Category: pets
Five Ways to Help Keep Them Healthy by Karen Shaw Becker Veterinarians are seeing cancer in more and younger pets these days than ever before. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, approximately one in ...
Dogs and cats can develop cancer almost anywhere in the body, which is why the symptoms vary depending on the tissues and organs involved and the severity of the disease. Make an appointment with a ...
Our Animals Can Go Green, Too by Julie Peterson Although cats and dogs don’t require much more than food, a cozy napping spot and human attention, U.S. pet owners spent $95.7 billion last year on ...
There are many types of coronavirus. COVID-19 is new—a novel coronavirus—and there are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in dogs or cats. Dogs can become infected with a canine coronavirus. It is fairly species-specific ...
Needles Work Wonders on Pets by Julie Peterson Needles make most pet parents cringe, but those used for acupuncture don’t hurt animals, they help. They are what traditional Chinese veterinary medicine has used for thousands ...
Eating healthy is a family affair, and that includes the family pet. However, what works for humans may be less than optimal for Fluffy or Fido, as each requires a species-specific, nutritionally balanced regimen. Most ...
Prolotherapy Gives Joints New Life by Julie Peterson Brian Engler, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was asked to provide hospice care for a senior Akita. Tadao was underweight, weak, arthritic and had been severely neglected. He ...
Coming Home to Roost by Julie Peterson Locavores with a hankering for fresh, organic eggs produced close to home have sparked a resurgence in backyard chicken keeping; even people that don’t like omelets are getting ...
Skin care and body care products labeled “all natural” are not necessarily so. It’s important that consumers seeking truly natural products read the ingredients listed on a product. (If there is no ingredient list, buyer ...
