Choosing a Kennel or Pet-Sitter
Thanks to the Internet, it takes only a few minutes to find the most desirable five-star hotel anywhere in the world. However, when it comes to looking for the best place to care for a pet for a night or longer, there are no shortcuts. Unless someone you trust supplies [...]
Mounting research reveals that animals not only respond physically and emotionally to music, like us, they even have musical preferences! Happy, beautiful, harmonious music seems to help everyone, whatever our species.
For instance, when poultry producers routinely played easy listening music to their flocks, 96 percent of study participants reported that it calmed the chickens. Also, [...]
Best of Friends
Children and animals seem to be one of life’s inevitable combinations. Animals heavily populate children’s books and other media and commonly appear as decorative designs on kids’ clothing, furniture and toys. People often compliment a pet’s nature by noting how gentle it is around even rambunctious children.
When asked about his own children’s experiences [...]
Has your favorite feline Fluffy turned into Fatty? Putting your furry friend on a diet is a maneuver that must be handled with finesse for the sake of kitty’s health.
Unlike humans, a cat’s physiology is not adept at pulling energy from reserves of stored fat. If she loses weight too quickly, she’ll stop eating, and [...]
The American way of feeding pets often reflects the American way of eating, with processed foods and overfeeding that can lead to obesity, disease and shorter life spans. When planning meals for dogs and cats, it’s best to look at how their ancestors ate in the wild. Domestic cats are descended from the African Wildcat, [...]
Meditation is as simple as a walk in the dog park. Imagine sitting down with your dog. As you both begin to relax, your breaths become longer, less hurried. Your thoughts slow down until it seems like you are not thinking at all. If you and your dog already share moments like these, then you’ve glimpsed the [...]
Are you concerned when your dog or cat eats grass, then throws up afterwards? You’ll probably feel relieved to know that pets eat grass because their bodies need it.
You can think of grass as an herbal medicine. It acts as an internal cleanser, expelling excess mucus, bile and other impurities. It also cleanses the bowels [...]
Is your dog or cat tormented by ear infections? Do you spend time and money at the veterinarian’s office trying to bring relief to your beloved pet, only to find that another infection appears over time? If so, you may want to try some more natural approaches to preventing and treating your pet’s ear infections.
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Turn on any TV or radio, and it won’t be long before a pitch for the latest fad diet, exercise gadget, or weight loss book surges through the speakers. But missing from the over-hyped offers is the most critical ingredient—the motivation to stick to the plan. Enter our furry canine friends.
America has a love affair [...]
The skin is the largest organ of the human body—also of our furry companions’ bodies. Skin serves as a barrier to the environment, acting as a channel for communication to the outside world, and helping to regulate metabolism.
Most common disorders in cats and dogs involve their skin and coat: hot and bare patches, feline acne, [...]
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