Outdoor spring and summer pet safety is important for all pets that spend time outdoors.  More time outdoors means a greater chance that your pet may be lost.  There are steps you ...

This is a common question that doesn’t have an easy answer.  There are websites that offer dollar amount lists of the costs associated with care of a cat or dog.  However, there ...

What do you do with fish that have become too large or aggressive to remain in your tank?  That is the question my fiancé and I faced last weekend.  A pair of Australian Rainbow ...

Cats are natural scratchers.  They will always scratch because it’s an instinctive behavior.  Learning why cats scratch and some ways to redirect their scratching can help you to ...

Isn’t it funny how cats will choose to sleep in a sock drawer instead of the giant new bed the humans just bought?  Cats are pretty particular about where they sleep.  I sometimes ...

Every person I’ve met who has owned a Maine Coon has absolutely adored their cat.  Now I am convinced that my mixed-breed cat is part Maine Coon because he has so many distinctive ...

Every year millions of unwanted dogs are destroyed. While the majority of these dogs are mongrels – the product of unplanned mating – there have been a great many purebred dogs ...

Christmas and New Year events, or birthday parties, are times that should be enjoyed by people and companion animals. Take these precautions on : If you give your dog remains of a ...

Today, pet dogs have a much longer life expectancy compared for last decades. Thanks principally to the high nutritional standards of modern commercially prepared complete dog foods, ...

Feline balance is amazing.  Cats are able to jump or fall from high places and land on all four feet.  They can balance on precariously small surfaces (my cat can balance on the tiny ...