Dogs and Dames

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 Maggie MartonKnow the signs to help manage your pet’s diet.… full story Discussion To view the entire post click the word "link" next to the title. Follow me on Twitter at  www.twitter.com/funpets for more pet topics and pet tweets. Related Blogs Follow Me On Twitter @funpets

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 [...]

Grabbed from link Kitty today, no allergies later! Children who live with dogs and cats are less likely to develop allergies to those animals later in life, but only if the pet is under the same roof while the child is still an infant, a new study suggests. Compared to babies born into cat-free homes, [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Pet Health LincolnStein, Flickr As Americans struggle to keep our waistlines in check, it’s no real surprise that our unhealthy lifestyles have been weighing down our pets as well. In fact, a new study has found that American dogs and cats are facing an obesity epidemic much like our [...]