons we love them. However, if we’re not mindful of their health we might accidentally also endanger ours. There are some diseases and parasites that can spread from dogs to us. [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/3-diseases-dogs-can-pass-to-us.html/feed 1 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/canine-influenza-what-is-it.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/canine-influenza-what-is-it.html#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:52:27 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=6762 A few months ago I got a phone call from a telemarketing agency that focused on pet care. The woman was talking to me about canine influenza. I asked, “Isn’t this kennel cough?” She replied that is often mistaken for kennel cough and continued to talk to me about how it has become a widespread [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/canine-influenza-what-is-it.html/feed 0 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/stop-your-dog-from-licking-and-chewing-her-paws.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/stop-your-dog-from-licking-and-chewing-her-paws.html#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:12:44 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=6589 If your dog chews her paws, licks, and bites the padding it could be mean she is having a reaction to something she is in contact with, but determining what it is can be difficult. Anything from food allergies, substances on the sidewalk that bug her, elements in the soil, to anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive disorders [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/stop-your-dog-from-licking-and-chewing-her-paws.html/feed 0 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/treating-mange-naturally.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/treating-mange-naturally.html#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:46:14 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=5964 Mange is an inflammatory disease in which large numbers mites attack dogs whose immune system cannot regulate and fight them off. Dogs have mites on their body but if the mites reproduce too quickly, or become too much in number, your dog may end up with itchy red spots, loss of fur, or scabby spots. [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/treating-mange-naturally.html/feed 3 http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/what-is-heartworm.html http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/what-is-heartworm.html#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:21:26 +0000 Kathy http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/?p=5291 Heart-worm, known also as dirofilaria immitis, is a roundworm that travels from host to host through the blood and is transferred and spread by mosquitoes that bite dog after dog. The worm is a slim one that takes up residence in the heart of a dog and can live there for many years sometimes. It’s [...]]]> http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/what-is-heartworm.html/feed 0