For a proud pet parent, it’s not unusual to compare the domesticated furballs to children. After all, you put a roof over their head, food in their bowls, and teach them how to behave properly in exchange for love and respect. Exactly like childrearing, right? Wrong. When it comes to the battle between Team Pet […]
Sleeping With Your Dog Can Be Fatal?!
How many of dog parents cuddle up next to their best friend after a long days work? It is common knowledge that pets reduce stress physically and emotionally, but not many people know that sleeping with your dog next to you has enormous risk factors. Many people sleep with their pets for years with out […]
How To Prevent Hound Halitosis
It’s an everyday phenomenon for Jocelyn Fredlund, a practicing veterinarian in Edmonton, Canada and one which often causes her to cringe in disgust and sometimes even blush with embarrassment. It’s her pooch’s foul-smelling breath, and sometimes, not even Dr. Fredlund, can stop it from invading her weekly yoga class when she partners up […]
Protect Your Pet! World Rabies Day!
September 28 is recognized as World Rabies Day! Rabies is a pet parent’s worst nightmare! Today is the day to be aware of the cold hard facts and how to prevent this horrible disease. Its ideal to know about rabies and how to protect your pet from the dreaded infection. Rabies is nearly always […]
How To Understand Men Through their Exotic Pets:)
Can you understand a man through their exotic pet? We are all familiar with dogs and which breed type best suits a person’s personality; Golden Retrievers thrive with outdoorsy, athletic types and showier dogs like Poodles, Afghan Hounds or Bichons thrive with the fashion–oriented particularly fond of art and culture. There is the best selling […]
How to Decipher a Meow from a Cry!
Any devoted cat parent believes that they can understand their cat’s cries. The truth is, as some linguists and animal specialists have extensively studied, this is a definite possibility. By manipulating their one-word vocabulary (“meow”) through pitch and length changes, cats have devised their own language for communication. Household cats are quick to discover that […]