Get up out of your recliner, find a comfortable pair of shoes, and ready yourself for a two hour run. What?  Unless you are a conditioned athlete, you are not going to be willing nor able to complete this task.

From January 1998 to January 2003, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center received 44 calls regarding paintball ingestion by dogs that subsequently developed illness. 

Lead is found in old paints, some artist’s paints, lead toys, drapery weights, fishing sinkers, solder, wine bottle cork foils, battery plates, golf balls, improperly glazed ceramic dishes, used motor oil from engines that burn leaded gasoline, plumbing materials, linoleum, tile, and lead smelters. The most common route of a dog’s exposure to lead is by ingestion, but lead is highly absorbable when heated to release fumes. 

It’s summer time again and we all love to be outdoors enjoying our dogs.  Training is in full swing and so are the “heat hazards”.  Unconditioned dogs, summer humidity, and improper cooling methods can all lead to a disastrous day of training! 

Getting a dog can be an exciting and fun experience but it can also be very frustrating if you do not know what to expect from the process. It is best to plan for your new dog carefully rather than bringing home a new pet on a whim.

As a pet owner you know the time and patience needed to keep your pet healthy and happy. Sometimes there are those little incidents that make you want to scream after your pet has come home from a day of fun from who knows where! Everyday care is also needed to keep your pet well groomed. Here are some pointers to help you with the challenge of keeping your pet looking their best:

A cat’s claw is a specialized toenail with an assortment of functions, including feeding, grooming and territorial marking. The claw grows slightly in length but grows primarily in layers, like the layers of an onion. As older layers are shed, underlying sharper ones are revealed. When a cat scratches a surface, it does not sharpen its nails; rather, it removes the outer worn layers.

Summary:

1.Teeth cleaning

2.Dental Formula

3.Cleans Teeth – Fresh Breath

4.Chewing bones

5.Ester C or Vitamin C

Pug Pups - Understanding a dog’s behavior is the first step required in any type of training.

Is your Dog trying to get to China through the back yard?

While most people consider intestinal worms a non-serious disease of young puppies and kittens, few realize the large impact these small creatures can have on the health of our pets, as well as that of our family and the rest of the human community.

Lacerations, scrapes, and punctures are merely a fact of life for hunting dogs, but they remain a big concern for the owners who have to care for them.  The first step is to quickly recognize the injury, evaluate its location, and asses the damage.

The West Nile Virus (WNV) is a flavivirus commonly found in Africa, West Asia, Middle East, and the Mediterranean region of Europe.  It causes an “encephalitis” (inflammation of the brain tissues).