Dogs and Dames

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Animal Nutrition whitetrashtexas, Flickr By Dr. Marty Becker, via Vetstreet Q. I’m a vegan for health, environmental and animal cruelty reasons, and I’d like my pets to be vegans too. There’s a huge debate on several Internet sites about this subject. What’s your take? A. If your pets are [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Cats, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love pagedooley, Flickr By Dr. Patty Khuly, via Vetstreet Is there nothing more entertaining than doing something completely and utterly useless with your time? I think not. Wholly embracing this sentiment is clearly what brought me to the realization that making pretty, little [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Exotic Pets, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love Wendkuni, Flickr By Dr. Patty Khuly, via Vetstreet Other girls coveted ponies. When I was very young, I really wanted a squirrel monkey. My mother’s family had kept several of them in Cuba, where she grew up. Stories of her homeland’s [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Pet Health, Ask A Vet, Animal Sites We Love wallyhartshorn, Flickr By Dr. Nancy Kay, via Vetstreet February has been proclaimed “Responsible Pet Owners Month,” but what does the word responsible mean when applied to how we care for our beloved pets? No doubt, there are as many definitions as [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Pet Health, Animal Sites We Love davco9200, Flickr By Dr. Marty Becker, via Vetstreet Q. Our dog farts a lot. My husband and son think it’s hilarious, of course, but I could really do without both the farting and the jokes about the farting. Is there some way to [...]

Grabbed from link Filed under: Dogs, Animal Sites We Love Augie Schwer, Flickr By Mikkel Becker, via Vetstreet Q. My dog hates taking a bath. How do I make it more enjoyable for us both and not such a struggle? A. Your dog isn’t alone in despising baths. Bath time often sparks an unwanted game [...]