Paris Permenter & John Bigley You don’t have to wait for Halloween to whip up a batch of our Peanut Butter and Pumpkin Dog Treats. Whether they’re just for you to enjoy at home or whether you’re headed to a doggie party, these treats feature seasonal ingredients and just take a few minutes to make! This recipe, which appears in our The Healthy Hound...

Never let your dog eat chocolate or sugar-free gum. Chocolate and Halloween go hand in hand…unless your hands are paws. Remember that chocolate is toxic for dogs. Keep your dogs away from the Halloween candy and away from discarded Halloween candy on your walks on November 1, too! Also, sugar-free gum is concern because of the extreme danger of xylitol poisoning. Never let your...

by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker When it comes to flea and tick protection, many veterinarians recommend chemical preventives as a solution (some even recommend them to pets year-round), but I don’t agree with the knee-jerk use of chemicals as a means of controlling nature, especially heading into the cold winter months in many parts of the world. In deciding how to best protect your...

by Kristina Lotz   We all wish our dogs could talk – it would make things so much easier. Even though they can’t speak we can tell how our dogs are feeling by the way they act. If you are wondering if your dog loves the life you are giving her, check out these 12 signs that may help you determine if your dog is...

Coming home to a chewed sofa and a stinky surprise on the carpet is frustrating, but behind these behaviors is a dog crying out for help. Most pet parents have heard of separation anxiety in dogs, but few know exactly what it is or how to treat it. No dog likes to see their human walk out the door, but those with separation anxiety take...

This is an important article about how the pet food industry stonewalls consumers and doesn’t allow them access to information about the food they put in their animals’ mouths. We hope you find this helpful. Truth About Pet Food is a free e-newsletter written by Susan Thixton, Pet Food Safety Advocate. Subscription to her very informative newsletter is free.   FDA directly lied to...

You might need to make some adjustments, but you can absolutely continue to share your life with dogs as you age. By Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA   Well, it’s happened: I have reached the age where I look forward to Social Security payments arriving in my bank account every month. With that significant milestone comes some new perspectives on life with dogs as a...

by CriticalCareDVM I was recently asked by a lay person if I thought my beloved profession – veterinary medicine – was a service industry. I’d never been asked that before. On one hand, I think it’s a great question. On the other hand, and to be completely honest, it’s one I was a little hesitant to answer. After some introspection and not being one...

Analysis by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker Pet parents are keenly interested in natural diets for their dogs and cats. In 2016, the research company Nielsen conducted a survey of over 3,500 U.S. and French consumers, ages 18-65, who owned at least one dog or cat, and found that their #2 preference in pet food was that it be “natural” (#1 was “non-GMO”).1 The survey...