Exercise your dog before the fireworks start. When letting them outside, use a leash rather than tying them out or even letting them roam free even in a fenced yard. A frightened dog may escape a collar or jump a fence. Make sure your pet has ID Tags and a Microchip that are up to …
Feed Less Exercise More Feed Fresher While many pet parents don’t realize their pets are overweight, over 55% of dogs are overweight or obese. Obesity in dogs comes with significant consequences including arthritis, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, diabetes and cancer. Just to name a few. Remember the feeding recommendations on a bag of food, …
Grain in or grain free? Let’s dive into the controversy surrounding the great grain debate and DCM (dilated cardiomyopathy) which is a primary disease of cardiac muscle that results in a decreased ability of the heart to generate pressure to pump blood through the vascular system. In July 2018, the FDA announced that it had …
Let’s Break the Stigma Behind Muzzles There seems to be a certain stigma behind dog muzzles. Just because a dog is wearing a muzzle does not mean the dog is aggressive. We applaud pet parents for taking the extra precautionary step to make sure you, your dog, and everyone around you are comfortable and safe. …
It’s important to your dog’s physical and mental well-being that you give them lots of opportunities to sniff on your walks Not only do dogs have hundreds of millions of scent receptors but they also devote 40 times more brain volume to decoding smells than we do. A dog’s sense of smell can loosely …
Question: “How can raw pet food be considered “dangerous” and a “public health risk” when raw chicken (sold in your grocery store) poses a significantly higher risk?” About 18 percent of chicken and 15 percent of ground turkey contain salmonella. And because it’s a non-adulterant, the USDA will only recall contaminated meat after people get sick. Salmonella …
Overweight pets in the U.S has become the new norm. In 2018, an estimated 60% of cats and 56% of dogs in the United States were overweight or obese. For every one extra pound your dog is overweight = four extra pounds of pressure on each leg joint Having a pet that is overweight can …
On October 7th, 2018 Mike and I headed to PAWS to visit with the adoptable dogs. After meeting with all of the dogs and walking a handful of them, we had a dog in mind to adopt, but someone else was considering adopting him as well. While we were waiting to see how the other …
Hi there, I’m Felicity, my pawrents rescued me from PAWS in October, 2018 when I was a little over a year old. I was born in South Carolina, where I ended up at Oconee Humane Society as a stray when I was about 6 months old. After six months without an adopter, I was …