Jun 27, 2018 | Cat Owners Responsibility, Dog Owners Responsibility, Emergency, Holidays
Dogs: Do not coddle, petting them and saying its ok is exactly the wrong thing to do. They hear “its ok, be scared.” You are rewarding their fear behaviour. You might try engaging them instead. Work on basic obedience, feed them dinner and give them rewards for...
Mar 21, 2018 | Cat Owners Responsibility, Dog Owners Responsibility, Emergency
Preparing for Disasters With Pets It is that time of year to get prepared here in North Texas for tornados, thunderstorms and high winds. BE PREPARED! Have you ever thought about all the different things that can be classified as a disaster? How many disasters in the...
Jan 15, 2018 | Dog Owners Responsibility, Emergency
It is that time of year, and this year (2018) we are having a roller coaster ride with the freezing inclement weather. Our pets need us to be responsible and help them with the change in temperatures and especially with these freezing temperatures we are experiencing....
Sep 1, 2016 | Emergency, Pet Health
Xylitol is Dangerous Xylitol is a sugar alcohol widely used as an artificial sweetener in many foods, especially those types aimed at diabetics. It occurs naturally in fruit and vegetable fibers. However, industrial production often extracts the substance from...
Aug 3, 2016 | Cat Owners Responsibility, Dog Owners Responsibility, Emergency
There appears to be no hard statistics of how many pets, mainly dogs, die in hot cars during the summer months in the USA, but the figure is most likely well into the thousands. That’s sad, but it’s even sadder when you consider that each death due to a...
Jul 14, 2015 | Dogs, Emergency
Though we hope we never have to deal with this, the statistics are over a half million pets in the US are affected by house fires each year and 40,000 pets are killed. Fire Safety Tips for Dog People It is important that your neighbors know your dog’s name. If the...
