St. Paddy’s Day and Your Pets
It is March, so that means St. Patrick’s Day! Lots of green, beer, and green beer. If you partake in green libations, be sure to keep them out of reach of your pets. [...]
House-Cleaning Tips For Dog Owners
Guest blog by Tyler Evans of dogzasters.com As any pet parent knows, putting a little extra elbow grease into your cleaning routine when you have critters in the house comes with the territory. But there are lots of ways to make things easier when it comes to removing fur, dander, [...]
4 Ways Invisible Fencing Can Keep Your Pets Safe
As pet owners and lovers, we do whatever it takes to keep our pets safe. Because they spend the majority of their lives at our homes, we make sure our living spaces are suitable for their safe enjoyment. If you have a yard that your dogs can use for exercise [...]
Reliable Pet Sitter Wanted?
If you have a reliable pet sitter, you probably did some of the following things to make sure you found one who is reliable and honest. Having the neighbor’s kid watch your pets and home is not good enough, you want a professional. For those who are in the market [...]
July 4th, Anxiety and Our Pets
My husband’s birthday is July 4th but having been born in Mexico, it has little significance for him. Mexico has an independence day too of course and Jose grew up in the states, so he does appreciate the meaning of the holiday. Besides, who doesn’t enjoy a good fireworks show [...]
Is Your Pet Included In Your Disaster Preparedness Plan?
Having a back up for our pets during a disaster will save time and heartache if anything horrible were to ever happen. This blog will be a guest post from Dr. Brittany Barton of HEAL Veterinary Clinic in Dallas, TX. Her blog, Pet Pause With Dr. B, has a wonderfully [...]
What’s In Your Dog’s DNA?
If you have a full breed dog, you probably have AKC registration papers listing the long line of full bred champions in your fur baby’s genetic history. However, if you are like tens of thousands of other dog owners, you own a mixed breed “mutt” with no clue who their ancestors [...]
Toxic Plants
Literally hundreds of common plants, both indoors and out, have toxic effects on our pets causing everything from mild gastro-intestinal upset to death. Sometimes dogs and especially cats like to munch on grass and plants for a variety of reasons and sometimes for no reason at all. Try to keep [...]