Winterizing Your Pet How to Keep Your Pet Safe and Warm in the Winter Cold Baby It’s Cold Outside – Protect Your Pets! Jack Frost is definitely going to be nipping at our snouts and paws at some point this winter and the weather might be extremely frigid outside soon (sorry – blame Mother […]
In Honor of Baby Hope.. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
DOGS LIKE “CAT NAPS” TOO While napping varies from dog to dog and depends on things such as age and personality, most dogs sleep an average of 13 to 14 hours per day. How much and when they sleep depends on the social and physical environment. An apartment or house dog will sleep much […]
Bone Appetite! Pumpkins and Pups – Healthy Combination!
Pumpkin is the miracle fruit for your dog! Helps with constipation, diarrhea and to help with weight loss. Pumpkins are rich in carotenoids, beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, fiber, zinc, iron, vitamin A and potassium. In fact, you can tell the pumpkin is rich in the antioxidant beta-carotene, just by looking at its bright orange color. Pumpkin is a treat […]
Human Prostate Cancer Detected By Dogs!
A new urine-based sniff test “might help reduce the number of unnecessary biopsies”, says lead author Dr. Gianluigi Taverna. Highly trained dogs detected prostate cancer with 98% accuracy according to a study presented May 18th. “This study gives us a standardized method of diagnosis that is reproducible, low cost and non-invasive,” said […]
Sniffing Out the Answers: A Guide On Dogs’ Love for Smells
You see it everywhere — on street corners, in the pantry, among cornstalks in cornfields, in the snow, ruffling through the garbage, even in thin air. In all these places and so many more, we find dogs and their companion noses, searching, seeking, something. Dogs are always following their buzzing noses, and there is something […]
An Apple A Day Will Keep The Vet Away!
Okay, I know my dog can’t try cider, but what about an apple? It’s so hard to resist those envious puppy eyes. Apples and Dogs! A Lucky Match! The Risks! Didn’t mean to scare you. If your dog swallows a few seeds, his body will detoxify itself. But, if your dog ingests large quantities of apple seeds, it can cause major damage! Why? Apple seeds […]