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"Eufloria": Catnip Isn’t the Only Plant Scent Cats May Love
By Dr. Tony Buffington DVM, MS, PhD, DACVN, April 28, 2017Cats seem to rely on their noses to understand the world more than we humans do. Cats detect smells and sense pheromones (chemicals produced and released by other cats) through their olfactory… Full Article ›
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Top 10 Fun Facts About Iguanas
By Dr. Laurie Hess DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), April 28, 2017Commonly kept as house pets, green iguanas are large, tree-climbing lizards native to the Caribbean and Central and South America. They also are found in the wild as feral populations in Florida,… Full Article ›
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Want to Take Your Cat on a Walk? How I Do It
By Kristen Seymour, April 28, 2017I never expected my cat, Trixie, to buddy up to my dogs. To be honest, I was more focused on teaching her to love my husband. But somewhere over the last few years, she’s adopted my two dogs — Rudi,… Full Article ›
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Pet Misbehaving? It Might Be Your Fault
By Mikkel Becker, April 27, 2017Fear, stress and anxiety are at the root of many problem behaviors in cats and dogs — and in some cases, human behavior is the direct cause of a pet’s actions. Many pet owners fail to understand… Full Article ›
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Why Don't Cats Come When Called?
By Dr. Sarah Wooten DVM, April 27, 2017It is relatively easy to train a dog to come to you when you call his name, but cats, as usual, are a different story. What is the difference?The evolutionary records show that dogs have been… Full Article ›
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Teach Your Dog to "Look" on Command
By Mikkel Becker, April 26, 2017Is your dog easily distracted? Does he spend your entire walk lunging at squirrels and barking at people? Is he unable to to pass a brightly colored umbrella or a playing child without wanting to… Full Article ›
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Lyme Disease: What Dog Owners Should Know
By Dr. Mary Fuller DVM, April 26, 2017In the Northeast and upper midwestern parts of United States — the hotbed for Lyme disease — up to 90 percent of dogs may test positive for the bacteria that cause the disease. Of those dogs,… Full Article ›
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Do I Need to Worry About Plague and My Pets?
By Dr. Sarah Wooten DVM, April 26, 2017When most people think of plague, they usually conjure up images of rats, fleas and the medieval ages, but what many pet owners don’t realize is that cats, dogs and people in certain regions of the… Full Article ›
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The Top 10 Things to Know About Chinchillas
By Dr. Laurie Hess DVM, DABVP (Avian Practice), April 25, 2017Chinchillas are charming, small rodents originating from South America, where they are now nearly extinct from being hunted for their thick coats. They are adapted to live at high elevations, where… Full Article ›
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Why Does My Cat... Eat Mice?
By Dr. Sarah Wooten DVM, April 25, 2017Cat owners often ask me why their cat insists on eating mice, especially when there is a perfectly good bowl of commercial cat food available to her. The answer is in your cat’s biology, ancestry and… Full Article ›
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Why Does My Dog… Dig in the Carpet?
By Dr. Wailani Sung MS, PhD, DVM, DACVB, April 24, 2017What is it about carpet that seems to incite some dogs to want to ‘dig to China’? Do you cringe when you hear the telltale scrape of canine toenails furiously trying to scratch their way through your… Full Article ›
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How to Help a Dog With Separation Anxiety
By Dr. Marty Becker DVM , April 24, 2017Have you ever come home from work to find that your dog has chewed a hole in the door, pooped in the house or, according to the neighbors, barked incessantly? You may have chalked it up to boredom or… Full Article ›