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To keep the lights on, we receive affiliate commissions via some of our links. Our review process. Analyzing blood work is recommended by vets at annual exams, and it’s also used to help diagnose health conditions. So if your dog is experiencing symptoms or displaying abnormal behaviors, your vet may request blood work for further insight. Pet insurance might cover your pet’s blood work depending on the reason it is…
PEPPERELL — A two-alarm fire Sunday night injured two residents and killed seven dogs. According to a statement from Fire Chief Brian Borneman, the Pepperell Fire Department and Police Department received calls for a structure fire at 47 Mill St. around 8:11 p.m. When first responders arrived, residents from the basement and first floor were suffering from smoke inhalation and were taken to area hospitals, Borneman said. Firefighters found smoke…
Commercial flea treatments can be deadly for your dog The more I read and study about commercial flea product safety, the more I understand why so many people are asking for an effective natural flea control product. We have received many emails and reports from our community members that their dogs and cats have either become violently ill after the use of traditional flea products or have even died. This prompted…
A rant on modesty and bragging Lately, I have been contemplating the notion that “bragging” or blowing our own horn is not good 📯🥳. When I was young, my parents taught me that I should be humble and not brag. However, a few decades later, I am not certain they were right because nobody benefits from making ourselves smaller and not sharing our helpful knowledge with others. I have frequent…
It is very apparent from nature that living organisms are extremely capable of selecting nutrients that they need and throwing away the ones that are in excess. The body does it without any outside regulation and with ease. How many supplements are too many? The problem of excess nutrients only arises when synthetic chemicals are offered instead of food-based concentrates and supplements. These supplements including synthetic vitamins and minerals can…
DEAR PET TALK: Thanksgiving is coming, and it’s so tempting to feed our dog table scraps. We won’t do it, but how can we make Thanksgiving special for her? – Pup-arazzi DEAR PUP-ARAZZI: Great timing on your question, and no – table scraps are definitely verboten! In just a couple of weeks, dogs and cats all over the country are pricking up their ears at the sound of extra bustle…
A quiet Friday evening in the Hollywood Hills turned into tragedy for 9-year-old Piper, a blue merle/Chihuahua mix, as she strolled — leashed — behind her dog walker, only to be snatched and mauled to death by a mountain lion. Video from early Friday evening in a residential area near the Hollywood Reservoir — near Creston and Durand drives — shows a large, collared cougar emerging from the brush, creeping…
To keep the lights on, we receive affiliate commissions via some of our links. Our review process. None of us want to consider the possibility of our pups being seriously unwell. However, it’s important to be aware of some red flag symptoms, which could indicate something serious is going on. Osteosarcoma is an excruciating and aggressive form of cancer. So, if your dog has had this heartbreaking diagnosis, you must…
Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Tony Wasielewski pulled crate after crate from the wreckage of a plane that was supposed to carry 53 rescue dogs from New Orleans to Waukesha, Wis., on Tuesday morning. Instead, it crash-landed on a snow-covered golf course just outside of Milwaukee. As the deputy fire chief went to grab yet another crate, one of the rescues — roaming the fuselage after freeing herself…
It’s equally dangerous to think that grabbing a dog food recipe off the internet will give your dog all the nutrition he’ll need to thrive. Feeding dogs a single ingredient or a combination of ground beef and rice, for example, could induce a calcium deficiency. And if your dog has undiagnosed diabetes, giving him rice (a carbohydrate) could affect his blood sugar. Liver is healthy, right? Not for a dog.…