Carbon Monoxide and Pets
Do you ever consider the dangers of carbon monoxide to pets? One of our Facebook fans recently shared with us a tragic story of 12 pet birds lost to carbon monoxide poisoning. The ...
Read More »
8 ways to exercise your dog indoors
Just like us our pets can pack on a few extra pounds over the cold months. Here are some tips to help keep your dogs active as the temperatures drop. Hide some of your dogs favori ...
Read More »
Children and Pets: 5 Tips to Keep Both Safe
Children, by nature, are inquisitive and hands on. When it comes to pets, this isn’t always a good thing. Here are 5 tips I’ve found useful to assure the safety and happiness of b ...
Read More »
Discovering and Dealing with Motion Sickness in Pets
When we first met our puppy, Cooper, he was already sixteen weeks old. We had arranged to meet Cooper and his owners at a park in Las Vegas, Nevada. My husband arrived home from a ...
Read More »
Vehicle Safety for Pets
Animals riding in a vehicle should be in a cage, crate, traveling harness, or otherwise restrained. Unrestrained pets are the cause of many accidents, and are more likely to be se ...
Read More »
Beware of Cocoa Mulch
It’s that time of year when gardeners and landscapers are out in full force sprucing up their yards and lawns. That makes it the right time of year to remind everyone about the da ...
Read More »
Dog Blood Donors
Several weeks ago a friend of mine posted on Facebook that one of her dogs (she has FOUR rescues: 2 Pit Bull Mixes and 2 Rat Terrier Mixes) was going to go in to be tested to beco ...
Read More »
The Oatmeal Cracks Us Up With the Comic “If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men”
The Oatmeal is cartoonist Matthew Inman, who runs a very successful comics site of the same name. Dogs and cats often show up in his work; his fourth book, My Dog: The Paradox: A ...
Read More »
Michigan Takes a Second Look at “Logan’s Law” to Prevent Abusers From Adopting Dogs
Should you have to go through a criminal background check to adopt a pet? The state of Michigan is considering just that right now, as a piece of legislation commonly known as “Lo ...
Read More »
Shelter Gives Away Pit Bulls, Angering Both Lovers and Haters of the Breed
I know that, like me, most of you probably assumed that once the adorable video of Bella the Pit Bull mothering a litter of kittens spread far and wide, everyone would stop believ ...
Read More »