Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Pet Health, Animal Sites We Love PDXdj, Flickr Via Vetstreet February is Dental Health Month, which means it’s time to lavish some attention on your pet’s teeth. It’s important to take proper care of canine and feline teeth, because if left untreated, plaque and tartar buildup can progress to painful [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Cats, Funny Animal Videos We’ve warned you about this type of thing before. We love, love, love the big cats, but they are for appreciating and admiring, not for touching, hugging, or generally palling around with. That’s because they are nature’s perfect killing machines (sorry, snakes) and should not [...]

Grabbed from link The folks at West Paw Design specialize in creating eco-friendly toys, beds, and clothing for cats and dogs. And this week, Catsters have a chance to win a special prize pack featuring three of their cute new Halloween cat toys. To enter, leave a comment below telling us how you and your [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Pet Health tom.arthur, Flickr I live in North Texas where 108-degree weather has everyone hot under the collar. Just imagine how pets feel with a fur coat. Cats and dogs risk sunburn, pad burns and life-threatening heat stroke without proper precautions. These tips can help you prevent problems, or even [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Pet Health Pet surgery. clstal, Flickr Every veterinarian offers basic care such as vaccinations, neuter surgery, and parasite control. But today, just as in human medicine, veterinary specialties offer modern techniques that go “beyond the basics.” Here are just a few “wow” techniques now available to our cats and dogs. [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Cats Andreas-photography, Flickr The eyes of cats and dogs are quite similar to our own, but how are they different? The cat has the largest eyes of any meat eater; if our own eyes were proportionally the same, human eyes would be eight inches across. But it goes beyond [...]