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Tips for a safe Thanksgiving with your Pets
Thanksgiving Is a Special Time of Year to Gather with Friends and Family and share a Feast of Foods. This can include family pets with some precautionary tips. What you need to know to keep your pets safe! Sadly, Thanksgiving can also mean an increase in emergency vet visits due to unsafe human food…
Safety Tips for a Fang-tastic Halloween!
As Halloween approaches and you prepare for the thrill of trick-or-treat, be mindful of a dog or cat’s reaction to the hubris. If your dog is used to seeing you and your kids in costumes, then it may not be a big deal when you deck out as “Darth Vader” and suddenly appear…
Potty Training a Puppy- pee haw!
The word “puppy” has no clear origin yet likely to have come from the French word poupee meaning “doll” or “toy.” Poupee is pronounced “poo-pay.” And there’s hidden meaning there! Most puppy owners are poo-payed at the end of the day, chasing their young charges around constantly, especially during early house-training months. House training a puppy takes determination…
What a Dog Needs Most (the short version)
There is no greater joy than the unconditional love of a dog. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been gone for an hour or for several days; your dog throws a party at the sight of you. As a pet owner, you have the privilege of returning that devotion every day. As we do at…
Proper Dog Nutrition – What’s in your Dog’s Food Bowl?
Properly feeding your dog is important for a healthier, longer life. It helps to know what compounds are crucial for your dog’s health from bowl to tummy! Every dog’s diet needs at least 6 main nutrients. These include fats, minerals, vitamins, carbs, protein, and water. These essential ingredients are pivotal to fulfill basic body…
Counter-surfing dogs and tips to curb the crave!
Most dogs can’t resist the lure of something yummy left on the kitchen counter. If given the opportunity to nab it, you bet it’s a robbery about to happen. Obviously, if you know your dog is prone to thievery, you clear the countertops of every bread crumb before you exit the kitchen. Yet if…
Indoor scent games for dogs
With summer temperatures rising, finding creative ways to entertain dogs indoors is important for their exercise and mental stimulation needs. While puppies are nearly blind at birth, their sense of smell is fully developed. The part of the brain that analyzes scent is 40 times bigger in a dog’s brain than ours. It’s easy…
Tips to keep your Pets safe during 4th of July
With 4th of July approaching and backyard barbecues and fireworks to enjoy, please remember that pets may not appreciate the fanfare as much as we do! July 5th is the busiest day of the year for animal shelters. In fact, dog shelters report a 30 – 60% increase in lost pets each year between July…
Planning for a Stress-Free Move with Pets
Planning for your move Whether moving across town or out of state, it is an exhausting process for any family, including the furry children. Dogs and cats are creatures of habit and thrive on predictable routines. The frenzied activity of a household relocation can cause as much stress for them as you, yet manageable…
How Dogs Communicate -the Love Language between us
If you own a dog, you know they possess marvelous communication skills. Apart from their vocalization and understanding of our words and commands, dog body language involves their posture, tails, head and eye gaze and using their paws to emphasize their point. Have you noticed when you stop petting your dog how they “paw” you…