Giving Medication to Pets

Your dog is sick – your cat is sick and you have to give your pet medication.

How do you give a pill to a cat or dog?

Pets will tend to resist being handled with force more than actually …

Exercise for cats – Pet tip 130

Your cat is waking you up in the middle of the night, swiping everything off your dresser and onto the floor. You awake from your slumber to a needy cat meowing in your ear. Destroying your favourite sofa has become …

Dog Jumps on Counter – Pet tip 204

There’s a really cute anonymous quote that says “never trust a dog to watch your food”. This advice should be well heeded because even though we trust dogs to protect us and warn us when trouble is near, most untrained …

Don’t Over-exercise your Puppy – Pet tip 254

Exercise is vital to all living creatures. It maintains a healthy physical and emotional state of being. Dogs are no exception to this rule, but as always we stress all things in balance.

If your dog is acting out of …

Dogs – Cats and Budgeting – Pet tip 242

Times are tough and many of us have less money coming in (income) but still have the same costs. This leaves most people with very little extra money to just ‘throw away’. This may cause some pet owners to become worried about how to provide for the health and well-being of their pets.

In this article we will try to help you structure your pet-related spending in a way that will keep both you and your pet in good shape. We will start by addressing the essential costs involved with keeping your pet healthy. Then we will mention some options that may help you afford these essential costs. Finally, we will look at what pet-related spending we can consider a luxury (non-essential).

The most important thing you can provide for your pet is health. Budgeting for an annual check-up and vaccinations is absolutely necessary.

Carrot and Cinnamon Cookies

Dog treat recipe – Carrot and Cinnamon Cookies – From Better Food for Dogs

NB: This recipe is for doggie treats. It should not constitute the primary diet of your dog, and is not suitable for cats.…

Carrot and Cinnamon

Symptoms of Illness

If your dog shows any of the following symptoms, it is important that you bring it the vet as soon as possible.…

Symptoms of dog illness include

Bleeding from the nose, mouth, rectum, genitalia.
Not eating or eating much less

Deaf Dog – Jacob

The Story of Jacob the Deaf Boston

A story to encourage owners with deaf animals

As a small Boston Terrier puppy, it was difficult to tell if my dog Jacob was deaf or if he was simply following his own …

Tip – 15 – Cat whiskers – what are cat whiskers for

at whiskers are yet another example of nature’s efficiencies. Cats usually have 24 whiskers, twelve (2 rows of 6) on each side of it’s face. They are thicker than ordinary hairs and root through the skin attaching to a highly …

Feeding Senior Pets

As our pet cats and dogs get older, they start to develop their own set of age-related health problems in a similar way that we humans do. While some pets tend to slow down in their old age, others retain that same high level of energy that they had when they were young, and this can sometimes make it difficult for us to recognize that our senior pets may need a little extra care and attention.