Getting a rash from poison ivy is no fun…for dogs and us humans! There may be an added danger with dogs if they ingest this plant. What should you do if your dog encounters poison ivy? Here’s a brief overview from the experts. What makes poison...
Christina Hunger, a speech-language pathologist, adopted an adorable Catahoula and Australian Cattle Dog mix puppy named Stella. She noticed similarities between how Stella learned words and how the toddlers she worked with learned. The toddlers with delays in language development used Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)...
National Pet Week is an annual event created in 1981 to celebrate all the pets that enrich our lives and to encourage responsible pet care and ownership. The American Veterinary Medical Association has assigned specific pet care themes to each day of the week. Here's an...
While most of our Success Stories are dogs and cats, we've also helped other pets, like this big beauty, a 5 year old Rex rabbit named Treasure Trove! Treasure needed emergency surgery to repair a severe wound. His mom is a disabled senior living on a...
You may have been hearing about something called “Brood X” lately. In the coming weeks, billions of cicadas are expected to emerge, after 17 years underground, in the eastern United States from New York to Tennessee. This is going to be the largest emergence of...
Join FACE on Friday April 23, 2021 at 4:00--5:00 p.m. PDT for a free webinar on humane rattlesnake avoidance and your dog. Our presenter, Lynn Webb of The Proficient Pup, is a dog trainer and canine massage therapist who educates dog owners on humane rattlesnake avoidance...
National Dog Bite Prevention Week is an annual pet awareness event created to educate people about dog bites and how to prevent them. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, there are 85 million dogs in the United States, with at least one in 38% of...
Have you heard about the growing aquascaping trend among fish owners? Aquascaping is a new approach to keeping pet fish, one that incorporates the artistic arrangement of plants, stones, driftwood, and other objects in an aquarium. Aquascaping can be a challenging and rewarding pastime that requires...
Has your veterinarian expanded her practice to include telehealth visits? Many vets are now using technology to accommodate the need for remote veterinary services. Is it worth scheduling a telehealth visit for your pet? According to the American Animal Hospital Association, telehealth visits can be helpful...
When Kerry Irving was seriously injured in a car accident, he suffered not only from severe pain but also anxiety and depression. A Springer Spaniel named Max provided Kerry with much needed comfort. Kerry began filming Max’s walks in England’s scenic Lake District and posting the...
What’s cuter than a dog, cat, bunny, or other pet getting a case of the zoomies and sprinting around the house or yard? It’s fun to see our pets having those sudden bursts of energy. Did you know they have a scientific name? Technically speaking, zoomies...
This pretty girl is Karma, a 3 year old cat adopted when she was a kitten by her "dad" William. Karma began showing signs of mouth pain and her vet at Banfield Pet Hosptial found that she had two badly abscessed teeth. Karma needed dental surgery...
You may have heard the term court appointed special advocate (CASA) used to describe child welfare volunteers who represent the interests of abused and neglected children. The New Jersey State Senate passed a bill that will do the same for abused and neglected animals. The Courtroom Animal...
A large-scale study of the veterinary health records of over 1750 dogs in the UK has identified breed risk factors for the development of osteosarcoma, a painful and aggressive bone tumor in dogs. While previous studies have shown that larger dogs are more at risk than...
You may think the place to get a guinea pig is at the pet store, but did you know you can adopt a homeless guinea pig from many animal shelters and rescue organizations? March is Adopt a Rescued Guinea Pig month, a good time to remind...
An archaeological dig at an early Roman port city on the coast of the Red Sea in Egypt called Berenice has unearthed what is believed to be the earliest known cemetery for domestic pets (mostly cats and dogs but also monkeys). According to an article on...
Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in the UK conducted a study which found that the health and well-being of domestic rabbits improves when they are housed with a companion. Animal welfare advocates report that this is significant because about half of pet rabbits are housed...
Veterinarians at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University are advising pet owners to keep face masks out of reach of their dogs after seeing a rise in face mask ingestion cases. Dogs that swallow masks can experience life-threatening gastrointestinal obstructions. In one case, a...
Veterinarians at the UC-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine have compiled a list of the plants most responsible for pet owner calls to their veterinary hospital about possible plant poisoning. These plants can be toxic to all or some companion animal species. The level of toxicity can...
Los Angeles recently approved a largescale trap-neuter-return (TNR) project called the Citywide Cat Program to reduce the number of homeless cats and kittens in the city. An estimated 20,000 stray cats will be spayed or neutered each year under the program. Experts say that over the...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, spending on our pets was expected to reach an all-time high in 2020. Sadly, many pet owners saw their incomes go down this past year. The website Possible Finance surveyed 3,000 US pet owners to see how they were handling pet...