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Sep 13 2018

Animal Pain Awareness Month

You stub your toe, bang your elbow, or lift a heavy box the wrong way. You know you’re hurt – and others do too as you cry out in pain! But what about your furry friends? With sudden or acute…
Sep 11 2018

Prepare Yourself and Your Pet for Hurricane Florence

Experts are warning that Hurricane Florence may the strongest to hit the Carolinas and Virginia in years. Florence currently sits in the Atlantic as a Category 4, but forecasters are predicting that…
Sep 06 2018

What Your Dog is Really Saying

The ball rolls under the couch and your dog can’t reach it. He looks over at you, sticks his head under the couch with his tail wagging, and looks back over at you. What do you think he is saying to…
Aug 30 2018

Pet Food and Disease? Cautions and Recalls

Pet foods, much like human foods and food products, are constantly changing to meet consumer demands. Raw, grain free, vegetarian, and vegan pet foods are now readily available, and there are many…
Aug 23 2018

Back to School Prep for your Pet

It seems like summer has only just started, yet it’s almost time for back to school! Back to school supplies are flying off the shelves as families prepare for the new school year. Whether you’re…
Aug 16 2018

Bring Your Cat to the Vet Day!

Did you know that only 50% of cats visited their veterinarian in the past 12 months? The percentage of dogs that saw their veterinarian over the same period was 78%. …
Aug 09 2018

Check the Chip!

August 15th is Check the Chip Day! No, not potato chips, or chocolate chips, but pet identification microchips! Thousands of pets going missing each year, but those with microchip identification are…
Aug 02 2018

Heat Stroke in Dogs

Ahhhh, the dog days of summer! August brings hot summer days, tall glasses of lemonade, and katydids and crickets singing long into the nights. Along with these hot summer days comes the risk for heat…