How to Trim Your Dog’s Toenails Unless your dog runs around on hard surfaces that help to keep toenails short, you have to keep the nails clipped to a reasonable length. If you can hear the nails clicking on a hard surface, or if they get snagged on the carpet, it’s time for a trim. You can get … Read more
Should You Spay or Neuter Your Cat? Yes! The Sooner the Better. Should you spay or neuter your cat? There has always been much debate about this. Some people think it’s best to let their felines have at least one litter before spaying. Why? I don’t know. They think they’re doing their cat a favor, I … Read more
How to Care for Your Older Dog As your dog owner, you should know that care for your older dog becomes somewhat different than when he was younger and, perhaps, healthier. Just as in humans, their systems slow down, arthritis may set in, disease may pop up. They become senior citizens, and just humans’ needs change, so … Read more
Pet Grooming for the Changing Seasons Taking Care of Your Pet’s Skin, Coat, and Nails Pet grooming for the changing seasons is essential. As the mercury rises and falls, changes in air pressure and humidity can impact pets’ skin, coat, and nail quality. Follow these guidelines to help keep your dogs and cats looking and feeling their best … Read more
How to Rehabilitate An Abused Dog You may not normally be in a situation where you’re wondering how to rehabilitate an abused dog. This is usually a task for experts at animal shelters. However, if you should ever have a need to approach a dog that appears to be hurt, abandoned, and/or abused, I share … Read more
Little Known Dog Breeds We are familiar with such dog breeds as the poodle and Labrador retriever. There are other breeds less known, especially in this country. Below, I have given a short description of several of these less-known dog breeds. Affenpinscher This is the smallest dog in the breed which also presented us the … Read more
5 Ways to Make Bath Time Easier for Cats Cats typically do a wonderful job of cleaning themselves and generally don’t need any help from us. But every now and then you may have to bathe your cat. Yikes! If your kitty is anything like my Jessie Cat (pictured here), she may fight you tooth and nail. Let me suggest a few … Read more
Cardboard Boxes and Rats ~ by Kate Critchlow ~ There are always things that happen in our lives that we never considered would happen to us, there’s something very nice about that – a surprise that makes us feel good. One such event is how I came to own two pet rats. To be honest … Read more
Sparky the Corgi Dancing For Kibble You’re going to love this little Corgi dancing for kibble. His name is Sparky and this is a compilation video of his jumping and jiving antics. This video has had over 6 million views! Enjoy. ♥ ABOUT THE CORGI: The Welsh corgi is a small type of herding dog that originated … Read more
Make Car Rides Less Stressful We’ve all seen dogs in cars – heads out the window, tongues wagging in the breeze. They look like they wouldn’t want to be anywhere else in the world. For many pet owners, however, the reality is a bit different. There are lots of dogs that get sick in the … Read more