Did you know, there are actually TWO National Mutt Days — one on July 31st and one on December 2nd. All the better to celebrate our mixed breed puppers! National Mutt Day encourages us to embrace, save, and celebrate mixed breed dogs twice a year. But why just twice a year? There are dogs every day who need a good, loving home. Desperately longing...

By Sarah Zhang In the 1970s, a time when tens of millions of unwanted dogs were being euthanized in the United States annually, an orthodoxy began to take hold: Spay and neuter early. Spay and neuter everything. It’s what vets were taught. It’s what responsible pet owners were told to do. A growing body of research, however, suggests that spaying and neutering—especially in some...

Veterinarians are encouraged to refer their clients to FearFreeHappyHomes.com Animal professionals who support the Fear Free philosophy now have a free resource where they can refer their clients. Launched in 2017, FearFreeHappyHomes.com features articles, courses, and other board-certified veterinary behaviorist-created content focused on providing owners the tools to prevent and reduce fear, anxiety, and stress for their pets at home and in their daily...

Your dog has a mouthful of teeth (hopefully), but they don’t look much like yours at all. Have you ever wondered about them? 5 fun facts about your dog’s teeth They have two sets, just like we do — Young humans have baby teeth; young dogs have puppy teeth. Known as deciduous or milk teeth, puppy teeth begin making way for adult teeth at...

This sugar substitute, found in some human foods and dental products, can be poisonous to your dog. From The FDA Your six-month-old puppy, Hoover, will eat anything that isn’t tied down. Like many dog owners, you know chocolate can be dangerous to your pooch. But you may not know that if Hoover sticks his nose in your handbag and eats a pack of sugarless...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- Therapy dogs are making a difference in the lives of Johnson City Residents, helping the youngest and oldest members of the community. Our furry companions give us relief when we walk into out front doors after a long day at work, but what happens when we put out dogs to work? Studies by the University of California Los Angeles have...

The Cancer Moonshot initiative, launched under the Obama administration, was audacious by design: Supercharge cancer research to encourage innovation, with the mission “to end to cancer as we know it.” Cancer researchers avoid using the word “cure.” From studying cancer at the molecular level, they know that tumors are complex—even personalized. There’s no simple cancer and no single cure. So, no single destination for...

From News Medical Life Sciences Reviewed by Kate Anderton, B.Sc. (Editor) A bone cancer known as osteosarcoma is genetically similar in dogs and human children, according to the results of a study published today by Tufts University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. The findings could help break the logjam in the treatment of this deadly disease,...

Dr. Gary Thompson The recent heatwave has created a number of obvious dangers to your pets, and I will not be covering the well-worn ground of the risks of pets in cars and access to shade and water. While those are potentially life-threatening scenarios, there are some disease conditions that are more frequently seen or triggered by the heat. Urinary tract health is a...