Awareness is Key to Securing a Home from Holiday Pet Dangers This article on "Holiday Pet Dangers" is offered to enlighten and increase awareness - so that people can enjoy increased safety for their precious pets during holiday seasons. So, as the holidays approach,...
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Overview: Benefits of Giving Your Dog Apple Cider Vinegar Why give your dog apple cider vinegar? Surely we have all heard the old saying, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away". This could well have a lot of merits. Apples are among the most health-giving fruits...
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How You Might Contribute - or Not Everyone wants a healthy dog – but how would you know? Is your dog happy? We have any number of tests and measures to help you determine the health of a dog; but - just like people - happiness also plays a key role in overall quality...
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Pet Grooming Tips Picking a dog groomer is a lot like choosing your dog’s sitter – for most of us pet parents that means Operation Interrogation. We have lots of questions and just because a groomer has been recommended by your neighbors or friends doesn’t...
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A Few Doggy Park Rules... I am so excited to meet the new dog in my life… I don’t have him or her yet, but I’m already getting prepared: picking out doggy bowls, researching the best foods for my new friend and looking up nearby dog parks – and there are a bunch to...
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A "Rebuttal" to an Article on 'HubPage.com' (per the Link below) So... I recently stumbled upon someone's article that caught my eye: "Why It's Cruel to Keep Dogs as 'Pets" If you haven't read it, let me summarize some of its finer points. It talks about how pet...
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Stray Pets vs. the Challenging Cold of Winter "I hate that there are so many cold, stray animals, but what can I do about it?" A little help can go a long way There are around 70 million stray dogs & cats in the U.S. at any given time. That is five times more...
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Unwanted Reactions to Vaccinations in Dogs Vaccinosis is the general name for chronic disease caused by vaccines. There can be many symptoms from vaccines including seizures, fever, lethargy, hypertrophic dystrophy (bone pain), & muscle aches. In extreme cases,...
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Should I Vaccinate My Pet? An Important Q & A... "Vaccines protect against contagious, potentially fatal diseases," says Margaret Casal, DMV, Ph.D. (in an article posted by WebMD HERE). I think we all get that. But that is often times where the pet owner's knowledge...
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Dogs and Anal Gland Concerns Anal sacs are scent glands of the dog located just below, to the left and right of the rectum. As a large stool is passed through the rectum, pressure is applied to the sacs forcing a small amount of anal gland secretion to the stool. This...
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