Posts Tagged ‘pet tips’
Create A Pet-Friendly Garden
Spring is here! It’s time to put away those winter gloves and pull out the lighter jackets. The days are longer and your garden is awaiting your green thumb. But what to plant? What is safe for your pets to be near? What is safe for the local critters who run through your yard like [...]
Dog Car Sickness & Motion Sickness: Warning Signs & Prevention Tips
You did it! The pet-friendly hotels are booked, the trip is planned, and your car has been packed with enough supplies to keep your pet happy, fed, and feel like it’s a home away from home. Hooray! A trip with your pet and you’re both excited. Everything has been taken care of except maybe one [...]
Pet Safety Tips for Spring
The days are getting longer, we’ve put away our winter gear, and we’re getting geared up for the outdoorsy fun we’ll be having in the spring. But, as we prepare for spring, we have to keep our pets in mind. Season changes mean new things are in their environment and some stuff needs to be [...]
Pet-Safe Gardens: Avoid Toxic Gardening Supplies
Are you getting your garden ready? Thinking of planting a row of begonias, day lilies, or vegetables? There’s a lot of planning and work that goes into making gardens and yards look great. You also want to make sure that insects and other creatures don’t ruin your garden while also trying to make it safe [...]
4 Green Pet Tips
We’ve mentioned in previous articles ways to go green and reduce your pet’s carbon footprint from using biodegradable poop bags, to building your own scratching posts, to making your own cleaners from vinegar and lemons. While we may not have time to cook for our pets and sometimes some of the environmental cleaners just don’t [...]
Advice for Cats and Dogs in Cold Weather
Whether you live in a cold place, or are visiting a cold place for some time, you should take some precautions for your pet’s safety. Every season we experience has its joys but also its dangers. Indoor/Outdoor Cats Be careful about letting your cat wander around outside. On very chilly days, a cat might look [...]
Winter Travel With Pets
Winter is a popular travel season in the United States – the weather is cold but great and the kids are out of school on break, making it an ideal time to pack up the family and head for the ski resorts or if you like warmer places, the sunny beach front resorts in warmer [...]
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 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 [...]
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